Level

Acquiring and Developing Skills

Selecting and Applying Skills, Tactics and Composition

Evaluating and Improving

Knowledge and Understanding of Fitness and Health

1

I can copy, repeat and explore simple skills and actions with basic control and coordination.

I can link these skills and actions in ways that suit the activities.

I can describe and comment on my own and others’ actions.

I can talk about how to exercise safely and how my body feels during an activity.

2

I can explore simple skills.  I can copy, remember, repeat and explore simple actions with control and coordination.

I can vary skills, actions and ideas and link these in ways that suit the activities.

I can talk about differences between my own and others’ performances and suggest improvements.

I can understand how to exercise safely and describe how my body feels during different activities.

3

I can select and use skills, actions and ideas appropriately applying them with coordination and control.

I can show that I understand tactics and composition by starting to vary how I respond.

I can see how my work is similar to and different from others’ work and use this understanding to improve my own performance.

I can give reasons why warming up before an activity is important and why physical activity is good for my health.

4

I can link skills, techniques and ideas and apply them accurately and appropriately.  My performance shows precision, control and fluency.

My performance shows precision, control and fluency and that I understand tactics and composition.

I can compare and comment on skills and techniques and the ways they are applied in my own and others’ work and use this understanding to improve my performance.

I can explain and apply basic safety principles in preparing for exercise.  I can describe what effects exercise has on my body and how it is valuable to my fitness and health.

5

I can select and combine my skills, techniques and ideas and apply them accurately and appropriately, consistently showing precision, control and fluency.

When performing I can draw on what I know about strategy, tactics and composition.

I can analyse and comment on skills and techniques and how these are applied in my own and others’ work.  I can modify and refine skills and techniques to improve my performance.

I can explain how the body reacts during different types of exercise and warm up and cool down in ways that suit the activity.  I can explain why regular safe exercise is good for my fitness and health.

Level 1

I can perform some simple dance moves

I can use one part of my body to dance and sometimes put a few together

I can show rhythm and movement in my dance

I can choose the best movements to make to show different ideas

I can move with control

I can use space in interesting ways

I can describe how my lungs and heart work during dance

I can describe dance movements

Level 2

I perform actions with control and coordination

I choose and perform my movements to express an idea, mood or feeling

I can link actions

I can remember and repeat dance phrases

I can describe the mood or feeling of the movements of others

I can describe how dancing affects my body

I know why it is important to be active

I can suggest ways I could improve my work

Level 3

I improvise freely, making ideas into movement

I create dances that communicate ideas, sometimes alone and in groups

I refine my movements, taking into account any accompaniment

I perform dances clearly and fluently

I talk about the expressive qualities of dance

I understand the importance of warming up and cooling down

I suggest improvements of my own and other people’s dances

Level 4

I work creatively and imaginatively alone to compose simple dances

I perform to an accompaniment expressively

I perform dances fluently and with control

I warm up and cool down on my own

I understand how dance keeps me healthy

I use appropriate words to improve my own and others’ work

I talk about dance with understanding

Level 5

I refine and repeat short dances with a sense of style and artistic intention

I show an awareness of musical structure, rhythm, mood and phrasing

I choose and develop dance material

I am supple and strong

I warm up and cool down on my own and can lead others

I identify strengths and weaknesses in my own and other’s work

I suggest ways to improve work using appropriate dance vocabulary

Level 1

I can throw under-arm, roll a ball or hoop and hit a ball with a bat

I can stop and sometimes catch a beanbag or medium sized ball

I can track a ball or beanbag, and move to collect it

I can throw, hit and kick a ball in lots of different ways

I can decide where to stand to make a game difficult for the other team

I can describe how my body feels during games

I can describe what myself and others are doing

Level 2

I am confident at rolling, hitting and kicking in different games

I choose the right equipment and space when playing

I use the words ‘opponent’ and ‘team-mates’ when playing

I use a range of simple tactics in games

I can describe how my body works and feels when playing

I work well with a partner and in a small group

I watch and describe others’ play and can make suitable comments

Level 3

I throw, catch, strike, field and stop a ball with control and accuracy

I keep possession of the ball at the right time in the right place

I choose the right tactics and skills to make it difficult for the opposition

I know and use rules fairly to keep games going

I set up games and can adapt the rules to suit the players

I describe what happens to my breathing and heart rate when playing

I can describe what is successful or needs practise

Level 4

I use different techniques to pass, dribble and shoot in ball games

I can keep possession of a ball and take it towards the opponents goal

I can strike a bowled ball and use a range of fielding skills

I can accurately demonstrate a forehand and a backhand

I choose from a range of tactics to be successful

I make up simple warm up activities suitable for the games we play

I evaluate and improve work by explaining the use of the correct tactics

Level 5

I choose and use skills with confidence, accuracy and consistent quality

I use forehand and backhand overhead shots well

I use the volley in games where it is important

I use tactics when planning my approach to attacking and defending

I suggest ideas for warming up and cooling down and lead others

I explain how well others are playing and suggest ideas on improvements

Level 1

I show control and coordination when travelling and staying still

I can choose and link actions

I can remember sequences and repeat them

I find and use space safely, thinking of others

I can describe and copy some basic gymnastics moves

I see words like rolling, travelling, balancing and climbing

I can make my body feel tense, relaxed, stretched and curled

I can describe my movements

Level 2

I can plan and repeat simple sequences or actions

I can show contrasts in shape

I can perform the basic actions with coordination, control and variety

I recognise and describe how I feel after exercise

I can describe what my body feels like during gymnastic activity

I can describe what others and I have done

I can say why I think gymnastics actions are being performed well

Level 3

I perform actions, balances, body shapes and agilities with control

I plan, perform and repeat sequences that include changes of speed and level, with clear shapes and quality of movement

I adapt my movements to include a partner in a sequence

I understand that strength and suppleness can be improved

I can lead a partner through a short warm up routine

I recognise how to improve E.g. by changing a level

Level 4

I create complex sequences that include direction, level and speed

I combine and perform gymnastic actions, shapes and balances

I show clarity, fluency, accuracy and consistency in my movements

In small groups, I prepare a sequence to be performed to an audience

I can say why activity is good for health, fitness and well being

I know how to improve my performance

Level 5

I practise and perform a range of sequences with control and accuracy

I link actions together so that they flow, using different compositional ideas

I adapt actions and balances so that they can be performed in a sequence

I demonstrate all round safe practise

I can describe the effects of exercise on my heart and breathing rate

I use criteria to judge the quality of actions, compositions and sequences

I improve my work by picking out the main strengths and weaknesses