KS3 · Physical education · Year 7
Who I like: my friends
Dance: identity
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
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Your learning goal
I can use contact work safely and responsibly.
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Who I like: my friends: 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 use contact work safely and responsibly.
Key learning points
- Move: using contact work involves careful planning to ensure safety for all.
- Think: planning a counterbalance or supported jump involves reflecting on safety.
- Feel: checking how a counterbalance or supported jump is to be performed requires integrity for all involved.
- Connect: understanding and responding to the boundaries of other performers involves respect.
Words to know
- counterbalance
- where two or more performers share a balance by pulling or pushing against each other
- supports
- where a performer relies upon another to prevent them from falling
- contact work
- any action that includes physical contact with another performer
Common mistakes
When performing a 'pulling' counterbalance, pupils should hold hands.
There are many ways to perform 'pulling' counterbalances other than using hands, but if doing so, pupils should clasp one another's wrists to make a more secure connection.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Introducing PE mats is likely to increase risky behaviour. By introducing and reminding pupils of the safety aspects throughout the lesson, pupils should be able to work safely and manage any perceived risk.