Gymnastics 3 - Lesson 6

In the sixth lesson of the Year 4 Gymnastics 3 series, students are set to showcase the gymnastic skills they have acquired throughout the unit. The lesson's learning objectives are centered around demonstrating balance, control, rolling, stands, as well as jumping and turning skills with consistency. To achieve these objectives, the pupils will engage in a variety of activities designed to assess their proficiency in these areas. The success criteria for the lesson are clearly outlined, ensuring that pupils can balance and travel with control, demonstrate their rolling and stands, and exhibit jumping and turning skills. Key vocabulary terms such as balancing, travelling, jumping, turning, rolling, and stands are emphasized to reinforce the lesson's focus.

The lesson is structured into three main segments: warm-up, main activity, and cool down. During the warm-up, students prepare their bodies for physical activity by travelling around the gym and using apparatus to perform stretches. This is followed by the main activity, which is the assessment time. Pupils are divided into four groups and rotate through different stations, each focusing on specific gymnastic skills such as climbing and balancing on wall bars, performing various rolls and stands on mats, executing jumps, leaps, and turns on tables, and demonstrating travelling and shapes on benches. Teachers are encouraged to position themselves centrally to observe and assess all pupils, using tick sheets for easy tracking. The lesson concludes with a cool down where students reflect on their learning, discussing what they have enjoyed and the challenges they have faced during the unit.