Students: 2 groups of 7-8 Equipment: 1 ball per group Area: Large open space Instructions: Groups form a line facing each other 40-60 metres apart. Place the balls in the middle of the area. The students in each group number off. The teacher calls “On your marks, set” and then a number. Students with that …
Students: Groups of 6 Equipment: Chalk Area: Large open space Instructions: Draw a chalk circle on the floor and allocate 6 students to stand in there. Give them a number from 1-6. The teacher says “On your marks, set,” and then calls a number from 1-6. Students with the designated number sprint clockwise around the …
Students: Whole class Equipment: Long ropes Area: Large open space Instructions: Arrange ropes in a circle to create the activity area, which is a ‘sea’. The ‘shark’ in the centre of the sea squats down and prowls around while all the other students skip around the shark chanting ‘Shark in the sea… can’t catch me.’ …
Students: Groups of 5 Equipment: Nil Area: Large open space Instructions: Use 4 marker cones to create 2 lines, 15-20 metres apart. Students stand in lines and sprint lightly to the other end without making a noise with their feet. Discuss and experiment with how running noise can be reduced without loss of speed. Emphasise …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
Area Open Space Equipment Beanbags, hoops Instructions Class are divided into four even teams and line up in a single file behind their hoop. Four hoops are placed equal distance from a central hoop which contains 20-30 bean bags. On the teachers signal each member of the team, in turn, runs to collect a bean …
