Health and physical education / Year 5 and 6 / Movement and Physical Activity / Understanding movement

Curriculum content descriptions

Manipulate and modify elements of effort, space, time, objects and people to perform movement sequences (ACPMP065)

Elaborations
  • demonstrating an understanding of how to adjust the force and speed of an object to improve accuracy and control
  • creating a movement sequence that demonstrates variations in flow and levels and involves individuals moving together in time
  • working with a partner to explore pushing and pulling movements and how these can be manipulated to perform counter-balances
  • developing strategies that exploit the playing space to create overlaps and extra attackers
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Sports,  Shape (Dance),  Spatial levels (Dance),  Human movement,  Movement pathways

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