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

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

A SOW / set of 7 lesson plans for volleyball. This unit of work would be most appropriate for students that have never had volleyball lesson before or for a lower ability set that have had one unit of volleyball lessons. This SOW covers the following skills: Ball familiarisation (available free here) The volley Developing the volley The dig (using a reciprocal card) The underarm serve Passing and game play This SOW was created to save time for busy teachers and is made so teachers with little/no volleyball experience can teach it just as well as those with lots. You should be able to teach a lesson with minimal preparation (mainly using youtube to view drills) and I made these so in most cases they can be just picked up and taught. The scheme has diagrams, All/Most/SOME outcomes, differentiation , teaching points, links to videos that show the skill, appropriate resource cards and clear explanations of the tasks. There are no timings included as each school can vary in terms of lesson time. They should provide enough tasks for lessons of 40 minutes and above. If you have an requests for custom products and have any comments about the product here please email me at pickupandgoresources@gmail.com

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.

These self-checking, no-prep printable maze worksheets will give KS3 students a fun way to practise Solving One Step Equations (with positive x’s). These maths mazes can be used for class work, warm-ups, additional practise, homework or you can give them to early finishers. Included: ★3 mazes (labelled at the bottom left) ★Answer Key for each maze Features: ★Easy to use ★Self-checking ★At least 9 questions for students to answer ★Engaging ★Mark at a glance ★Full solutions This is a more engaging way of reviewing solving equations. It is great because students can self-check the answers and most of the time they don’t realise they are answering multiple questions. Students work their way through the maze, coloring the correct answers and following the path to the next question. =±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=± Other resources you might like Solving 1 Step Equations Maths Maze Activity - Multiplying and Dividing Solving 1 Step Equations Maths Maze Activity - Adding and Subtracting Solving 1 Step Equations Maths Maze Activity

This Halloween maths codebreaker uses skills learnt in ordering decimals, substutition, length conversions and coordiantes to reveal halloween jokes. Make your students feel like a spy trying to crack a code in a fun and novel way for students to practise ordering decimals, substitution, metric length conversions and coordinates in all 4 quadrants. Each skill has a different sheet, so there are 4 total worksheets all with awesome Halloween clip art and answers included. The skills included here are normally covered in year 7 but could be used for any year group as a fun consolidation. Students need to answer the questions and find each corresponding letters in order to reveal a halloween joke. Great starter for lessons or to give to early finishers. Suggestions for use: Give to students to do by themselves (self differentiated or teacher chooses) Give for homework Use as a collaborative task - (pairs/3s work out a column each) See here for a FREE Halloween codebreaker that uses multiplcation skills. If you would like more Halloween themed maths activities please click here.

A fun 10 card treasure hunts for a function machines lesson. Skills covered are: finding the input of a function machine by using inverse operations. Student record card and solutions included. Use as a starter for a lesson on solving equations or as AFL/ a plenary for a lesson on finding the input of a function machine. Difficulties include ★ Gold (medium) - Finding the input of a function machine by using inverse operations Students need to start on any random card and note down the letter on their recording card (first page). They answer the question on that card then find another card that has the answer on (they then note down that letter and so on). Suggestions for use: ★Print them off on A4 and scatter them around the room (students love getting out of their seats!) ★Print the cards off 4 to a page and give them to students individually to do on their desk See here for more function machines resources, including lessons and other treasure hunts.

A gymnastics balances task card students can use to copy counter balance and counter tension balance. Perfect for a gymnastics lesson on balances, partner work or routines! A total of 9 different balances are included, 5 counter tension and 4 counter balance. This product is a less comprehensive version of my differentiated counter tension and counter balance task cards which includes more counter tensions and balances to copy from which are arranged by difficulty. Need other gymnastics balances? Click here Please email me on pickupandgoresources@gmail.com if you would like a custom gymnastics product.

A task card for teaching the dig for the first time. I am going to use this with the pupils in groups of 3, with one coach, feeder and worker.

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