PE Resources:
We have decided to focus on gymnastics while we are distance learning.
Remember, P.E. lessons take place on Tuesdays and Fridays so spend 30 minutes working on the lessons below on those days.
Every other day, take some time to get active any way you please. Take some time outdoors or follow some of the tips below.
Let's get started on those P.E. lessons first...
Warm up:
Main Lesson
We have decided to focus on gymnastics while we are distance learning.
Remember, P.E. lessons take place on Tuesdays and Fridays so spend 30 minutes working on the lessons below on those days.
Every other day, take some time to get active any way you please. Take some time outdoors or follow some of the tips below.
Let's get started on those P.E. lessons first...
Warm up:
- Begin with a quick 5 minute warm up to get your heart rate up. Spend 30 seconds on each of the activities below.
- Jog on the spot
- High Knees
- Heels to bum
- Jump jacks
- Mountain climbers
- Stretch out your body any way that you like and focus more on the areas you feel are a little tight.
Main Lesson
- Choose a roll from the gymnastics cards to focus on. You should focus on one roll each week. (See cards below)
| Gymnastics Roll Cards |
Let's start with the pencil roll.
While standing, make a straight shape - as tall as the tallest tree!
While lying down, make a straight shape – as long as the longest log!
Move from a tense body position to a loose body position both standing up and lying down.
Hold a tense body position for five seconds without moving each time.
Try this roll with your arms down by your side.
Lie flat on a mat with your arms stretched straight over your head and feet stretched away from your body.
Roll to the left or right, completing a full rotation of the body.
Keep your ankles and feet together.
Squeeze your tummy, leg and bum muscles together.
Complete a number of rotations one after the other.
Cool down:
- Begin with the Preliminary Activities to get you ready. Those listed below are for the pencil roll.
While standing, make a straight shape - as tall as the tallest tree!
While lying down, make a straight shape – as long as the longest log!
Move from a tense body position to a loose body position both standing up and lying down.
Hold a tense body position for five seconds without moving each time.
Try this roll with your arms down by your side.
- Once you feel confident, start to practice the roll by following the teaching points listed. Those listed below are again for the pencil roll.
Lie flat on a mat with your arms stretched straight over your head and feet stretched away from your body.
Roll to the left or right, completing a full rotation of the body.
Keep your ankles and feet together.
Squeeze your tummy, leg and bum muscles together.
Complete a number of rotations one after the other.
Cool down:
- Remember to finish off with a cool down and some more stretching.
- Complete some arm circles - 10 forwards and 10 backwards.
- Reach up and make yourself as tall as possible.
- Crouch down and make yourself as small as possible.
- Sit or lie in a comfortable position breathing in and out slowly with eyes closed.
- listen to sounds around you
- think about their favourite part of the lesson and visualise that activity
Additional online resources:
Additional resources that do not require internet access:
- The body coach playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBszBLWgWMpt9kb5sKDXNX6M
- Go Noodle https://www.gonoodle.com/
- Operation Transformation 10 at 10 https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
Additional resources that do not require internet access:
- Daily movement calendars - see April and May below.
- Musical Statues/Freeze dance
- Animal Races or Floor Shapes (see picture) –
- Hop like a Bunny
- Walk like a Crab
- Run like a Bear
- Slither like a snake
- Hallway Bowling – fill up 12 bottles with water and use a tennis ball to knock them over
- Skipping Challenge – see file below.
| skipping_challange.docx |
- Balloon Volleyball: place a string over two points (2 chairs/ 2 tree trunks) to create a net. Hit the balloon over the string to each other (Volleyball rules apply)
- Sticky Note Wall Spelling Challenge – Attach 26 sticky notes to the back of a door and write a different letter on each one (in random order). Make a start line a few feet away from the door and stand behind it with a soft ball/ bean bag/ stuffed animal or rolled up pair of socks. Now spell a word you are learning in English by throwing the pair of socks at the correct letters in the correct order
- Clean up Race – Start a song and whoever tidies the room the fastest/before the song ends wins
- She Can colouring book - for a little research on the women we admire in sport (see below).
| the42shecan-giftcopy.pdf |
