KS1 · Physical education · Year 1
Wide movements
Gymnastics: individual movements and balances
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Your learning goal
I can create movements and balances in a variety of ways that are wide on the floor and apparatus.
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Wide movements: 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 movements and balances in a variety of ways that are wide on the floor and apparatus.
Key learning points
- Move: moving and balancing in wide ways means reaching out with your arms and stretching your legs out wide.
- Move: combining wide with over and under will increase the variety of movements and balances created.
- Think: imagination enables us to perform in different wide ways, combining over and under using different body parts.
- Connect: sharing ideas and supporting others in their learning shows empathy.
- Feel: being brave to try a variety of ideas on apparatus shows self belief and a commitment to trying hard.
Words to know
- wide
- actions we perform when our arms and legs are outstretched
- over
- to cross over the top of a location
- under
- to travel below or underneath a location
Common mistakes
Pupils show balances instead of movements on the apparatus. Pupils perform gymnastics actions in silence to be well-behaved. Pointed toes mean lifting toes towards the knees.
Encourage pupils to travel or change their movements, not just hold still. Pupils perform gymnastics actions in silence to show good control. Pointed toes mean pushing the toes away from the legs, making their legs look longer.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Apparatus list is for guidance only. You can use the equipment you have available. Ladders and monkey bars would be beneficial to incorporate hanging balances. Display KLP's, keywords and important words. When listening to the teacher, pupils stand up straight, 'Stand like a gymnast.'