Activities for All!

We've done all the research for you and found some really fun activities and resources for you to keep the kids entertained and physically active at home! These activities are also great for doing in school with less equipment needed.

Keep an eye out on our social media too for EVEN MORE fun things to get involved with! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @GatesheadSSP

 

Useful Resources for Keeping Fit & Active at Home:

British Heart Foundation - Jump Rope for Heart

If you love Skipping and want more after #SKIPUNITE then the British Heart Foundation have the perfect activity for you! Jump Rope for Heart is their campaign around getting those skipping ropes out, getting active and improving your heart! You can find out more here.

 

Girlguiding - Adventures At Home 

Girlguiding have compiled lots of activities for girls to do at home from the ages of 4-10. You can also find activities for ages 10-18 on our KS3/4 Resource Page. These activities for younger children range from fitness to arts and crafts and will definitely keep the children busy! You can find the age related acitivites on their website here.

 

Get Set 4 PE 

Get Set 4 PE have a bank of over 40 simple and fun activities you can do at home with your family. To get involved head over to their website here.

Free Home Activity Pack: Get Set have pulled together some of their free, flexible take-home activities to help get children moving at home or in the garden.

Parent Introduction Toolkit: to help communication with parents and guardians, Get Set have also created a quick and easy toolkit to introduce parents to the challenge, including an introductory email, social media and text-based templates.

Connect with the Get Set Community: keep updated with news on Twitter @GetSetCommunity and on Instagram @GetSetClub. Share how you’re keeping active using our hashtag #TTTYourWay

 

Joe Wicks - The Nation's PE Teacher

Why not follow the Body Coach, Joe Wicks. The exercises are fun, easy, and aimed at toddlers through to teenagers so everyone can get involved! To join in with Joe just follow his Youtube channel here where you can find all of the videos.

 

PE & Sport Network

The PE & Sport Network have produced loads of fun activities that they're sharing daily across their social media and on their website here. To make it a little easier for you we've picked a couple of our favourites from their collection below for you to try! 

Active Connect 4

60 Minute Pick 'n' Mix

 

PE Umbrella Little Movers

The PE Umbrella website has lots of resources for children of all ages and they have also created some home challenges for KS1 children to practice their fundamental movement skills. Please find the document here.

 

Premier League Primary Stars

Premier League Primary Stars uses the inspiration and fun of sport to connect pupils’ learning to the world around them. Find loads of easy-to-use resources for your pupils and kids at home on their website here. They also have loads of cross-curricular links to help you fit their Maths and English lessons in too!

 

Scouts-The Great Indoors

Scouts UK have pulled together 200 indoor activities for your children to do at home! There are so many different types of activities so there is something for everyone. You can find the link to the activities here.

 

TTS Early Years Activity Pack

TTS have made all of their home learning packs free to download and their early years one is packed full of fun activities to do. You can access it here.

 

UKCoaching

Encouraging Children to be active at home resource - tips for parents & carers! You can find the full resource here.

 

Yorkshire Sport Foundation

#ThisIsPE - Supporting Parents to Teach PE at Home

Yorkshire Sport Foundation are supporting parents in teaching PE at home. Short two-minute videos show parents (and teachers) free, fun and easy to follow PE activities for the whole family to enjoy together. Each #ThisIsPE video focuses on a different aspects of the National Curriculum.  The videos, delivered by PE teachers, help children and young people to continue their skill development in PE. You don’t need to be in PE kit and you don’t need sports equipment. All of the videos will use things that you can find around the home.

To view all the videos you can find the #ThisIsPE YouTube playlist here.

 

Youth Sport Trust

In these unprecedented times the Youth Sport Trust are supporting schools, teachers, parents and carers in understanding the importance of continuing with Physical Education (PE) whilst children and young people are are at home. Therefore please find the following resources and activities on the Youth Sport Trust website at the links below:

 

 

Additional Resources:

60 Second Challenges

Full Activity Booklet

Blank Leadership Acivity Booklet

 

 

Wonder Woman Resources:

BRAND NEW resources from Youth Sport Trust around teaching young people courage, strength and teamwork through sport. These resources can be used at home or in school and you will find the following here:
  • School resource – filled with awesome activity ideas and anchored in the recovery curriculum (Carpenter, B. and Carpenter, M., 2020) to help your young people develop skills such as courage, strength and teamwork using the power of sport.
  • Parent/carer resource – filled with awesome activity ideas to help your young people develop skills such as courage, strength and teamwork using the power of sport while at home.
  • Young people resource – filled with awesome activity ideas to help you develop skills such as courage, strength and teamwork using the power of sport.
  • Suggested social media posts – to give you some inspiration to help spread the word about this exciting resource! Please do come up with your own if you wish to, just use the hashtag #WW84 and tag @youthsporttrust and @DCcomics (@DCukcomics on Instagram).
  • printable certificate for you to celebrate your young people completing all the Wonder Woman-inspired quests.
  • An editable certificate for you to celebrate your young people completing all the Wonder Woman-inspired quests if you don’t have a printer. 

 

 

Inclusivity Activities:

Although a lot of the activiites on this page are fully inclusive, these activities below have been made specifically for children with SEND.

Change 4 Life Accessible Activities 

Although most of the Change 4 Life Shake-up activities can be adapted for any ability, they have suggested some activities that are suitable for any disability which you can find here.

Winter Warriors Activity Booklet - A fun jam-packed booklet full of inclusive activities to do at home.

 

Youth Sport Trust SEND Activities

Activities for dexterity, kicking, mobility and striking. All these activities have accompanying videos to follow. You can find all of the activities here.