This half term children have been working through a new Gymnastics programme called 'Rise Gymnastics' (new this year from British Gymnastics). In Early Years, skills & activities are linked to a theme & Reception have been thinking about 'People who help us'. This week, we were paramedics, carrying an inured teddy around the gym course - over obstacles, up slopes, off benches & tables & through hoops. We talked about 'matching ' or 'mirroring' our partners & it was a real team effort to get teddy safely through the course on a stretcher. Y1 are working on the 'discovery skills' & this week focused on taking weight on hands & balances with & without a partner. We finished with some lovely counterbalances.