Curled movements
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can create a variety of curled movements and balances on the floor and apparatus.
Key learning points
- Move: moving and balancing in curled ways requires the body to be rolled up tightly in a tucked position.
- Move: combining curled with high and low, over and under increases the variety of the movements and balances created.
- Think: high-quality curled movements and balances require silent control and pointed fingers and toes.
- Connect: helping others to develop and improve their performance shows empathy.
- Feel: using self-belief and striving to improve your performance will lead to feeling successful.
Keywords
Curled - an action we perform by rolling our body up tightly in a tucked position with a rounded back
Tuck - a shape performed when our bodies are curled and our knees are brought up to our chest
Balance - maintaining a desired shape in a stationary position
Common misconception
In gymnastics, we only do forward and backward rolls. We bring our feet up to our bottom in a tuck jump.
Rolls can be sideways; as long as pupils roll silently with control, they are still successful. We bring our feet and knees up towards our chest in a tuck jump.
Teacher tip
Lessons using zones of apparatus are for guidance only. You can use zones, or allow pupils to move freely on all the apparatus. To do a forward roll, tell pupils to lift their bottoms high and tuck their heads down low so that the back of the head touches the floor, and not the top of the head.
Equipment
mats, benches, gymnastic tables, climbing frames/wall bars, tambourine
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is the opposite of low?
Q2.How do we describe our body when it is stretched out long and thin?
Q3.How can we perform a high-quality, high movement?
Q4.What does helping others and talking kindly show?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What do we call the shape we make when our body is curled up tight?
Q2.Which of these is a curled movement?
Q3.Where do we put our chin when we roll in a curled way?
Q4.What do self-belief and striving to improve help us to feel?
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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