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Year 1 - Physical education

Locomotion: can you move your body with control when you jump?

Remote learning: locomotion

Unit Summary

The unit will increase pupils' motor competence when running and jumping. Pupils will show self-belief as they explore different ways of moving and balancing, and linking these together.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to move your body with control when you jump.

Key Notes

  • Move: jumping and staying within a safe space requires control.
  • Think: jumping safely and with control requires concentration.
  • Think: knowing how to jump with the correct technique enables success.
  • Feel: continuing to jump with the correct technique, even when we get tired, will improve our performance.
  • Connect: watching others perform carefully shows empathy.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • control: the ability to manage your body movements accurately and safely
  • jump: to push off a surface using your legs and move into the air
  • space: the area around you that you can move within safely

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • All kinds of jumps require the same technique.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: jumping and staying within a safe space requires control. Think: jumping safely and with control requires concentration.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'control'

the ability to manage your body movements accurately and safely.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: All kinds of jumps require the same technique. Correction: Jumping for height and distance require different upper body positions and different directions of arm movement.

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