Knowledge and skills:

During Year 3 & Year 4 the children learn to:

Games:

• throw and catch with control;

• be aware of space and use it to support team-mates and to cause problems for the opposition;

• know and use rules fairly.

Gymnastics:

• adapt sequences to suit different types of apparatus and criteria;
• explain how strength and suppleness affect performance;
• compare and contrast gymnastic sequences.

Athletics:

• run at fast, medium and slow speeds, changing speed and direction;
• take part in a relay, remembering when to run and what to do.

Outdoor and adventurous activities:

• follow a map in a familiar context;
• use clues to follow a route;
• follow a route safely.

Games:

• catch with one hand;
• vary tactics and adapt skills depending on what is happening in a game;
• hit a ball accurately with control;
• keep possession of the ball;
• throw and catch accurately.

Gymnastics:

• work in a controlled way;
• include change of speed and direction;
• include a range of shapes;
• work with a partner to create, repeat and improve a sequence with at least three phases.

Athletics:

• run over a long distance;
• sprint over a short distance;
• throw in different ways;
• hit a target;
• jump in different ways.

Outdoor and adventurous activities:

• follow a map in a (more demanding) familiar context;
• follow a route within a time limit.