Preschool physical education resources

A list of books that compliment the songs that appear on the Happy Healthy Songs Album from Melody Treehouse. More songs and further free resources can be found at www.melodytreehouse.com

This unit of work provides resources and templates for creating a passion project. What is a passion project? A passion project provides an opportunity for students to integrate what they are passionate about in the classroom. Passion projects provide opportunity for student voice and choice and as a result focuses on fostering student strengths in the classroom. What does this Passion Project Planning Guide Include?? This planning guide is a 16 page editable and interactive PDF to guide you through the process of creating a passion project in your class and includes: Tips and guidelines for creating a passion project Assignment guidelines for a passion project and associated e-portfolio A Passion Project Unit Overview with 5 hyperlinked lesson plan lesson plan templates A Passion Project Rubric Template A Passion Project Planning Guide Template Curriculum Outcomes This project was initially created for a Grade 11 Communications Technology course. However, this project could be modified to be incorporated into any Key Stage 1-5 classes. This project would work particularly well for Key Stage 3, 4, and 5 English, History, Technology and Design, Math or Science course.

Recently I was working on a Closing The Gap project with some focus children in Upper Primary. The aim was to improve spelling ability with given rules. As part of the project I used physical activities to engage the pupils in learning their words. The results were largely positive. After the project was complete I spoke with the children and evaluated the process. They all agreed that doing physical activities to help with their spelling was really fun and engaging. I decided to build on this feedback as I wanted to my whole class to have the opportunity to get physical with their spelling, and so Spelling Workout - Workout Spelling was created. A big thank you to my amazing teaching colleagues who demonstrated the physical activities for the videos. What is Spelling Workout - Workout Spelling? Spelling Workout - Workout Spelling designates a different physical exercise/activity for each letter in the alphabet. Pupils can work on their spelling words whilst working up a sweat. There are videos to accompany each letter that demonstrate the exercise/activity required. There are two sets, one aimed at early years (ages 4 - 7) and one for upper primary (ages 8 - 11). There is also a poster included that can be printed for the class or used as a reference sheet / handout. Why Spelling Workout - Workout Spelling? To engage pupils, encourage exercise and to have some fun with spelling. This is quite literally spelling exercise! You can use the alphabet or videos in any way you choose. Make it work for you. Below is just some ideas for class use, if you have any other suggestions please let me know. I’m always looking for ideas! Workouts for weekly spelling words Workouts for spelling out names Brain Breaks Spelling workstations / corners Shout Outs (where a teacher or a pupil lead and shout out letters for classmates to follow in a routine, at the end of the workout fellow pupils can guess the word)

An adaptation of rounders to make the game more inclusive for everyone. Can be played with either a rounders bat or tennis racket for younger children with a real focus on throwing and catching. I have played this with Year 2 - Year 8

A set of fun and progressive lesson plans on Athletics from Years 1 to 6. Year 1-2 6 lessons Year 3-4 6 lessons Year 5-6 6 lessons Sign up at https://striver-challenge.com now to get access to more lesson plans and other exciting resources.

A format I used to do some focused observations on the children over a unit of work. Diagrams used to create a visual! Great to use with SEN children. :-)

A unit of work based around the story of What the Ladybird Heard. EYFS objectives 40-60m and ELGs referred to. 6 lessons for a short term. :-)

I sent this booklet out to lots of local businesses, garden centers and the local council. As a result, we were donated gift cards from local garden centers and £2000 from local councils and charities. :-)

I made this leaflet for parents to explain what Forest School was, what we were trying to achieve and a list of things we need to create a safe and successful Forest School. After sending this out, we had lots of donations! :-)

A useful document which can be uploaded to your school’s website to meet the requirement for schools to publish swimming levels. This document may be edited to suit your needs. In word format to edit for your school, I recommend saving as a pdf to display.

36 PE Fitness Circuit station cards for elementary & middle school The Fitness Circuit cards pack is a must have for your school sport lessons. Suitable for grades K-8, these exercise cards cover the 6 components of fitness necessary to keep your students healthy and active: Core, flexibility & balance, stamina, leg strength, arm strength, and whole body exercise 36 energetic station cards › Simply print out (and laminate) the cards (A4 or A5), choose the circuit activities, and put them out around the sports hall. Minimal equipment is required, (at most a few balls, hoop & bench) so the setup of your lesson is so simple! › Divide the class equally at the stations and have them work for 45-60 seconds (you can play some loud, energizing music!). Blow your whistle and the students can then record their personal scores before rotating around to the next station (30 second rest period). Depending on your planned time for the lesson, students can go around the circuit twice or even 3 times. Exercises: • ball twists • bicycles • crunches • side scissors • toe reaches • wind-wipers • crab kicks • hand walks • ski hops • star stretches • superman • 1-foot reaches • mountain climbs • plank • side plank • skipping • sprinting • wall sit • box jumps • frog jumps • hoop jumps • pistol squats • side lunges • surf switches • arm circles • bench dips • bunny hops • push ups • punches • wall push offs • airplane lunges • burpees • jumping jacks • knee ups • sumo kicks • squat & push Online video demonstration support You’ll be given access to an instructional video for each activity (private YouTube videos). Play the video stations you’ll be doing for that session, so they’ll be prepared and know what to do when they get going around the circuits in the hall. Fitness testing sheets You can print out the circuit scoring sheets for students to individually record their results/points at each activity. They can then track and compare their results term to term and see how they have improved. Bonus posters As extra content, we’ve put together 6 high-quality posters, 1 for each fitness component, showing the activities. These can be printed A4 or even A3 for you to put up around your classroom or gym area. We know you’ll love these circuit station task cards – If you are a teacher at elementary, middle or even high school, you need these task cards to help keep your students healthy and active, and they’re great anytime of the year. Prime Coaching is always striving to give you more than just the resource itself – You won’t find other fitness cards complete with supporting videos. We aim to provide you with professional sports-coach level resources that are so easy to teach and implement at your school as a teacher.

The Change-it Cho teacher’s guide. Exciting enterprise education for key stage 2 children including 8 lesson plans. Perfect for parents and teachers alike to get the very most out of Change-it Cho. Cho is a feisty competitor and enjoys nothing more than beating George in races! Cho’s parents have always helped her eat healthily so when she sees kids from school eating junk food every day, Cho decides something must change. Cho begins raising awareness about healthy eating but gets a frosty response from the shopkeeper. After the local council tells her she can’t start her own fruit stall in the village, Cho is faced with her biggest challenge ever.