Year 3 - Spring Term - Gymnastics & Hockey 🤸‍♀️🏒

Year 3 have shown excellent resilience this week despite barriers to their PE lessons due to the weather, Year 6 SATs and other factors.

Continuing their focus on gymnastics, Year 3 have been revisiting and developing the key fundamentals. This has included holding balances using various points of contact with the floor, as well as challenging themselves with higher-level individual and group balances. Students have focused on creating a performance by developing their own choreography, while thinking carefully about transitions, presentation and flow.

Alongside gymnastics, Year 3 have also been working on hockey, developing their ball control and correct stick handling. They have practised making passes and communicating effectively using appropriate terminology.

Some classes were limited in space. However, this did not stop Year 3, who took part in a range of classroom-based activities such as “air hockey”, yoga and other movement activities.
















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