In PE we’ve been learning about gymnastics, with our PE teacher,  Miss Fraser. So far we’ve done handstands, cartwheels, shoulderstands, forwards and backwards rolls, teddy bear rolls, round offs, pencil roll and lots more!

Handstands:

We did handstands on the first week of the new term. Miss Fraser had set up stations around the gym to help us do our handstands as good as we could. For the first station we paired up and shared a mat together. The first person would try a handstand while the other person supported them by holding their hips  while the other person was still in the position. By the end of all of the stations all of us could do a handstand with or without support!

Cartwheels:

Last week in PE we were doing cartwheels. Miss Fraser set up some different stations around the gym again, but this time to help us with our cartwheels.  In the first station we had 2 benches. On the first bench we had to do some bunny jumps to get used to going over it. After we were comfortable with it, we practiced doing slow motion cartwheels to practice the motion. After that we went onto the second bench. On the second bench we were doing high-kicks. We had to figure out which leg was our strong leg and practice kicking as high as we could when trying to do a cartwheel. By the end of all of the stations most of us were able to do a cartwheel without the bench as support!

By Emma