Reporting from Launton School

Today some Year 4 children are talking to us about the Gymnastics Showcase they recently participated in at school.

In an assembly a teacher called Mr Mawn came to speak to us about a Gymnastics Showcase we could take part in. We had to sign up if we wanted to be involved.

Once we had signed up we had to decide who was going to be in which groups. Groups had to be between two and five people. When we had decided on the teams we practised our routines every day, we even wrote our routines down so we could practise them at the home on our own. Each routine had to have certain gymnastics moves in it. We had to make sure that there was a roll, partner balance, single balance, group balance, a spin, a cartwheel and a handstand. We could also add our own moves, so some of us added a back bend in to the routine. When we had finished we had to stand with our arms up, so the audience knew the routine was over. Each routine was between two and five minutes long.

When we had to perform the routines for Mr Mawn to judge we felt a bit nervous and scared, because we had to remember everything we had been practising. But when we finished we felt relieved and proud. We watched the other teams’ routines and when they were finished we applauded them.

Mr Mawn gave some feedback immediately after the routines were finished. He said that we had good timing and some good gymnastic moves.

Robyn, Mollie, Sienna, Amy, Orlaith, and Darcy, Year 4