KS1 · Physical education · Year 1
High, low, over and under
Gymnastics: individual movements and balances
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Your learning goal
I can create ways to move and balance in high and low ways, over and under apparatus.
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High, low, over and under: 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 ways to move and balance in high and low ways, over and under apparatus.
Key learning points
- Move: performing high quality movements and balances high, low, over, and under the apparatus requires control
- Think: using a variety of apparatus to create movements and balances requires imagination
- Think: reflecting on the quality of movements and balances will improve our creativity and ideas.
- Connect: empathy requires encouraging others to try different ideas on the apparatus.
- Feel: striving to reflect and improve our ideas shows self-belief.
Words to know
- over
- to cross over the top of a location
- under
- to travel below or underneath a location
- creative
- to do something new or with imagination
Common mistakes
Pupils only use crawling actions to move over or under the apparatus. When reflecting on others' practice, pupils only say whether they liked or disliked their movements.
Give pupils other ideas to perform under apparatus, such as balance, swing, or slide, and other ideas to perform over apparatus, such as sliding or balancing on top or jumping over. Encourage pupils to be specific when reflecting on others' actions.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The equipment list is for example only. When pupils work in pairs, allow groups of 3 so no one is left out. Allow pupils to work with friends, unless this causes problems. Make a display poster showing arrows for the 4 actions in their 'clever caterpillar cycle' - high, low, over, and under.