Run To Touch
Students Whole class Equipment Nil Area Large open space Instructions Students run to various objects nominated by the teacher. For example:a bench, a student, line marking or colour band.
Caterpillar Tag
Students Whole class Equipment 1 hoop per 2 students and 2 colour bands Area Large open space Instructions Two students wear coloured bibs and are the taggers. For all pairs, 1 student stands inside their hoop, the other stands outside. They both hold the hoop. Pairs jump about with the tagging pair chasing them. When
Memory Mats
Students Small groups Equipment Memory mats (ie various pictures of body parts, numbers, shapes, colours or words) made from cardboard or chalk drawings Area Large open space Instructions 1 student lists a sequence of named squares on to which another student must jump. Jumps may be performed forwards, backwards or in a sideways direction. The
Jumping circuit
Students Whole class Equipment See diagram and activity description Area Grassed surface open space Instructions Set up 7 activity stations. Groups of students spend 3 minutes at each station and rotate on a signal. Warm up: ‘Jack in the Box’, ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’, or teach ‘motorbike landings’. Station 1: Students vertical jump over a
Shape Jumping
Students Pairs Equipment Chalk, low bench or low horse and 2 gym mats per pair Area Large open space Instructions Individually with partner feedback or in combination with the partner, students stand on the bench or horse and perform various jumps to land on a target on a mat. The target should be chalk circle
Jump Jim Jo
Students Whole class Equipment Tape deck/CD player and music Area Large open space Instructions Students form two rings, one inner circler and one outer, facing a partner, and hold their partner’s hands. 4 counts: Students jump twice slowly anti-clockwise. Jump, jump. Students jump 3 quick jumps on the spot … pause. Oh, jump Jim Jo.
Radar Run
Students Groups of 5 Equipment 1 radar gun or stop watch and 4 marker cones Area Large open space Instructions By collecting 4 marker cones, use two cones together on one side and the other 2, 15-20 meters away. Students stand in lines and sprint the set distance whilst the radar gun/stop watch records their
Belly Starts
Students Groups of 5 Equipment 4 marker cones Area Large open space Instructions Set out 4 marker cones to create 2 lines 15-20 meters apart. Students lie in lines on the floor face down. On a signal the students in the first row scramble to their feet and sprint to the line 15 meters away.
Knees Up
Students Groups of 5 Equipment 4 marker cones per group Area Large open space Instructions Create 2 lines, 15-20 meters away from each other by using 4 marker cones. Students stand in lines and skip with a high knee lift and matching opposite arm movement, towards the opposite line. Elbows bend at right angles in
Mother Witch
Students Whole class Equipment Nil Area Large open space Instructions Designate 1 student as the ‘witch’, who walks in front of the rest of the group who tease the witch by singing: ‘Slow, slow mother witch, fell in a ditch, picked up a dollar and thought she was rich’ The witch turns and asks “Whose
Three Zone Soccer
Students 2 groups of 9, 12, or 15 Equipment 1 soccer, playground or gator ball and 10 marker cones per 2 groups Area Large open space Instructions After groups have been formed, they are then separated into goalies, halfbacks and forwards. The goalies are on the end line, the halfbacks in the middle zone and
Side Line Soccer
Students 2 groups of 10-15 Equipment 1 soccer, playground or gator ball and 4 marker cones per 2 groups Area Large open space Instructions The marker cones designate the activity area with each group divided equally into active students and sideline students. The object is for the active students to kick the ball over the