The Education (Curriculum Minimum Content) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Progression

As pupils progress through the Foundation Stage they should be enabled to:

• move with control and co-ordination;

• move with confidence, imagination and safety;

• show an awareness of personal and general space;

• respond appropriately to instructions and to stimuli;

• travel, showing changes of speed, direction and level;

• develop controlled movement, understanding positional language;

• create, remember and perform simple movement sequences;

• use a range of small and large equipment appropriately;

• handle small tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control;

• use appropriate language to talk about ideas, feelings and movements of themselves and others;

• begin to understand the importance of warm-up and cool-down activities before and after exercise;

• begin to understand the importance of physical activity for good health and the reasons that it is important to dress appropriately for physical activity;

• be aware of the effects of exercise on their bodies.