Category Archives: PE

Idea 235: ‘Line Jumping’ Simple PE Activity

A nice event for Sports Day or as a warmer, requiring no resources. Mark out a line and have half the class stand on one side of it. They get 30 seconds to see how many times they can jump … Continue reading

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Idea 224: Fun No-Prop PE Warmer ‘Jellyfish’

Children hold up their right arm and shake it. With each shake they count down, starting from 5. When they get to 1, they swap to their left arm and do the ‘shake and count’ again. After that, they repeat … Continue reading

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Idea 186: ‘Dishes and Domes’ Great P.E. Activity

A fantastic P.E. activity, and all you will need is some cones (like the ones pictured). Scatter the cones inside a set area of the gym/playground, with all the cones placed so that they are all the right way up … Continue reading

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Idea 182: Kindergarten PE ‘Circle Game’

This can be played with the children in one big circle, or perhaps in groups of four making smaller circles. They follow along to your commands which can include: Down! (everyone gets down as much as possible while still holding … Continue reading

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Idea 157: P.E. Game Added Scoring Opportunities

This is a great idea I saw the other day when observing a PE lesson. The students were playing netball, which for any of my international readers who aren’t aware is kind of like basketball but without the backboard for … Continue reading

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Idea 148: P.E. Simple Controlled Scooting Tag Game

This is a nice activity I observed recently. Mark off a smallish area of your gym, within that area you’d have maybe 10-15 children. Two or three of the children are ‘it’ (you can give them a bib or something … Continue reading

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Idea 146: PE ‘Beanbag Stealer’ game.

This was a great game suggested at a training session I was at for PE today. It’s simple and a lot of fun. The game is for four people, and you’ll need a hoop per person and six beanbags to … Continue reading

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Idea 123: Hit the Fish P.E. Game

This is a really fun activity and helps children burn off some pent-up energy. Cut a fish shape out of a piece of paper; one will be needed for each student you want to race at the same time (I’d … Continue reading

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Idea 112: Holding-Hands PE Relay Race

HOLDING HANDS RELAY This was a race that we had for the kindergarten sports day which I thought worked well. Split the kids into groups of about 5. One student from each team goes first, runs a set distance and … Continue reading

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Idea for Kindergarten P.E. Hula-Hoop Game

INSIDE / OUTSIDE!!! Some hula-hoops. All students. Game: A new P.E. game that I’m refining at the minute. I scatter six or seven hula-hoops randomly on the gym floor. I then sing a made-up song along the lines of ‘Outside, … Continue reading

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