Get Active
Get Active
Sportacus workout
Get your children active for Sport Relief with this fun Sportacus workout! This can be done inside or outside.
What you need:
- Floor Area
- Music (optional)
- Outside or inside
Skip - around the room
Pause – take a breath!
Over and under – anything you like!
Run on the spot
Turn around twice
Again – repeat a favourite action
Crouch down
Under the blanket / sheet
Star jumps
Training Tips:
- Ask children if they can think of any other actions that begin with each letter
- Sportacus Actions/Poses – PDF
Energy Corners
Energise your little ones with Sportacus’ Energy Corners!
What you need:
- Floor Area
- Music (optional)
Turn 4 corners of the room into ‘Fruit Stations’; for example, strawberry, banana, apple and orange. Each fruit is connected to a movement:
Strawberry – jumping
Banana – hopping
Apple – wriggling
Orange - skipping
Call out the names of each ‘Fruit Station’ and the children have to travel to that station, using that particular movement.
SportsCandy Treasure Hunt
Help Sportacus find his SportsCandy!
What you need:
- An assortment of fruit for each child
- Bowls or bucket for each child
Hide the SportsCandy (fruits) around the room. Give each child a bucket or basket and they have 5 minutes to collect all the fruits in the bucket.
Children can enjoy eating the fruit at the end!
Mirror Mirror
Make your favourite Sportacus moves and get everyone to copy you in this fun game!
What you need:
- Floor Space
Children choose their favourite Sportacus move or make up their own. Children can then take it in turns to make a movement that everyone has to copy. Or children could play in pairs, taking it in turns to mirror each other’s movements.
Sportacus Super Hero Workout
Sportacus Super Hero Workout – PDF
Jump up and score a basket
Jumping Jacks 1,2,3!
Run in place
Jump tuck
Hop around the room
Jump up and score a basket
Jumping Jacks 1,2,3!
Run in place
Jump tuck
Skip around the room
