KS2 · Physical education · Year 4
Unison in sequences
Gymnastics: symmetry and asymmetry
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Your learning goal
I can create a sequence in unison using a range of movements and balances that flow.
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Unison in 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 in unison using a range of movements and balances that flow.
Key learning points
- Move: creating movements in unison requires moving in time with our partner.
- Think: performing in unison with our partner requires concentration to ensure we are both moving with accurate timings.
- Think: selecting the movements and balances to perform in unison requires decision making.
- Connect: strong collaboration and respect helps to ensure the movements are performed with accurate timings in unison.
- motivating our partner to perform with maximum effort and accurate timing requires resilience.
Words to know
- unison
- performing the same movement at exactly the same time as a partner
- accurate timings
- performing movements and balances at the exact time you planned
- sequence
- combination of controlled movements and balances that have been linked together in a particular order
Common mistakes
Pupils find keeping accurate timings hard and struggle to see how to adapt the sequence to improve this and make this easier.
Encourage pupils to slow down their movements and to include simpler movements that both pupils in the pair can perform with confidence.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Introduce apparatus to extend the challenge further. Mix the pairings so that pupils can apply their learning with a variety of partners.