Year 4 - Physical education
Canon in sequences
Gymnastics: symmetry and asymmetry
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Unit Summary
This unit will focus on exploring movements and balances in symmetrical and asymmetrical ways. Pupils will create and perform sequences that incorporate symmetrical and asymmetrical balances on apparatus, applying flow. Pupils will learn how to include canon and unison in their sequence creation.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a sequence in canon using a range of movements and balances that flow.
Key Notes
- Move: creating a sequence of movements in canon means we move one after the other.
- Think: moving in canon requires accurate timings to ensure fluidity in the performance, with one partner always moving.
- Think: selecting the movements and balances to perform in canon requires decision making so we can perform correctly.
- Connect: taking the lead and counting the timings throughout the sequence helps our partner move with accurate timings.
- Feel: not giving up and persevering through the challenge requires resilience.
Vocabulary To Learn
- canon: performing the same movement one after the other in a pair
- accurate timings: performing movements and balances at the exact time you planned
- sequence: combination of controlled movements and balances that have been linked together in a particular order
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think that moving in canon means one person moves, then there is a pause before the next person moves, so the sequence becomes disjointed.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: creating a sequence of movements in canon means we move one after the other. Think: moving in canon requires accurate timings to ensure fluidity in the performance, with one partner always moving.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'canon'
performing the same movement one after the other in a pair.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think that moving in canon means one person moves, then there is a pause before the next person moves, so the sequence becomes disjointed. Correction: Explain to pupils that we need to ensure that one pupil is always moving or balancing to ensure the sequence flows.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Asymmetry Study Guide
- Create sequences in canon on apparatus with symmetrical balances Study Guide
- Create sequences in unison on apparatus with symmetrical balances Study Guide
- Sequence completion and peer review Study Guide
- Sequence completion and performance Study Guide
- Sequence formation in pairs Study Guide
- Sequence work in groups combining concepts Study Guide
- Sequences on apparatus in pairs using symmetrical and asymmetrical balances Study Guide
- Symmetrical and asymmetrical learning on apparatus Study Guide
- Symmetry Study Guide
- Unison in sequences Study Guide
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