Our Advanced Gym classes are for gymnasts who have reached a good standard of gymnastics and would like the challenge of learning more complex skills.
Advanced classes run for two hours and all gymnasts must have completed badge one of the British Gymnastics Awards.
During the two-hour session gymnasts will learn and develop more body management and improved strength and conditioning, which will allow them to be successful in acquiring more difficult gymnastics skills and elements.
Gymnasts will also have the opportunity to work towards Bronze, Silver and Gold British Gymnastics Awards on floor, vault and apparatus.
If competitions are something that motivates you to work hard, then gymnasts will also be able to work towards our competition squad. As part of the competition squad, you will enter floor and vault competitions within the region competing against other gymnastics clubs.
Classes:
Our competition squad is for gymnasts who have reached a good standard within advanced gymnastics classes and would like the opportunity to enter gymnastics competitions.
Requirements of a Competition Squad Gymnasts:
Competition Squad class:
Embedding physical activity into the school day through active travel to and from school, active break times and active lessons and teaching.
Develop or add to the PE, Physical Activity and Sport that your school provides.
Providing targeted activities or support to involve and encourage the least active children.
An accredited RB Gym and Sport Balance-ability Instructor
Balance-ability bikes and pedal bikes
Balance and co-ordination training aids
Road awareness signs and course cones
Visual activity cards
The delivery of gymnastics at both KS1 and KS2 was of a poor standard due to lack of confidence and subject knowledge of staff. The priority on the PE Development Plan was to provide a range of CPD opportunities for staff (including HLTAs) to increase their confidence and skillset when delivering gymnastics lessons. Staff were also having difficulty with differentiating effectively for all children in PE lessons to ensure all children made progress.
When looking for an external provider, we want them to be approachable, flexible, organised, professional but most importantly – highly knowledgeable about the primary PE curriculum and a clear understanding of the learning styles for all pupils.
Many years ago, I worked in a school where Ryan Bradley delivered high quality gymnastics levels to KS1 and KS2 pupils. When I moved to a Wolverhampton school, it was clear that PE and School Sport was lacking in this same quality, so we were fortunate enough to acquire the services of RB Gym to deliver a range of PPA and CPD sessions. We have used other providers and I could not recommend RB Gym and Sport more highly – due to their highly qualified PE Curriculum Support Mentors, their affiliation with AfPE and the range of services they provide.
RB Gym and Sport gave many options to meet our needs of improving confidence of staff in delivering the PE curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities.RB Gym and Sport gave many options to meet our needs of improving confidence and upskilling staff when delivering the PE curriculum. A tailored CPD programme was put in place and reviewed regularly to ensure there was clear impact.
The profile of PE and School Sport has raised throughout the school and, as a result, more children have taken part in extra-curricular activities and have also started to attend gymnastics clubs outside of school. Our teaching staff now feel more confident when delivering PE lessons and they have been observed developing and challenging pupils as they make lessons more engaging, active and purposeful.