cartwheel

Everyday

1. A cartwheel is a gymnastics move where you put your hands on the ground one after the other and swing your legs over your head in a circle, sideways, landing on your feet. tree →
2. A cartwheel is the wheel of a cart. tree →
3. To cartwheel is to do cartwheels, or to roll over and over sideways. tree →

In the lessons

In PE and gymnastics pupils learn to do cartwheels safely on a mat, with straight arms and legs. In everyday life children do cartwheels on the grass. In history carts had big wooden cartwheels with spokes. In maths, the body's movement in a cartwheel is like a wheel turning.

Examples

• She did three cartwheels across the lawn. tree →
• Can you do a cartwheel? tree →
• Practise cartwheels on a soft mat. tree →
• He cartwheeled across the gym. tree →
• The old cart had a broken cartwheel. tree →
• The car spun and cartwheeled off the road. tree →

Note

One word: cartwheel. Regular verb: cartwheeled. Safety: warm up first, do them on grass or mats, away from walls and other people.