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Exemplar 13
A unit of work in gymnastics
third and fourth classes
Themes
Travelling, weight-bearing
Theme of lesson
Warm-up
Development of lesson
• floorwork
Lesson 1, 2
Travelling: creating sequences
Practise running and jumping, emphasising
stretched jumps.
Run and jump, taking off from two feet and
landing on two feet.
Create a sequence of three jumps linked by
running movements.
Create a sequence to include a balance, a
roll, a jump and a travelling movement.
Lesson 3, 4
Travelling and weight-bearing; creating
sequences (1)
Jog … stretch
Practise a sequence including a roll, a
balance and a jumping action.
Find ways of balancing on four points, three
points, two points and one point.
Select two or three balances and find ways
of moving into and out of them in a
smooth, controlled way.
• apparatus work
Combine travelling movements with a
balance and a roll.
Find ways of moving onto the apparatus,
holding a balance on hands and feet on it
and moving off it into a roll.
Repeat, holding a different balance on the
apparatus.
Concluding activity
Stretch gently. Walk, then relax
Stretch gently. Jog, then relax
Teaching points
Emphasise correct take-off for jumping;
different ways of ordering the actions; smooth
linking of actions and changes of speed;
variety of balances; starting and finishing
sequences with clear, controlled position.
Emphasise good body tension, maintaining
stillness of movement, smooth linkages and
making wide and narrow shapes.
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