This gymnastics group balances for groups of 4 reference sheet and task card set are perfect for your Primary or Secondary Gymnastics Lessons. This resource includes a set of Gymnastics group balances task cards for group balances and routines as well as a differentiated visual aid (with around 30 balances) students can use to copy the group balances from. The task cards contain 16 tasks on 13 pages. The tasks take students through how to match, mirror and complement individual balances as well as creating their own interpretations independently. They also included tasks that use the group of 4 balances resource sheet: Students select and practice Find ways of getting into and out of the balances Linking 2 group of 4 balances together Developing their own 4 person balances by matching and mirroring pairs balances, trio balances, top positions or base positions given Creating a short sequence Easiest to hardest: Green, Yellow, Red, Purple I would only suggest purple and red to those that are really competent gymnasts and have done some sports acro before - otherwise support would be required. Recommendations for use for the A4 resource card: Give each group a copy of the resource and they can self differentiate Give each group a copy and give them a colour to try based on their ability Ask students to pick a balance and change one of the positions to create a new balance and show the class Get students to adapt the balances for apparatus Need other gymnastics balances? Click here

A comprehensive set of differentiated task card students can use to copy counter balance and counter tension balances from. This product includes: All the differentiated balances on A4 landscape Seperate A4 portrait versions of each of the 6 sections (could be used as differentiated stations) Please see here for a less comprehensive free resource on counter balance and counter tension. Some products you might like: Individual balances Pair balances Trio balances Group of 4 balances Please email me on pickupandgoresources@gmail.com if you would like a custom gymnastics product.

This gymanstics pair balances reference sheet and task card set are perfect for your Primary or Secondary Gymnastics Lessons. This resource includes a set of Gymnastics Pair Balances task cards for pairs balances and routines as well as an A4 differentiated visual aid (with around 50 balances) students can use to copy the paired balances from. The tasks take students through how to match and mirror individual balances and matching and mirroring independently. They also included tasks that use the pair balances resource sheet: Students select and practice Find ways of getting into and out of the balances Linking 2 pair balances together Developing their own balances from pair or base positions given Creating a short sequence The pair balances resource sheet includes balances that are differentiated by colour. Easiest to hardest: Green, Yellow, Red, Purple I would only suggest purple and red to those that are really competent gymnasts and have done some sports acro before - otherwise support would be required. If you want lesson plans for pair routines check out my SOW here! Recommendations for use: Give each group a copy of the resource and they can self differentiate Give each group a copy and give them a colour to try based on their ability Ask students to pick a balance and change one of the positions to create a new balance and show the class Get students to adapt the balances for apparatus Need other gymnastics balances? Click here

A group of resource and task cards for individual gymnastics balances that students can use to select and accurately replicate balances for their routines. Useful in a secondary or primary PE lesson on balance or routines and great for independent work. This is used in my Scheme of work for individual routines available here Included in this resource: A4 black and white page with approx 45 balances on for students to copy Differentiated by colour A4 page with approx 45 balances on (green - easy, yellow - medium, red- hard, purple -challenging An A4 page where the balances are grouped by difficulty An A4 page where the balances are grouped by height (good for compositional work with students to get them to see the different between heights) An A4 activity/task card with 7 different tasks students can work through independently - culminating in them creating a short sequence of their own.(editable and pdf versions) Recommendations for the A4 page of 45 balances: Give each student a copy of the resource Give a group a copy and challenge them to match or mirror the balances Ask students to pick a balance and change one of the leg or arm positions to create a new balance and show the class Get students to adapt the balances for apparatus Need other gymnastics balances? Click here

An A4 differentiated gymnastics balance task card students can use in a gymnastics lesson on balances or routines to copy the group of 5+ balances from. Easiest to hardest: Green, Yellow, Red , Purple. There is at least one balance for groups of 5, 6, 7, and 8. I would only suggest purple to those that are really competent gymnasts and have done some sports acro before - otherwise lots of support would be required. I also would suggest support for those attempting red if they do not have a gymnastics background. Recommendations for use: Give each group a copy of the resource and they can self differentiate Give each group a copy and give them a colour to try based on their ability Ask students to pick a balance and change one of the positions to create a new balance and show the class Get students to adapt the balances for apparatus Need other gymnastics balances? Click here Please email me at pickupandgoresources@gmail.com if you would like a custom gymnastics balances product or bundle.

4 Stations/task cards for individual gymnastics balances. Useful in a lesson on balance or routines and great for independent work.There is a standing balances station, a kneeling and sitting balances station, a inverted balances station and a support balances station. There are enough balances on each station card to cater to complete beginners and for experienced gymnasts. Colour and black and white versions included (to save on ink). Recommendations for use: Set up 4 different stations around the room and give students set times on each station then move them on (think circuit) Split the group into 4 and give each group a station card - swap them over as needed Place the balances in a central position and get students to pick on balance from each station that they should link together into a short sequence Give to a non doer for them to see if their peers are accurately replicating the balances Need other gymnastics balances? Click here

A comprehensive set of lesson plans for an introductory gymnastics unit, most appropriate for year 6 or lower KS3. The unit covers skills pupils will need to create their own individual gymnastics routines including individual balances, rotations, travelling movements, jumps and compositional aspects. All resources mentioned in the SOW are included in this product – Individual balance resources sheet and task card(Worth £3.50), set balances task card(not available anywhere else), rolls and balances task card, compositional aspects criteria and assessment matrix. This SOW / set of 6 lesson plans for gymnastics covers the following skills and objectives: Lesson 1 - Basic shapes - Know and demonstrate the basic shapes in gymnastics and apply them to a variety of different contexts. To develop control, fluency, tension and extension. To understand the compositional aspect of levels. Lesson 2 Rotations - To accurately replicate a variety of rotations. To know where the axis of rotation are. To apply skills learnt into a sequence Lesson 3 – Jumps - To accurately replicate a variety of jumps. To apply skills learnt into a sequence Lesson 4 – Individual balances - To accurately replicate balances individually. Lesson 5 – Travelling movements - To develop a variety of ways of travelling from one location to another. Lesson 6 – Composition and assessment - To develop and apply knowledge of compositional aspects. This SOW was created to save time for busy teachers and is made so teachers with little/no gymnastics experience can teach it just as well as those with lots. You should be able to teach a lesson with minimal preparation, maybe watching a few videos before hand or printing out some resources. The scheme has diagrams, assessment levels, differentiation , teaching points, Assessment for learning/plenary activities, links to videos that show the skill, clear explanations of the tasks and all resources and links to the resources required via the lesson plan. No timings are included as each school can vary in terms of lesson time. They should provide enough tasks for lessons of 40 minutes and above. I also have a set of pair routines lesson plans with all the resources here

This gymnastics trio balances reference sheet and task card set are perfect for your Primary or Secondary Gymnastics Lessons. This Resources includes a set of Gymnastics group balances task cards for trio balances and routines as well as an A4 differentiated visual aid (with around 50 balances) students can use to copy the trio balances from. The tasks take students through how to match, mirror and complement individual balances as well as creating their own interpretations independently. They also included tasks that use the trio balances resource sheet: Students select and practice Find ways of getting into and out of the balances Linking 2 trio balances together Developing their own trio balances from pairs balances, top positions or base positions given Creating a short sequence Easiest to hardest: Green, Yellow, Red, Purple I would only suggest purple and red to those that are really competent gymnasts and have done some sports acro before - otherwise support would be required. Please note what you see in the previews is everything included. Recommendations for use for the A4 balances resource page: Give each group a copy of the resource and they can self differentiate Give each group a copy and give them a colour to try based on their ability Ask students to pick a balance and change one of the positions to create a new balance and show the class Get students to adapt the balances for apparatus Need other gymnastics balances? Click here

Christmas maths - tessellations. Christmas themed tessellation activity for students to complete in class or for homework. A great consolidation activity that can engage students at Christmas. This could more than a whole lesson if you get the students to tessellate a design and then also colour it (great for displays!). Includes: Christmas tree (moderately easy) Bauble (medium) Candy cane (easy) Christmas stocking with curved edges (hard) Geometric christmas stocking (easy) Elf (Hard) Santas head (medium) present (easy) For each shape there is the following types of sheets: An A4 portrait sheet with small squares and a small shape to start students off An A4 portrait sheet with big squares and a big shape to start students off A small template which is approx 1/8 of A4 A big template which are on their own A4 page Examples of how to tessellate the shape/pre-made colouring pages for students that are really struggling to tessellate the shape correctly. The geometric Christmas stocking is available as a free product here. Click here for more Christmas maths resources

This product is designed to help with the composition of gymnastics routines and more specifically relationships between partners (matching and mirroring & canon and unison). Included: 2 A4 landscape pages showing illustrations of matching and mirroring balances. This could either be used as a display or as a help card. An A4 scaffolded task card students can use to help them with creating a sequence Practical application in a lesson: Give the lower ability pairs the matching and mirroring display posters for them to accurately replicate the balances on there Give the middle ability students the task card to work through Give the higher ability studets a sheet of balances and tell them they have to include matching and mirroring & canon and unsion in a short sequence. This takes up an entire lesson. This product is great when used with the following products: Matching and mirroring quiz quiz trade cards(free) Gymnastics assessment Levels matrix for KS3(free) Compositional aspects of gymnastics sequences/routines(free) Individual gymnastic balances (premium) Please email me at pickupandgoresources@gmail.com if you would like a custom gymnastics balances product. See here for my other gymnastics products. #SpringSavers

A comprehensive set of lesson plans for a first/second gymnastics unit, most appropriate for KS3 or KS4. The unit covers skills pupils will need to create their own pair gymnastics routines including individual balances, pair balances, rotations, jumps and compositional aspects. All resources mentioned in the SOW are included in this product – Wheel of fortune basic shape spinner Plenary cards for basic shapes and matching and mirroring Individual balance resources sheet(Worth £3.50) Pair balances task cards and visual resource cue (worth £3.50) Set balances task card(not available anywhere else) Compositional aspects criteria Assessment matrix. Accompanying powerpoints for some lessons This SOW / set of 6 lesson plans for gymnastics covers the following skills and objectives: Lesson 1 - Basic shapes - Know and demonstrate the basic shapes in gymnastics and apply them to a variety of different contexts. To develop control, fluency, tension and extension. To understand the compositional aspect of levels. Lesson 2 Rotations - To accurately replicate a variety of rotations. To know where the axis of rotation are. To apply skills learnt into a sequence Lesson 3 – Jumps - To accurately replicate a variety of jumps. To apply skills learnt into a sequence Lesson 4 – Individual balances - To accurately replicate balances individually. Lesson 5 – pair balances - To accurately replicate pair balances. Lesson 6 – Composition and assessment - To develop and apply knowledge of compositional aspects. This SOW was created to save time for busy teachers. You should be able to teach a lesson with minimal preparation, maybe watching a few videos before hand or printing out some resources. Please ensure you understand the health and safety aspects of gymnastics before teaching this unit. Refer to Teaching safe practice in Physical Education by BAALPE if need be. The scheme has powerpoints, diagrams, animate GIFS, assessment levels, differentiation , teaching points, Assessment for learning/plenary activities, links to videos that show the skill, clear explanations of the tasks and all resources and links to the resources required via the lesson plan. No timings are included as each school can vary in terms of lesson time. They should provide enough tasks for lessons of 40 minutes and above. I also have a set of lesson plans for individual gymnastics routines available here.

This Christmas/Holiday maths one step equations maze will give students practice with their solving equations skills. A great seasonal activity to engage students this Christmas. Great for a starter or early finishers near Christmas. Especially if you want students to practice and consolidate solving equations without using a traditional worksheet. The maze uses positive values of x only. This activity is great because students can check their own answers as they go through and most of the time, they don’t realise they are answering multiple questions. This freebie includes 1 maze with solutions and some great Holiday clipart. Students work their way through the maze, colouring the correct answers and following the path to the next question. See here for more Christmas themed activities.

This Christmas maths colour by number activity will give students lots of practice of finding the mean, median, mode or range. A fun seasonal activity to engage students before Christmas AND they are still doing work! Great for a starter/plenary or early finishers. Especially if you want students to practice and consolidate finding averages without using a traditional worksheet. All the squares have a number in them and students need to find the averge from a list of given numbers and colour in all the squares that correspond to their answer, in the colour given, in order to reveal a Christmas Tree. Fun Holiday clip art border included. This product includes: ❄A Colour by Number sheet ❄A question sheet with space for workings ❄An Answer sheet for teachers If you would like more Christmas themed maths activities please click here.

Christmas maths - tessellations. Christmas themed tessellation activity for students to complete in class or for homework. A great consolidation activity that can engage students at Christmas. This could more than a whole lesson if you get the students to tessellate a design and then also colour it (great for displays!). Includes: Geometric christmas stocking (easy) For this shape there is the following types of sheets: An A4 portrait sheet with small squares and a small shape to start students off An A4 portrait sheet with big squares and a big shape to start students off A small template which is approx 1/8 of A4 A big template which are on their own A4 page Examples of how to tessellate the shape/pre-made colouring pages for students that are really struggling to tessellate the shape correctly. More Christmas tessellations are available here. Click here for more Christmas maths resources

This Christmas maths colour by number activity will give students lots of practice of simplifying surds. A fun seasonal activity to engage students before Christmas AND they are still doing work! Great for a starter/plenary or early finishers. Especially if you want students to practice and consolidate simplifying surds without using a traditional worksheet. All the squares have a surd in them and students need to simplify the surd given and colour in all the squares that correspond to their answer, in the colour given, in order to reveal Father Christmas. Fun Holiday clip art border included. This product includes: ❄A Colour by Number sheet ❄A question sheet with space for workings ❄An Answer sheet for teachers If you would like more Christmas themed maths activities please click here.

This Easter maths codebreaker gives students lots of practice at their times tables which helps them to reveal a groan worthy Easter Joke. A fun maths starter or reward for early finishers in the run up to Easter. UPDATED - swapped the m and t over. Similar to my Halloween codebreaker freebie which is a “TES PICKS” resource. Students need to answer the questions and find each corresponding letters in order to reveal an Easter joke, fun Easter clip art pictures included. If you would like more Easter themed maths activities please click here.

Reciprocal teaching cards for forwards rolls, backward rolls, log rolls, egg rolls and variations on rolls. Full differentiated with clear illustrations and instructional points. Progressive, guided task students can complete independently and self differentiate. Perfect for a lesson on rotation or rolls. The skills are differentiated by colour (blue = stage 1, gold=stage 2, red=stage 3, purple=stage 4) Blue skills in this pack include: Log roll Egg roll and variation Rocking backward and forward Disk rocking Gold skills include: Log roll variations Egg roll variations Tucked forward roll Tucked backward roll Red skills include: Forward roll to straddle Backward roll to straddle Backward roll to pike Forward and backward roll start and finish variations (available free here) Purple skills include: Piked forward roll Piked backward roll with straight arms Backward roll to handstand with straight arms The resource has: Clear editable text instructions (the font is fully embeded) Clear high quality illustrations An assessment level (old national curriculum levels 3-6) Check out my other gymnastics resources here