Seven free Halloween brain breaks for ages 4–9 (EYFS, KS1 and lower KS2), with a one-page teacher card and a printable Golden Paw award. Coach Ginge, Sugar and Fluffy, three fluffy cats, and Boo the friendly ghost kitten lead a dance-along in a pumpkin patch (FLAP like a bat, FLOAT like Boo), a freeze dance (FREEZE like a scarecrow, a ghost, a bat), a pose wall (copy the shape to fit through), a laser-dot run through four Halloween worlds, a Would You Rather game (FLY like a bat or FLOAT like Boo?), a freeze game where you dance while Boo’s back is turned (Boo’s Coming!) and a ghost hunt through four Halloween places (MARCH, TIPTOE, SQUELCH). Three to four minutes each, done standing up, no equipment; every move is called out before it comes. Cosy and friendly, never scary. The pack: a Halloween teacher card (one page: each video with its moves, a QR code and short link, how to use them in class, and the Halloween playlist) and a Golden Paw award (one page, landscape: the game’s medal, a name line, date and teacher). How to use: put a video on the board, everyone stands with an arm’s length of space, and copies the cats. One a day for the week before half term, or a few back to back for a class Halloween party. Works for wet play and at home too. The videos are free on YouTube, marked made for kids (no comments, no targeted ads), and the channel isn’t monetised. All seven are out now. Coach Ginge, Sugar and Fluffy are made with the help of AI tools, in memory of a real ginger Persian cat.

Free brain breaks for kids aged 4 to 9: a 17-page pack of brain break activities to print, with six follow-along brain break videos. Coach Ginge, Sugar and Fluffy, three fluffy cartoon cats, lead children through two to five minutes of running, jumping, dancing and freezing on the spot, standing by the desks with no equipment. Every move is called out before it comes, so nobody has to learn anything first. WHAT’S INSIDE Teacher notes: setting up, running a brain break, how everyone can join in (a seated version), when to use them, and curriculum links for EYFS and KS1 PE. A page for each of the six videos: a QR code and short link, the story, the chapters with their times (so you can skip to the part you need), the moves, two talk prompts and a teacher tip. Laser Run, Rooftop Rundown, Dance Party, Beach Dash, Choo-Choo Chase! and Coach Ginge vs Zippy! A story-time page for Toy Box Tales: three short animated stories for a calm-down, with questions to talk about and a space to draw your own toy box. 24 move cards to print, cut and keep on a ring: get moving, steady and calm-down cards, each with a figure doing the move and one line on how to do it. Four screen-free games: Freeze for the Dino, Coach Ginge Says, Catch the Laser Dot and Mirror, Mirror. Nobody is ever out. Roll a brain break: roll once for the move and once for how many. A class tracker: colour a paw each time you finish one. The Golden Paw award to print and fill in. Two PDFs: colour, and an ink-saving black-and-white version. A4. HOW TO USE THEM Put a video on the board, stand up and copy the cats. FREEZE is the listening game: hold still until the cats move again. One a day as a brain break, two or three back to back as a PE warm-up, or the games and move cards when there’s no screen. Good for wet play, indoor play, a morning wake-up, a reset between lessons and a calm finish to the day. CURRICULUM LINKS EYFS Physical Development (gross motor skills: moving energetically, balance and coordination, negotiating space safely). KS1 PE: running and jumping, balance, agility and co-ordination, and dances using simple movement patterns. Also listening and attention, left and right, and speaking and listening. GOOD TO KNOW The videos are free on YouTube, with no sign-up. They’re marked made for kids, so there are no comments and no targeted ads. Coach Ginge, Sugar and Fluffy are made with the help of AI tools, by a real person, in memory of a real ginger Persian cat. More free brain breaks, including seasonal ones, at coachginge.com.