Children will move in curved pathways such as those made by letters in their names.

Children will make up a short sequence of three movements while moving in curved pathways, both on the floor and on apparatus.

Children will copy and practice movements made by other children.

Children should now respond to instructions such as 'Go on a slow journey in which you do not use your feet'. 'Make your journey quicker and travel to three different places with your back facing the floor', Go on a fast journey visiting as many different places as you can in 30 seconds' etc.

Floor Work
Ask children if anyone has a name that begins with a curved letter. Choose a simple letter such as 'C' if possible and ask a child to make this shape on the floor travelling on their feet. Get the rest of the class to copy. Ask children if they can say what kind of pathway they were using. Establish that this was a curved pathway. Ask children to move around the workspace in a large curved pathway.

Now discuss some of the other letters that are curved and ask children to try and make some of these on the floor using their feet. Ask some children to demonstrate and ask the rest of the class to say what letters they were making.

Challenge children to make the letter shapes again but this time to use different parts of their bodies on which to travel. Interact with the children, ask them to describe what they are doing and then choose some to demonstrate to the rest of the class.

Challenge children to make other curved shapes by moving in different directions.

Apparatus
Remind children about the agreed rules for putting out apparatus safely then divide them into groups to put the apparatus out. . Ask children to sit quietly when they have completed the task given and to watch and check that other children have put out apparatus correctly. Have enough apparatus for five or six different groups.

Ask each group to sit by a different set of apparatus. Tell children that you want them to use the apparatus to travel in curved pathways. They must try to make sure that they do not travel in straight lines. Give children time to explore the apparatus and interact with them so that you are sure they understand the task given.

Choose some children to demonstrate and discuss how they managed to travel in curved pathways rather than straight. Did they need to come off the apparatus and use the floor for a movement to do this? Did they need to move from side to side rather than along the apparatus?

Get children to change apparatus groups and sit down. Tell them that this time you want them to make a sequence in which they use three different parts of their bodies on which to travel in curved pathways. Remind them that they can change direction or speed if they wish. Give children chance to make and practice their sequence then choose two or three children to demonstrate while the others describe their actions.

Ask children to change apparatus groups again then ask children if they can remember anything else about making a sequence of movements. Try to draw from them that they need to have a clear beginning and end. Discuss different ways of making these beginnings and ends then ask children to include them in the sequence they have already made up. Can they use the same sequence they made up on the last piece of apparatus? If they needed to change it why did they do so? Again interact with the children helping them to perfect movement skills. If time some children could be chosen to demonstrate these beginnings and endings to the class. Can other children think of ways to improve these beginnings and endings?

Cool Down
Remind children about the rules for putting the apparatus away safely then ask children to do so. When they have finished ask them to find a space on the floor and sit down.

Explain to children that we need to cool the body down so that their muscles gently begin to relax. Ask children to breathe in slowly and move from their sitting position to a large stretched shape, hold their breath for a moment and then breath out slowly as they curl down onto the floor.

Repeat this then ask them to lay on their backs and to think about how their body feels. Can they feel their heart beating? Can they feel the difference in their bodies when they breathe in or out?

Ask them to relax while the teacher recaps on the skills learnt in today's lesson.

Can children move in a curved pathway?

Can children make up a short sequence using three movements where the pathway is always curved?