Year 3 - Physical education
Moving well: can you balance on a range of body parts and link them together?
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Unit Summary
This unit will teach pupils the meaning of strength, flexibility, agility, balance and general movement competence to support overall fitness. Pupils will complete focused circuits developing their own movement skills, enhancing their understanding of the importance of healthy active lifestyles.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to balance on a range of body parts and link the balances together.
Key Notes
- Move: balancing successfully on a range of body parts requires holding each balance completely still.
- Think: selecting balances to link together requires careful planning and reflection.
- Feel: striving to improve the quality of our balance sequences demonstrates self-motivation.
- Connect: watching the performance of others carefully requires respect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- balance: the ability to maintain a stable and controlled body position
- link: connecting movements and balances together so they flow
- self-motivation: the ability to push yourself to take action and keep going without needing others to encourage you
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Balance is something you just need in gymnastics.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: balancing successfully on a range of body parts requires holding each balance completely still. Think: selecting balances to link together requires careful planning and reflection.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'balance'
the ability to maintain a stable and controlled body position.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Balance is something you just need in gymnastics. Correction: Balance is needed in many everyday activities and across many different sports.
More Lessons In This Unit
- I can apply the correct technique for a range of actions in a movement circuit. Study Guide
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- Moving well: can you challenge your personal best through strength activities? Study Guide
- Moving well: can you challenge your personal best using flexibility activities? Study Guide
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