Daily Physical Activity in Schools

Daily Physical Activity in Schools | Sample Activities for Students
Ravenous
Raiders
Equipment
25–50 beanbags, four hula hoops
Safety
Time
20 minutes
Facility
❏ Classroom ❏ Multipurpose
✓❏ Gymnasium ✓ ❏ Outdoors
Physical Activity Level
✓❏ Moderate ✓ ❏ Vigorous
Remind students to be cautious when moving and to be aware of the personal space of others.
Warm-up
Have students walk on the spot or around the activity area with a partner as they discuss the components of physical activity. Have them
slowly increase their speed.
Lead, or have a student lead, a stretching routine (see the Appendix for sample stretches)
Activity: Ravenous Raiders
Divide the activity area in half, and place a hula hoop at each end of the activity area. Divide students into two groups and assign each group
to one part of the activity area.
Spread 25–50 beanbags across the centre line.
Have the students on each team stand at their end of the activity area, then, on a signal, have them run to the centre, pick up one beanbag,
run back, and drop the bag inside their group’s hula hoop.
When all of the beanbags have been gathered from the centre, have students run from their end of the activity area all the way to the other
team’s hula hoop, grab one beanbag, run back, and drop the beanbag in their own hoop.
Students must carry the beanbags to their area, and may not pass or throw them.
Stop the game after a few minutes and add or change some aspect of it (e.g., team members must skip/hop [on one foot]/speed walk/gallop
rather than run; one player from each team is “it” and can tag students from the other team; when tagged, a student must jog on the
spot for 15 seconds).
Cool-down
Have students move around the activity area in groups of 2–4, playing follow the leader.
Have one leader in each group take the group through a variety of movements and directions.
Give a signal. Have new students take the lead and go through a variety of movements and directions at a slower speed.
Lead, or have a student lead, a stretching routine (see the Appendix for sample stretches).
Variations
Divide the activity area into quarters and have students in four teams move from the four corners (where their hula hoops are placed) to
gather beanbags from the centre of the activity area.
Notes for Teachers
Discuss with students how changes in locomotion affected the pace
and the level of challenge of the game.
Planning Notes and Reflection
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