Individual to Team Mastery
Gymnastics
•Year 6
•8 Lessons
This unit challenges Year 6 students to master advanced gymnastic skills whilst developing sophisticated collaborative abilities through partner and group work. The journey moves from perfecting individual techniques like rolls and inversions to creating impressive group sequences that demonstrate both physical competence and creative choreography. Through progressive skill-building and increasing collaboration, students experience the artistry of gymnastics whilst developing resilience, trust and leadership.
Lessons in This Unit
8 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can we use momentum and body tension to perform controlled rolling movements with confidence?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop technical proficiency in straddle, forward and backward rolls with control and fluency
- • To work collaboratively with a partner to complete gymnastic tasks and provide constructive feedback
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can we use our partner's weight and body tension to create stunning balanced shapes together?
Key Objectives:
- • To understand and demonstrate the principles of counter balance and counter tension
- • To perform controlled partner balances with quality body tension
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can we create flowing gymnastic sequences that seamlessly connect partner balances using different levels and movements?
Key Objectives:
- • To link partner balances into smooth, controlled sequences
- • To understand and demonstrate counterbalance and counter-tension techniques
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can we safely perform inverted movements while maintaining perfect control and body tension?
Key Objectives:
- • To perform inverted movements with control and fluency
- • To demonstrate progressive skill development in advanced gymnastic actions
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we use our bodies to create controlled inverted movements that demonstrate strength, balance and coordination?
Key Objectives:
- • To perform progressive headstand movements with control and proper body alignment
- • To execute cartwheel sequences using the correct hand-foot pattern
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we use our arms and core strength to travel safely over apparatus using flight?
Key Objectives:
- • To be able to use flight from hands to travel over apparatus with control
- • To develop strength and coordination in vaulting movements
Lesson 7
Big Question:
How can we work together safely to create impressive group balances that tell a story through movement?
Key Objectives:
- • To be able to create and perform group balances with control and fluency
- • To develop leadership skills by leading warm-up routines
Lesson 8
Big Question:
How can we use formations and compositional devices to create outstanding group gymnastics sequences?
Key Objectives:
- • To combine and perform gymnastic actions, shapes and balances with control and fluency in group formations
- • To create sequences using compositional devices including canon and synchronisation to improve quality