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