
Organisation: 30 x 30 yard Box with 4 colour cones in corners of area.How to Play: Pupils move around according to Teachers instructions e.g. Skipping, Hopping, Side-stepping, Crawling, Moving Like an Animal: (Bird, Kangaroo, Shark etc. when Teacher calls a colour the students must instantly react and run to that colour cone(Island).Cross-Curricula Links: To make it interesting you can Call Blue area (Ocean), Green (Jungle), Red (Desert), White (Artic). And get them to name animals in those geographical areas.
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