Who I like: my friends
I can use contact work safely and responsibly.
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Lesson details
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.
Keywords
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 misconception
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.
To help you plan your year 7 physical education lesson on: Who I like: my friends, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 7 physical education lesson on: Who I like: my friends, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
Explore more key stage 3 physical education lessons from the Dance: identity unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Suggested music.
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
