Rock, Paper, Scissors Pike

You will need: gymnastic mats, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Pike Flashcards (printable)

• Place mats around the playing area and sit 2-4 students per mat.
• Revise tuck, straight, straddle and pike positions with students using gymnastic basic shape flashcards.
• Choose one of the 4 shapes (see below) from the attached shape cards and hold it close to their chest.
• Call out “rock-paper-scissors - pike” 5,4,3,2,1 - giving students 5 seconds to get into position and then show your card:

1. Tuck sit = rock
2. Lying down pencil (straight) = paper
3. Straddle sit = scissors
4. Pike position = pike

• If a student matches the teacher, they complete an exercise challenge such as ten jumping jacks before returning to the game.

Shark Hunt

You will need: Cones, Hula Hoop

• Create two safe zones at either end of the playing area. Spread hula hoop islands throughout the middle of the PE space - the ocean.
• Select one or two students to be the shark - the taggers for the game.
• The remaining students aim to jump and land from island to island (hula hoops) making their way across the ocean.
• Sharks can only tag students that land in the ocean and not on an island. If tagged, students return to the beginning and restart their journey again.
  

Peter Rabbit Jumping Stations

You will need: hula hoops, cones, station cards (printable), gymnastic mats & spot markers

• Revise Jumps - Tuck jump & star jump
• Discuss jumping safely (bending knees to land, chest should be up, hands do not touch the floor).
• Set up 5 Peter Rabbit' jumping stations, divide students into teams with teams rotating around the stations:
• Station 1: Hop, jump, hop, jump
• Station 2: Tuck jump on floor. Start in a hoop and land back inside the hoop.
• Station 3: (Star jump) on floor. Start on a spot and land back on the same spot - looking in the farmers window.
• Station 4: Travelling Bunny Hops - bunny hop back to your burrow
• Station 5: Tuck jump from a bench - escaping over the wall

Climb the Wall

You will need: no equipment

• Ask students to find their own space in the PE area.
• Students pretend to be Humpty Dumpty climbing back up the wall to reach the top of the wall.
• Students stretch out their arms and knees, climbing up for 30 seconds to reach the top.
• Students rest by imagining sitting on top of the wall, before falling off the wall onto the ground.
• Repeat until cool.