Reception Intro to PE

2 Units · 12 Lessons · 33 Activities

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Students navigate a circuit of equipment using different travelling actions and balancing skills
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Children explore different animal movements then play circle running game with animal names
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Progressive circuit of fundamental ball handling skills including rolling, catching, bouncing and control
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Fundamental skill teaching students how to stop and control a ball using gentle foot placement
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Calming activity where children practice controlled breathing while exploring how exercise affects their body
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Tag game where taggers carry cones and players practice different locomotion patterns while avoiding being caught
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Children explore different ways to travel through hoops, developing creativity and problem-solving in movement
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Students explore different travelling directions and freeze into body shapes on command
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A dynamic warm-up where children explore different directions of movement in shared space
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Target-based activity where students move between hoops bouncing balls inside targets while maintaining control
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Children gather in centre like a firework, then 'explode' to find safe spaces when teacher gives signal
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Students form a line and copy the leader's travelling actions while maintaining formation
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Children practice instant stopping and statue-like freezing in response to audio commands
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A dynamic listening and reaction game where students respond to commands by moving and stopping in different positions
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Partners bounce balls into hoops for each other to catch, practicing communication and ball skills in a fun game format
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Partners take turns demonstrating and copying different ways to jump into hoops
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Children practice different types of jumps over cones while developing landing control and movement combinations
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Progressive jumping challenges using individual cones to develop technique and confidence
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Children practice controlled jumping between stations arranged in a path pattern
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Children run between beaches avoiding octopus catchers, with caught players becoming seaweed
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Children sit around parachute and run when their colour is called, developing colour recognition and turn-taking
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Children work together to create a mushroom effect with the parachute, developing timing, coordination and teamwork
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Children work together to create small and large waves with the parachute, learning coordination and teamwork
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Calm reflection activity where students discuss partnership working and practice giving positive feedback
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