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Hello, my name is Mrs. Wylie and I'm here to take you through the fourth lesson of the remote learning unit of work, Move well.

I'm really excited about this lesson.

Now all of these lessons have been designed so that you can get involved no matter where you are, whether you're at home in your garden or in your grandma's house, in your living room, or working somewhere else.

No matter where you are working remotely, you'll be able to get stuck in and complete the activities alongside us.

So I really hope you enjoy them.

So today's lesson is all about, Can you balance on a range of body parts and link them together.

So for this lesson you will need, a safe space to work in and ideally a dice but please don't worry if you don't have one.

Our outcome for today's lesson is I can balance on a range of body parts and link the balances together.

So hopefully by the end of the lesson that's where we'll be.

The keywords we're gonna go through as my turn and your turn.

So our first keyword, my turn, balance.

Your turn.

Great.

So balance is the ability to maintain a stable and controlled body position.

Second keyword.

My turn, link.

Your turn.

Brilliant.

So to link is to connect movements and balances together so that they flow.

And our third and final keyword.

My turn, self-motivation.

Your turn.

Brilliant.

Self-motivation is the ability to push yourself to take action and keep going without needing others to encourage you.

Let's get started with our warmup.

I want you to show what you know about preparing for balancing activities.

Those of you have done some of the move while lessons already.

This warmup will be familiar to you.

You're going to start by completing the following movements for 30 seconds each.

Jogging on the spot, star jumps and arm circles.

And once we're there and feeling warm, we're gonna hold balances on the following body parts for five seconds.

Starting with one foot and two hands, moving into one foot only, and then balancing on our bottom.

While you're doing your warmup, can you be self-motivated to warm up to the best of your ability, do you think?

And can you try to link the three balances together?

So when you get to that second part of the warmup, once you've had a go at them once, maybe you could link them up into a little routine.

And if you still don't feel ready, you could repeat those balances again.

Now there's a video in a second of a pupil working through this warmup.

Maybe have a little watch of what she's getting up to so you know what you're doing and then you can have a go yourself.

Good luck.

Enjoy.

I'll see you when you're done and ready to go.

Okay, so our lesson balancing on a range of body parts and linking them together is broken into two learning cycles.

The first one is roll to control and the second is link and perform.

Let's make a start on roll to control.

Why is it important to work on our balance?

Do you have any idea?

Laura said, "It helps to keep our body steady and in control when we move.

It makes it easier to run, jump, stop, and change direction without falling over.

Balance can also help us feel more confident when we try new challenges as it keeps our bodies safe and strong.

" The really important reasons to focus on our balance, aren't they?

Laura says, "Alex, can you think of any specific activities or sports where balance is really important?

" Alex said, "Riding my bike, balancing to put on my shoes and socks, walking up and down the stairs, playing in the park, skateboarding, climbing, gymnastics, martial arts, dance.

The list is endless.

" When is balance important for you?

Are there activities you do on a day-to-day basis or specific sporting things that you need balance for?

Have a little think.

Laura says, "I'm going to practice a few balances on different body parts.

Do you want to join me?

To be successful, I'm going to focus on holding each of my balances really still for four seconds.

" This is the first balance we can try, which is a three point balance with two hands and one foot.

The next balance is a shoulder stand, supporting our back with our hands and making sure our legs are nice and straight and our toes are pointed.

The third one is a one footed balance with our legs straight out behind and our arms out to the side.

And the fourth is a seat balance.

Making sure with all of these balances that our arms and legs were straight as possible and our fingers and toes are pointed.

Focusing on something that's not moving to help you hold those balances for a minimum of four seconds.

Have a little go at them to start practicing and getting going and then come back to me and we'll see how we're doing.

Let's check our understanding now we've had a little practice.

Can you demonstrate your understanding of good technique for a balance of your choice?

Now when we think about what balance you are gonna do in your show me task, can we maybe make sure it's one of the four we've just done?

Or at least make sure it's a super safe balance.

We're only getting started and we must work within safe levels, so always making sure that it's either a patch we're balancing on, so a large part of our body or at least bringing our feet in.

Have a little go and then come back to me and we'll see how you did.

Really good job if you held your balance completely still.

Even better if you held your balance for four seconds with your fingers and toes pointed, that'd be a great job.

Well done.

So Alex said, "Let's have a look at another pupil trying the same balances as us.

When we watch others, it's important to do it in a respectful way, calmly, quietly, and positively.

So here's an example of a student practicing the three point balance we did earlier.

Have a little look at what she's doing.

Think about the technique we talked through and how does it compare?

What she may be doing well?

What could she do to improve?

Here's another one.

So we've got a shoulder balance here.

She's gone straight up and straight back down again.

So have a little think about that technique.

Oh, and we've got a one footed balance.

Have a little look at that one.

I think that one's quite clear what we need to work on, but what do you think?

And our fourth one, we've got a nice seat balance here.

So have a little think about those four balances and think about what your feedback would be.

Remember your points and we'll come back to them.

Laura said, "I think the seat balance was perfect.

" I do, too.

She held it brilliantly and she had lovely long extended legs and arms and pointed toes and fingers, didn't she?

"In the one footed balance, they needed to focus on staying still.

" Yeah, that one was quite obvious, wasn't it?

She was super wobbly.

Making sure you focus your eyes on something that's not moving can help.

And Alex said, "I agree.

She looks really strong.

I think that shoulder stand balance could have been held for longer.

" She did go straight up and come down, didn't she?

"And her leg could have been straighter in her three point balance.

" Yes, that leg out to the back was a little bent, wasn't it Alex?

Really good points.

Well done.

What did you think?

Did you think something similar or maybe you had some slightly different points?

But well done for really reflecting on how they got on.

When we calmly, quietly and positively watch other people perform, what are we demonstrating?

Is it A, discipline.

Is it B, respect.

Or is it C, ambition.

What do you think?

Really well done if you said B, respect.

It's absolutely correct.

If we can be really calm and positive and give some really lovely feedback, we are demonstrating some great respect, which is a really important thing to have and demonstrate throughout life.

Let's get onto our first task.

So find a dice and roll a number.

If you don't have a dice, you can just work through the activities one to six, it's completely okay.

Look at the balance below for that number and then perform the balance for four seconds before rolling again.

Keep going until you've rolled all the numbers at least once.

So that's a little bit of a game of luck, isn't it?

It might take you a while to maybe roll a one and you could be rolling all the others and you could take a while to get that one and complete your balances.

But do your best to keep going 'cause practice makes perfect.

So if you roll a one, you're going to do a three point contact of balance like we did earlier with two hands and one foot.

If you roll a number two, you're going to do a one hand and one foot balance.

If you roll a number three, a one leg balance.

If you roll a number four, a flying balance, and by that we mean lying on your tummy, extending your arms and legs like you're balancing like flying in the sky.

If you get a number five, you're gonna do a side balance on your hip or a shoulder balance.

And if you get another six, you're gonna balance on your back creating shapes with your arms and your legs.

And there's gonna be a video that's gonna come up in a second so you can see how another pupil got on with this activity before you have a go.

Just make sure if you don't have a dice, you just work your way through those six ones.

Maybe have a go at them twice because if you've got a dice you could be going for a much longer time rolling multiple numbers and getting that practice in.

Have fun and I'll see you in a bit when you're done.

How did you get on?

Did you hold each balance completely still?

Laura said she did until she started to get tired.

So she didn't roll a six for a really long time.

Yeah, I can imagine once you get a bit tired, it's much, much harder to stay completely still.

Hopefully, you manage to contract that core and really concentrate and maintain your balances for those four seconds.

Were you able to respectfully watch other people perform?

Laura said she watched other people carefully and noticed how they could improve.

Hopefully you did the same when we watched those pupils on screen and offered them feedback in a respectful way.

Let's move on to our second learning cycle.

Link and perform.

When we start to link balances together, what do we need to consider?

Laura said, "Moving slowly and in control from one balance to the next.

Thinking ahead about which balance is coming next.

Keeping your body strong and steady.

Landing each balance carefully before moving on.

And take your time, rushing will make you wobble.

" It's super important that when we're linking balances, we really take our time and move slowly so we can maintain control.

Can you have a go at linking these four balances together and in order of your choice maybe.

Remember to hold each individual balance still for four seconds.

To be successful, you need to think and plan carefully.

Practice and reflect to ensure they link smoothly.

So you've got your flying balance, you've got a back support, you've got a one-legged balance bringing your other leg behind you and your arms up in the air.

And then you've got a front support.

Have a little go at practice them in the isolation first.

And then when you've got them, try and think about what order they could go in to make them link smoothly.

They don't have to go in the order, they're on the screen, have a play with them and see how they work.

Once you've had a practice, come back to me and we'll move on.

Let's check your understanding.

Careful planning, practice and reflection are required when linking balances together.

Is that true or false?

What do you think?

Good job if you said true.

Now why?

Because careful planning and reflection help us think ahead to our next balance and look back at what worked well so we can link our balances smoothly and keep getting better every single time.

Laura said, "I repeated that four balance routine so many times in different orders until I got them all to link really well.

" That's brilliant, Laura.

Alex said, "Well done, Laura.

That demonstrates great self-motivation.

Self-motivation is so important as it helps us to keep trying so we don't give up even when it feels tricky.

" How would you rate your self motivation today out of 10?

So when you are working through your balances, how hard are you trying?

How motivated are you to do your best?

Have a little think.

Let's check our understanding again.

So when striving to improve the quality of our balance sequences, what do we need?

Is it A, good balance.

Is it B, a timer.

Or is it C, self-motivation.

What do you think?

Great job if you said C, self-motivation.

It's super important if we're going to do really well in life in general and in our balance sequences that we have really strong self-motivation to push us to keep trying to do our best and see just what we're capable of.

Let's get into Task B, shall we?

So you're going to experiment.

Can you be self-motivated to come up with two of your own unique, safe balances using your legs, bottom or back?

So we need to make sure we're working at a real safe, low-level, really making sure we work on our patch balances and make sure we're bringing in our legs, our bottom or our back.

Link.

Can you add these two balances to the routine of four balances you just put together?

So when you are practicing and working on those four different balances and working out how you could put them together so they went smoothly, can you add your two own unique balances to that routine?

And then additional challenge.

Can you add in any of the balances from the dice activity in Task A?

So any of those six act balances that we did, could you maybe choose one of those and add that into?

So you should end up with a nice big sequence of seven balances, the four you've already practiced, your two unique ones and one from the Task A that you did earlier.

Here's a few examples of some other balances that you may add in.

Have a little watch of another pupil having a go at this task first.

And then when you are ready, get stuck in, and put together your own little performance.

Good luck and I hope you enjoy it and I'll see you in a minute.

Did you use balance on a range of body parts with stillness?

Hopefully, you managed to include a really good range in there to make it look really interesting.

Alex said he included a variety of balances and held each one for four seconds.

Great job, Alex.

Did you select balances to link together using careful planning and reflection.

Hopefully, you took your time and you experimented with lots of different ways to make sure the balances you use built in a really good, logical, smooth way.

Alex said, "Yes, I took my time and planned and practiced each section so I could keep improving.

" Good job.

Were you self-motivated to improve the quality of your balance sequence?

I really hope you were driven to be really self-motivated and you kept trying to make it the best you possibly could.

Laura said, "Yes, I worked really hard to make my sequence as good as possible.

" I hope you did too.

Well done today, guys.

Let's move into our cool down.

You're going to move slowly around your working space, completing the following actions.

Arm circles forwards and arm circles backwards as you move, really taking your time and mobilizing those joints.

Then you're gonna do some upper body rotations, moving to your left and right as you move around.

And then finally, some leg swings, bringing your opposite foot up to your opposite hand as you keep moving around your working area nice and slowly to lower your heart rate and end the lesson.

Come to a stop when you're done and let your body hang forwards reaching down to the ground.

Now while you are cooling down, have a little reflection.

Think about your balancing today.

Were you self-motivated to make your balances linked together?

And will you also self-motivate you the best that you could?

Think about your commitment as well, how could you keep working on your balance?

Could you practice balancing on one leg whilst you clean your teeth maybe or link balances together when in the park?

Take your time with your cool down and have some time on your reflection and thinking of your commitment, and then come back to me for the summary.

Really well done today, guys.

Some challenging things we've put in there today.

You've balanced successfully on a range of body parts, which has required you to hold each balance completely still.

You've selected balances to link together and that's required careful planning and reflection.

You've strived to improve the quality of your balance sequences and that's demonstrated your self motivation.

And you've watched the performance of others carefully and that's required your respect.

So really well done today.

That's an awful lot of greatness achieved.

Really looking forward to hopefully seeing you in the next Move Well lesson.

Well done.

See you soon.