Gymnastics: key 0 Cooldown

Get the children to find some space. Ask children to touch head / eyes / shoulders / knees. Do this very slowly. Then get the children to name the inital letter of each body part.

Ask the children to walk around the room using tiny steps. Then make the children get slower and slower until they stop. Then ask the children to lie down on the floor - perfectly still and walk round taking an imaginary picture.

Put the mats away. Start the practice off by getting the children to go for a run. Then change you voice to speak s-l-o-w-l-y. The children then have to match their movements with the teachers voice. The next part of the practice is for children to find a partner and join hands and walk around together using tiny steps.

Put the mats away. Put markers all over the floor. Start the practice off by asking the children to stand next to a marker and bounce on the spot with their feet together. The next stage is for the children to stretch out - slowly. Then make the children walk around on tip toes.

Put the equipment away. Start by asking the children to demonstrate what you mean by finding space. Ask the children to quickly touch different parts of their body, starting off quickly then getting slower. The next stage is to ask the children to lie down on the floor and slide around in as many diffent ways as possible.

Put the benches away. Ask the children to walk slowly backwards, looking over their shoulders and not bumping into each other. The children must then stop and lay down - very still. The teacher will then move around the class and when they touch a child on the head that child must demonstrate their favourite movement of the lesson.

Put the apparatus away. Ask half the class to observe whilst the other half demonstrate how to travel along the floor on two hands and one foot. Change over.

Put the apparatus away. Discuss the reasons for a cool down with the children - lower heart rate, avoid injury. Ask children to travel on their hands and feet in a bouncing way, before stopping and sitting down. Select a child to be a leader and get the children to follow the leader and teacher to write the letter S. Ask the children what letter did we write ?

Put apparatus away. Ask the children to move around the hall using their favourite low or high positions.

Ask the children to demostrate high/low movements. Ask children to stand up and then slowly sit down with legs outstretched. Ask children to touch differnt parts of the body.

Re-cap on main travelling movements.

Put the apparatus away. Ask to show each other their favourite movement. Ask them if they can do bg stretched out steps to walk across the hall.

Put the apparatus away. Ask the children to tip toe along with tiny steps from one side of the hall to the other - slowly !. Choose children to demonstrate their favourite stretching movement.

Ask children to travel slowly along the ground, stretching very slowly.

Put apparatus away.

Ask the children to choose their favourite movements from the session. Ask the children to curl up on the floor and slowly stand up, counting to 10 at the same time.

Ask the children to stretch up tall, then curl up small and then roll over sideways. Play follow my leader to conclude - touch head/toes, stretch up tall/curl up small.

Put the apparatus away. Ask the children to demonstrate all the different ways of sliding around the room. This should be done slowly.

Ask children to touch their head, eyes, shoulders and knees. Do this very slowly. Ask children to name the body part or the initial letter of each body part as they touch it. Repeat 2-3 times. After touching the knees or feet, ask children to sit down very slowly.

Ask children to walk around room using tiny steps. Children should gradually become slower and slower until they stop. Sit down and then lie down. Count to ten slowly.