PE Virtual Logbook
Activities to Keep Everyone Active
Instructions:
Challenge your family members to stay active!
Turn it into a family competition and score points every time you do an activity.
The activity categories get progressively harder, as indicated by the number of points available, so you can work at whatever level of intensity to suit your level of fitness:
Tortoise (2 pts) - Gazelle (4 pts)- Falcon (6 pts) - Cheetah (8 pts)
The activities included are designed to suit everyone’s situation, whether you are inside an apartment or are able to go outside in a garden or compound, there are activities for everyone.
Most importantly, have fun with your family whilst staying active, healthy and happy!
Tortoise - 2 Points per activity
Activity 1
Target Game
Resources:
Indoor Bocce
Follow this Youtube clip if you don’t know this fun game!
Throw a ‘jack/ pallino’ then take it in turns to throw your ball at the ‘jack’ and the ball that lands closest after all of your turns wins! If you have nobody to play against, you can play against yourself using different coloured balls or stuffed socks!
Activity 2
Just Dance
Resources:
Go on to YouTube, search Just Dance and select three different dances to copy.
Activity 3
Latin Dance Activity
Resources:
Links to the different dance options-
For these activities you will need to improvise with equipment
You could use rulers/ pencils/ chopsticks - see what you can find to use?
You can use household buckets/ upside down saucepans
Be resourceful!
Activity 4
Target Activity
knock down with a ball.
as the skittles and if you don’t have a ball to roll,
Check out Mr Graham’s bowling skills in the
video!
Activity 5
Obstacle course
If you are able to do this outside you can space out more!
Be resourceful, use what you have available:
Activity 6
Kidz Bop Dance
Perform each of these dances for 2 points: repeat each dance until you have learnt the chorus moves
Kidz Bop Daily Dance Break Friday 27th March
Kidz Bop Dance Along - Dance Monkey
Kidz Bop Dance Along - Senorita
Activity 7
Zumba Dance Activities for Kids
You need to do all three of these dances
ECAs
Perform any of the ECA's below outside your PE time for bonus points:
Gazelle- 4 Points per activity
Activity 1
Fitness Activity
Resources:
Download the 'Sworkit App'
Select the ‘Kids Workouts’ where there are a variety of workouts you can choose from with great visual demonstrations
Have a go at the Yoga workout too, great stretching ready for our unit of gymnastics later in the year!
Activity 2
Target Activity
Resources:
Using a ball or folded over socks or socks stuffed with lentils and tied
Throw the ‘ball’ at a larger ball (at least 5m away) and try and move it from one side of the room to the other. First of all use rolling to move the ball, secondly use underarm throwing, thirdly use overarm throwing.
Please ensure the area you are working has no breakable objects nearby!
Activity 3
Hand and Eye Coordination
Resources:
Using only a small ball/folded socks and two plastic cups try and complete these 7 challenges:
Activity 4
Target Activity 2
Resources:
Skittle/ water bottle targets
You will need to place a row of four skittles/ water bottles, or similar, (spaced out) to knock down with a ball.
Stand 10 large steps away from the bottles and see how many throws it takes you to knock the four bottles down.
1. Attempt the challenge by throwing underarm
2. Attempt the challenge by throwing overarm
Activity 5
Tag Challenges
Each tag game needs to be played for 7 minutes
Activity 6
Snowball Fight
Minimum two people needed
Fold socks over each other to create a ball - try and have three balls each
Start at opposite sides of the room, 10 minutes of play, see how many times you can hit your partner. Use furniture to duck and hide behind!
Give them a physical forfeit for the number of times they are hit: 10 hits = 10 jumping jacks, for example.
Activity 7
ECAs
Falcon - 6 Points per activity
Activity 1
Core Strength Workout
Resources:
Plank challenge: Find the music ‘Cha Cha Slide’ then time how long you can keep going for holding the plank position (balance on your forearms and toes, keeping your body as straight as a plank of wood) completing the following moves to the Cha Cha Slide- let’s see if anyone can get to one minute! Watch this Youtube video to help you.
Every time the music says the following you need to move as follows:
Activity 2
Interval Training
Resources:
Using a skipping rope, or any length of rope (wrap around hands if too long)
Skip for 1 minute (two feet jumping)
Walk for one minute
Repeat the above task four times
If you do not have a rope you can pretend and do the same movement as if you did - it will have the same effect if you are moving both your feet and your arms!
Activity 3
Fitness Activity
Resources:
Follow this link for the exercises that correspond to the letters of the alphabet. Spell your first and family name to get the exercises you need to complete in the fitness circuit.
Try and repeat the circuit three times in one PE lesson!
Activity 4
Athletics Challenge
Resources:
Speed bounce: 2 feet jumping from side to side over a line/ small barrier - how many jumps in 30 seconds?
Standing Long Jump: how far can you jump? Put a marker down next to your heel and measure your best jump with a ruler or tape measure
Throw: Stand 2m from a wall (place marker on the floor); throw a ball underarm at the wall and catch it with the opposite hand - how many catches can you achieve in 30 seconds?
Sprint: measure a 10m area and place markers (cones) between the two points: sprint from one marker to the other - count how many times you touch a marker in 30 seconds
Activity 5
Chair workout
Chair workout with Ms Gray!
Watch this video and then copy the workout:
Choose to do the exercises for 10-20 seconds or repetitions
Repeat the workout x 3 - the total workout should be around 20 minutes depending on your number of repetitions
Activity 6
Socks in the box challenge
How many socks can you pair up and put in the box in 60 seconds?
Activity 7
FOOTBALL
With Miss Blackwell
Resources:
A football of any size with a little bit of space
You can do this activity both indoors (if you have enough space) and outdoors.
Activity 8
Kickboxing and Yoga for Kids
This is a really good workout if you are indoors with limited space!
ECAs
Perform any of the ECA's below outside your PE time for bonus points:
JUVENTUS BAHRAIN ACTIVITIES
Everyday at 4pm you can join them live doing a variety of activities
This counts as an ECA Falcon Activity
Cheetah - 8 Points per activity
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Interval Training
Resources:
Measure a 10m area and place markers (cones) between the two points. Sprint from one marker to the other ten times.Then straight away walk from one marker to the other four times (this is your recovery). Repeat the above task four times
Activity 5
Watch this Home workout Youtube video (start about 30 seconds in) - this is an excellent workout using a netball, but you can use a basketball or a football or any similar size ball. She also used two rolled up socks to create smaller balls. Do each exercise for 30 seconds, then repeat the exercise circuit x 3
*Do not strap a backpack onto your back as she shows you in the video, do not add additional weight to your workout for safety reasons - she is an adult, you are a child!
Activity 6
Tabata Workout 1
All you need is a small space to work in!
Another brief but demanding workout!
Activity 7
Tabata Workout 2
Watch this video for a short but tough workout, all you need is a mat and a chair!
Activity 8
Baby Shark Abs Challenge
Do you have the abdominal muscles
of a gymnast?
How long can you keep going for?
Activity 9
Joe Wicks PE Lessons: Try and do two of these in your PE lesson (you can score 8 points for each session)
Monday 23rd March Tuesday 24th March
Wednesday 25th March Thursday 26th March
Friday 27th March Monday 30th March
Activity 10
Can you beat Mr Brennan?
Activity 11
Can you complete The Sweatbox workout?
Activity 12
Try and get another family member to do one or both of these workouts with you?
Kids Workout - 25 minute workout
15 Minute Cardio Dance Fitness - 15 minutes
ECAs
Perform any of the ECA's below outside your PE time for bonus points: