Large Apparatus

Progressive Skills

• Safe lifting and transportation of apparatus

• Safe assembly and dismantling of apparatus.

• Use of apparatus to show balances and jumps.

• Understanding of safe landings

• Discipline when using apparatus

• Creating movement sequences on apparatus

• Encouraged to create movement out of comfort zone, climb higher, balance longer etc.

• Set challenges

Gymnastics

Dance

Progressive Skills

• Introduction to basic actions and pupils learning how to improvise and copy basic movement patterns in partners.

• Respond to a variety of stimuli. They explore different ways to use movement to reflect the stimulus keeping in unison.

• Learn different stage directions used in dances.

• Express moods and feeling in dance to tell a story or convey and idea.

• Create scenarios of their own to expand the storyline and expression in their dance.

• Create a clear middle and end to their routines using stillness.

• Competition week: recap performance skills and use in final dance.

Tennis

Progressive Skills

• Learn to understand the similarities between throwing and rolling the ball underarm to the forehand shot.

• Take part in exercises which continue to develop their ability to play a forehand shot in tennis.

• Introduce the volley shot and understand the term volley.

• Take part in activities to improve their ability to volley the ball, ensuring stance is correct and racket is facing up.

• Learn how to start a rally in tennis using a serve. Practice serving to targets to increase their ability to perform serves accurately.

• Combine learnt skills to take part in a number of tennis-based activities.