KS2 · Physical education · Year 6
Matching and mirroring sequences
Gymnastics: matching and mirroring
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Your learning goal
I can create a sequence with a partner that includes quality matching and mirroring movements on apparatus, ensuring flow and accurate timing.
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Matching and mirroring sequences: 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 sequence with a partner that includes quality matching and mirroring movements on apparatus, ensuring flow and accurate timing.
Key learning points
- Move: quality matching and mirroring movements require performing with consistent control and extension on apparatus.
- Think: designing the sequence on apparatus requires careful planning to ensure flow and accurate timing.
- Connect: to ensure accurate timing throughout the sequence we must communicate with our partner and work together.
- Feel: committing to ensuring we have accurate timing throughout the sequence requires self-motivation.
Words to know
- mirroring
- performing movements together while creating a mirror image of each other
- matching
- perform exactly the same movements as a pair/group
- accurate timing
- moving from one action to another without stopping
Common mistakes
Pupils struggle to distinguish between a matching and mirroring movement. Pupils struggle to execute their movements simultaneously.
Encourage pupils to work with peers to check whether a movement is matching or mirroring. Pupils should work on communication to improve their synchronisation.
For parents, carers and teachers
- When pupils develop extended sequences, they may lose flow due to focusing on remembering the different elements. Encourage pupils to practise repeatedly to improve the overall quality and simplify movements if they are too complex.