Download Active Schools Mini Motiv8 Club Lesson Plan Lesson Plan 8 Creepy

Active Schools Mini Motiv8 Club Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan 8
Creepy Jungles
School
Age Group
Purpose
Date
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Explain principle of session – fun / non competitive / stickers and
reward scheme
Reinforce basic concepts such as warm / cool down
Introduce children to a variety of different sports and movements; it
may be helpful to take pictures to help explain
Explain purpose of whistle – one blast and they should sit down as fast
as possible and be silent!
Preparation
Whistle
8 Hoops
Water and cups / encourage use of individual water bottles.
Warm Up
Introduce yourself as “King of the Jungle”. At random points shout “King of
the jungle” and the group have to respond with ‘Tarzan call’, beating the
chest!
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Have group pretend to be ‘Monkeys in the jungle’; group to start
walking; Leader shouts “Tiger behind you”, group starts running and
then when Leader shouts “He’s right behind you” they have to pretend
to climb a tree (Pulse raiser) (Make group aware that they are not
allowed to climb on the wall bars for this.. it’s only pretend!)
Instruct group - ”You are now a vulture, flying high in the sky; you spy a
small animal on the floor of the jungle and swoop down to pick it up.
After you catch your dinner you head for the sky again. (the children
will be running around with arms out, then when catching the food they
will crouch down and afterwards jump straight up as if taking off”
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(all round workout, jumping strengthens the heart, muscles, and bones
and improves agility and coordination)
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They are now a wild frog, relaxing in the sun on a nice hot rock, he is
stretching his legs out and then his arms, and then he relaxes them
again. Repeat this 5 times (Stretching the leg, arm and shoulder
muscles)
Activity 1
Jungles on Fire
The ‘hunter’ stands in the middle of the space.
Everybody else lines up at one end of the space and are
given the name of an animal (Bear, Lion, Elephant, Snake).
The King of the jungle calls out an animal name. People given
that animal name must cross from one end of the space
to the other (doing an impression of the animal as they
go). The hunter catches one of them, who becomes the
new hunter and continues the game. If the King of the Jungle shouts
‘jungles on fire’ everybody must run. To make this game
faster, have two or more hunters.
Activity 2
Animal relays
 Split into teams, give each child in the team a different animal,
 They then have to go from one end of area to the other impersonating
the animal and then run back to their team.
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Warm Down
Monkeys – hands under the armpits
Crocodiles – arms extended like ‘snapping jaws’
Vultures – wide flapping arms
Frogs – two footed jumps
Bring group together and sit them down on floor / use
recovery time to reinforce some of key points;
Get them to jog slowly like a ‘prowling panther’ and then
reduce the tempo, by becoming a ‘walking monkey’ and
then a snake.
Once down on the ground, run through some stretches
by asking them to point to a muscle group and then
Leader suggests a stretch..
Why is it important to exercise – strengthen heart,
skeleton, muscles etc.
Name a couple of the major muscles used – e.g.
quadriceps, hamstrings.
*Note:
If you have any ideas for a new Mini Motiv8 theme or lesson plan, please feel free to send a copy
to your Active Schools Coordinator using the blank Mini Motiv8 lesson plan provided on the
Active Schools website. Where appropriate the lesson plan can then be placed on the Active
Schools Website as an additional resource for staff & volunteers working with children.
Thank you.
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