Over the last 4 weeks all of the Year 2 and 3 classes have been attending weekly gymnastics lessons with Andrew. We’ve been developing lots of new skills using different techniques. We’ve worked hard to improve our muscle strength and learn the different ways to build up skills to then complete a specific move, e.g. froggy jumps, kicks and then up into a handstand.

We’ve learnt how to:

• bounce on a trampoline onto a big mat
• jump
• hop
• stretch all of our muscles
• do the splits
• do forward rolls
• do backwards rolls
• roll
• skip
• do handstands
• do strength holds
• throw and catch hoops
• do different running exercises
• slide and pull ourselves along on mats
• balance by ourselves or with a partner

and so many more skills. In fact, this list is just a part of our activities.  Every activity taught us a skill but then we used that skill to do a more complex move.

We had an exciting time and loved every minute of our programme. We were very tired, hot and sweaty by the end of each session.