Gross Motor Skills
Negotiates space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others. Demonstrates strength, balance and coordination when playing. Moves energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing.
What the research says
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Normative evidence
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What mastery looks like
Cannot yet demonstrate: negotiates space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others. demonstrates strength, balance and coordination when playing. moves energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing
- No observable behavior matching this goal
Beginning to show negotiates space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others. demonstrates strength, balance and coordination when playing. moves energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing with adult scaffolding
- Requires significant adult support
Demonstrates negotiates space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others. demonstrates strength, balance and coordination when playing. moves energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing in supported contexts
- Achieves with prompting
- Inconsistent across settings
Consistently meets goal across contexts — EYFS 'expected' level
- Reliable demonstration without scaffolding
Exceeds goal; demonstrates with fluency and generalization
- Applies independently in novel contexts
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Formal assessments
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