Year 8 - Physical education
Recap jumps and rotations
Gymnastics jigsaw: technical fluency and group performance analysis
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Unit Summary
This unit will explore the use of various apparatus and flight based sequences whilst also giving pupils the opportunity to master, teach each other and analyse group performances. They will also learn how to set out their space safely.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to jump and land safely with a variety of shapes in the air and/or rotation.
Key Notes
- Move: when preparing to jump or turn, stand tall with feet together, swing arms back and always land with bent knees.
- Think: the higher you jump, the more time you have to complete the shape or rotation and land correctly.
- Think: explaining the teaching points of jumps/turns to others helps to improve your own knowledge and performance.
- Feel: controlling the release from the jump/turn and land requires repeated practice which also builds confidence.
- Connect: supportive feedback to peers on strengths and areas for improvement in jump technique requires sensitivity.
Vocabulary To Learn
- jump: pushing off the ground with our legs to go up into the air
- turn: changing the direction your body is facing by rotating the body around a vertical axis
- station: a designated area where pupils practise a specific skill or movement before continuing to the next activity
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Some pupils may dominate the discussion with less confident pupils unwilling to take their turn at leading. Pupils might take too long explaining and not leave enough time to practise.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: when preparing to jump or turn, stand tall with feet together, swing arms back and always land with bent knees. Think: the higher you jump, the more time you have to complete the shape or rotation and land correctly.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'jump'
pushing off the ground with our legs to go up into the air.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Some pupils may dominate the discussion with less confident pupils unwilling to take their turn at leading. Pupils might take too long explaining and not leave enough time to practise. Correction: Select the numbers carefully so that pupil 1 and 2 are more confident and can model teaching first, giving less confident pupils time to get used to this process. Stress the importance of practise time and keep explanations concise.
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