Main Game Fundamental Movement Skills Activities for Year 1

Cooperative team challenge where one student acts as 'hero' transporting all teammates across to safety zone

Teams positioned around a square jump across when their letter is called, developing teamwork and collision avoidance

Navigate through simple obstacles while maintaining balance of objects on different body parts

A cooperative tag game where students help unfreeze each other by 'peeling' their arms

Active dodging game where students move backwards across an area while avoiding soft ball 'boulders' thrown gently by side throwers

Active chasing game where players must jump across space while avoiding gentle tags

Partner activity developing controlled dodging skills through following and leading exercises

A dynamic tag game where children use direction changing skills to avoid being tagged by cone-holding taggers

An engaging movement game where children act as frogs crossing a pond using different jumping techniques on lily pads and rocks, with freeze balance challenges

Adventure game where children navigate across pond using lily pads and rocks while avoiding birds of prey

A collaborative tag game where tagged students join hands with taggers to form chains

Teams work together to rescue dinosaur eggs from the centre using hopping locomotion

Classic team game where players race to turn cones their team's way, developing speed, strategy and sportsmanship

Classic circle game where one player walks around tapping heads saying 'duck' until choosing a 'goose' to chase them

Team throwing and catching game where players must throw accurately to teammates in designated houses

Strategic crossing game where fish try to cross the sea while avoiding the shark, with tagged fish becoming stationary seaweed

A cooperative tag game where caught players balance on one foot like flamingos until rescued by teammates

A themed chasing game where skippers avoid jumping snow monsters while trolls help rescue frozen players

Children protect their own tag belts while gently collecting others' in a fair play environment

Multi-station circuit applying different jumping techniques in varied contexts

Multi-station circuit applying jumping skills through hurdles, high jump, and long jump challenges

Children jump forward based on letters in their names, combining literacy with physical activity

A warm-up tag game where students move like different jungle animals

Competitive dribbling game where students protect their own ball while attempting to knock others' balls away