Curriculum Skill: Develop the skill of jumping
GLD Level: Moderate
Curricular Area:P.E.
Curricular Strand:Athletics / Attained / Extended
Acquiring / Becoming Fluent / Maintenance / Generalisation / Application / Adaptation
Experience the sensation of bouncing or being bounced on a trampoline/bouncy castle:
- listen to the language of ‘up’ and ‘down’,‘high’ and ‘low’ used with the movement
Crouch down low and then stretch up high while standing and holding onto a person/stable object:
- respond physically to instructions regarding ‘up’ and ‘down’, ‘high’ and ‘low’
Participate in stepping activities around the room:
- help to place footprints/shapes/carpet pieces around the room, react to the sight of the pieces by stepping on to them, step from one to the other with decreasing assistance
Make attempts to stride:
- with some prompting and visual demonstration attempt to stretch his/her legs to reach each point while moving on footprints/shapes/ carpet pieces around the room (The distance between them can be gradually increased.)
Attend to the contrasting movements of taking short steps and then striding:
- feelmovement actions associated with interchanging between short steps and striding, be enabled to follow footprints, shapes, etc. placed at differing distances
Explore various ways of jumping— jumping for height or distance:
- reach up to punch a balloon, chase bubbles floating in the air and jump to burst them, jump off the ground and out in front, jumpon the spot (in a soft play area, into a ball pool) climb onto a small step and jump down
Independently follow footprints/ shapes/carpet pieces:
- place pieces on the floor for stepping, step from one point to another with accuracy, independently follow the direction of the pieces
Imitate a demonstration of stepping and striding by following the leader and attempting to change at the appropriate time
Independently follow a demonstration of striding:
- look and listen to a demonstration, stretch out his/her legs to reach each point laid on the floor, follow progressively challenging pathways
Show creativity in mixing short steps and strides:
- create his/her own pathways through footprints, shapes, etc. placed randomly on the floor, interchange between short steps and strides at randomwhile moving throughout the room
Jump independently:
- jump in puddles for fun, jump down from a high sitting position, actively seekto get up on small steps and jump down, listen to a verbal instruction and jump to land on a mat in an upright position
Explore various ways of taking off from the ground and landing:
- take off from two feet to land on two feet, take off from one foot to land on two feet on a mat in an upright position
Practise moving around the room and on reaching particular points in the room perform a number of jumps:
- a jump for height, followed by a jump for distance
Practise skipping activities with and without ropes:
- attempt to skip using a one foot leading skip and then changing to a jump skip, interchange forward skipping with sideways skipping at random,use a skipping rope to skip while stationary and while on the move
The Curriculum Access Tool for Students with General Learning Disability (CAT-GLD) is a framework developed by the Special Education Support Service based on the Guidelines for Teachers of Students with General Learning Disabilities produced by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.