Area Any defined open area Equipment Colourbands Instructions Teacher nominates three or four students as taggers and they are given colour bands to wear. On signal the taggers run around keeping as close as they can to free runner without tagging. Teacher blows their whistle and the class must freeze position. Taggers on teachers signal […]

Area Any defined open area Equipment Soft Nerf Ball Instructions Class spread out inside a designated area. One student is nominated as the “brander” and is given a soft nerf ball. Brander must try and hit other students with the ball on the full below shoulder height. Once “branded” students must sit down on the

Area Any defined open area Equipment Colourbands Instructions Depending on the size of the class the teacher nominates taggers. Taggers all put on colour bands and run around the area attempting to tag as many scarecrows as they can in a designated time (1-2minutes). Once tagged, free runners must stand still with feed wide astride

Area Any defined open area Equipment Colourbands Instructions Divide students into groups of 4. One group are nominated as taggers or riders and are given colour bands. The other three groups are the runners or the “stock”. A large circle or square is marked in the middle of playing area, this is known as the

Area Any defined open area Equipment Nil Instructions All students line up at the end of the playing area side by side. Teacher nominates one student to act as the OCTOPUS. Teacher calls out “octopus” and the students attempt to get to the opposite side of the playing area. If the OCTOPUS tags a runner

Area Any defined open area Equipment Nil Instructions Class is divided up into groups of 4 with each group of 4 standing in single file holding waist onto the of the student in front. One group are nominated as the “Cabooses” and are free to run around the area on their own. On signal each

Area Any defined open area Equipment Nil Instructions One student in the class is designated the tagger. Tagger attempts to tag other members of the group within the defined area. Once tagged the taggers both link arms and attempt to tag a third student, ultimately forming a chain. This process continues until the chain captures

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment Colourbands, cones Instructions Nominate four students as taggers and have them put on the colour bands. Taggers attempt to tag free runners. Once tagged a runner must place one hand on the part of their body where they were tagged. The runner is free to run around after the

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment Baseball glove per player, 1 softball Instructions Two players are nominated as taggers. Remainder of class are free to move anywhere in the designated area. Two taggers use their baseball glove and the softball and attempt to touch free running classmates with the ball in glove, but taggers cannot

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment Team bands or bibs. Instructions Children are in pairs but their inside legs are loosely tied together with a band or scarf. When one pair tags another they are the new taggers. Variation Use the opportunity to complete a three legged race

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment Team bands or bibs. Instructions Divide the class into 4 or 5 teams. One team at a time is “it”. Team 1, wearing the bands, are “it” and are timed to see how long it takes them to tag all other players. Repeat until every team has had a

Area An area with painted court markings. Equipment Two or 3 team bands or bibs. Instructions One, 2 or 3 children are taggers and have bands. All players and taggers can only move along line pathways or leap from 1 line to another. Taggers chase players around the lines, when tagged the new tagger wears