KS2 · Physical education · Year 3
Changes in direction on apparatus
Gymnastics: movements, balances and sequence composition
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Your learning goal
I can create a sequence that flows and includes a range of movements and balances, incorporating a change in direction between the actions on a range of apparatus.
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What you’ll learn
I can create a sequence that flows and includes a range of movements and balances, incorporating a change in direction between the actions on a range of apparatus.
Key learning points
- Move: sequences include a change in direction, with flow and without stopping, using a range of apparatus.
- Think: effective decision making enables us to choose the apparatus we want to use and incorporate a change in direction
- Feel: supporting our partner by suggesting ideas and helping them to use the apparatus demonstrates responsibility.
- Connect: encouraging our partner if they find it hard, motivating them to keep trying, helps us to work in a pair.
Words to know
- direction
- changing the course along which we are moving
- apparatus
- equipment made for a particular task
- flow
- moving from one action to another without stopping
Common mistakes
Some pupils may not recognise the floor as a piece of apparatus.
The floor is a very demanding piece of apparatus because many different skills are required such as leaps, spins, splits, dance and acrobatics. In rhythmic gymnastics, additional apparatus is also used such as clubs, ribbons, hoops and balls.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Encourage pupils to use the space around the apparatus within their sequence. This will expand the options they have for where and when they perform a turn and change direction, helping to add more variety to their sequences.