We are doing gymnastics in PE.  We started with 2 weeks concentrating on mat skills including balances, jumps, rolls and bunny hops.   This week the class were excited to see all the gymnastics equipment out.

On the equipment we will be making decisions on how to use each piece.  This week we discussed how the skills we have already learnt are important on the equipment.  For example

• jumping – we know how to jump and land and have learnt the 5 ways of taking off and landing.  On the equipment we jump onto, on, along and off using the techniques we know, like bending our knees to land.
• weight on hands – we take our body weight on our hands on the bars, ropes, boxes, benches and other places.
• rolls – we can roll on, along, around and off.

Here we are exploring the different equipment.