Can kids do gymnastics on the field at playtime?

Yes they’re different, Aerial your hands don’t touch the floor but body moves in the same way as doing a cartwheel. So basically run, rebound and turn/flip in the air and land.
Definitely not something my DD is allowed to do at school. Instructed by her gymnastics coach to only do it supervised by her or one of the other coaches.
I’ve seen 2 bad injuries at daughter’s previous gymnastics when kids have tried doing aerials when they hadn’t yet mastered it. One girl broke her arm - literally snapped in 2 and the other child broke their collarbone!!

This. It's just normal childhood play. The Nursery teacher at my school was praised by an ofsted inspector for letting the children climb trees. They were allowed to roll down the grassy bank too. The horror!

Funnily enough, one of my 7 year olds told me after school today that a classmate had told her not to do cartwheels, as it wasn't a gymnastics gym!

Same with my 7 now 8yr

tho can be pavement - shop floor (making sure room lol)

it’s natural to her

her bff got her a T-shirt. Why walk when You can cartwheel 💖

She works in a school. The only possible reason for her concern is that she's mean and hates childen!

She’s been told multiple times it’s normal and it’s happened for years. She still continues and suggests that they’re encouraging younger girls to do things they’re not ready for.

To be fair this does sound a bit much and definite potential for injury. I can understand why you're uncomfortable with this level of gymnastics.

What makes you think she dislikes them?

When I was at school someone broke their finger and ankle doing a cartwheel on the school field because they tripped on a rabbit hole. The field was riddled with rabbit holes.

Then you just tell the girls on the days you are supervising that they need to limit it to cartwheels..etc. They’ll come back with ‘Miss X lets us do Y” (insert whiny voice here) and you come back with. “Well that’s between you and Miss X when I’m here you stick to cartwheels”

Then if something happens it’s on Miss X’s watch and not yours.

My 6 yr old DD spends most of her breaks/lunchtimes doing gymnastics with her friends and some of the older girls. She's learnt loads from them and improved quickly with all the practice. I was the same at her age!

Do they all go to the same gymnastics club? Can you ring the club and have a chat to the head coach about what’s going on? Then they could perhaps talk to all the kids about what’s is and isn’t safe to be doing on grass without a coach present?

Ban football if you are worried about balls flying about’.

At my school we get mats out at lunchtime. Also tuff spots with Lego, cars etc.

So you’ve singled out a group of girls that you dislike, and despite multiple people saying it’s fine, you’ll continue to be upset by it.

Honestly just move on.

A previous poster described kids at a competition being injured, which happens all the time. The presence of a coach doesn't stop this - if anything the kids might feel more pressured to push themselves to do risky things with a coach there. However will children learn to make their own individual assessments of risk if we don't let them try, and play.

That was me.

Tbh, as a parent, I was happy to let children my take risks. And,.of course, I understand all of the benefits of taking risks. And allowing children to assess their own capabilities and risk etc.

But 20 years as a teacher has also taught me that you don't allow anything that the HT hasn't approved and that, if something goes wrong, the parents will blame you personally.

No but others see their friends do it and under estimate the difficulty or don't see the danger because Sally does it. And they try but without any of the coaching or necessary supervision.

Lack of proficiency doesn't stop some of them from trying.

I am so relieved and pleased to see the responses here. I wanted to say this but thought I'd be told off. Honestly, this is so good for these children in every way! Exuberance, confidence, testing things out, owning their space on the grass. I literally spent my childhood summers doing this.

A previous poster described kids at a competition being injured, which happens all the time. The presence of a coach doesn't stop this - if anything the kids might feel more pressured to push themselves to do risky things with a coach there. However will children learn to make their own individual assessments of risk if we don't let them try, and play.

I suppose all I would say is maybe give them a dedicated space, or take turns with the footballers.

In 20 years time no one will set up their own business. No one will visit anywhere they don't know. They won't get married, move out, have kids....Because they have never experienced taking a risk before.

Has anyone on here ever experienced a child being seriously hurt doing gymnastics on grass?

Wow...just wow...It's just so sad. We roamed all over the place when we were kids. The school took us for a walk every year to the mendips, we were 12 the first time, we walked on ahead of the teachers and finished about 45minutes before them..they trusted us to follow the path. This was a 6 hour walk btw...

Think people have made up their mind based on the wording of the title OP and aren’t really taking in what you’re describing. Yes it does sound dangerous, especially if they try and teach each other those moves.

I don't think my 9 year old has passed a patch of grass without doing some kind of gymnastics on it in the last 5 years. It's a normal part of being a kid. You're being ridiculous.