KS3 · Physical education · Year 7
Building a group routine
Gymnastics: body control and paired sequences
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Your learning goal
I can create a challenging routine and support others to refine theirs.
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Building a group routine: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can create a challenging routine and support others to refine theirs.
Key learning points
- Move: performing high quality movements and balances requires excellent control and extension.
- Think: choreographing a routine requires careful planning so you can perform with consistent flow and accurate timing.
- Think: adding individual, paired and group balances performed with control and extension adds quality to a routine.
- Feel: experimenting with ways in which you can move using the floor and apparatus helps to build confidence.
- Connect: providing feedback to others to support refinement shows responsibility.
Words to know
- routine
- a series of specific movements and balances that you practice and perform in a particular order
- apparatus
- equipment made for a particular task
- choreograph
- designing and arranging movements, skills and sequences into a structured routine
Common mistakes
Pupils often link pieces of apparatus together e.g. benches attached to a table which limits the use of space and options for pathways. Pupils rush to create balances that are not of high quality.
Encourage pupils to place apparatus in spaces to allow them to explore interesting pathways and to be able to use each piece of apparatus in creative ways. Peer assessment of balances can encourage refinement and increase quality of pupils work.
For parents, carers and teachers
- When using a wide range of apparatus, make sure you revisit any safety points. When giving pupils the choice of where to place apparatus, always check their working area is safe and they have made sensible choices as to the layout of apparatus.