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P.E. - Warm-up and Cool-down Ideas

Physical Education

 

 

Welcome to the Physical Education pages.
Look at the selection of Warm-up and Cool-down P.E. ideas and resources listed below,
or browse around the different P.E. sections using the bar above.

  • Beans Activity - A very useful (and fun!) warm-up activity.
  • Pirate Ship - A fun warm-up game in which children pretend to be on board a pirate ship.
  • Smugglers - A competitive warm-up game, which encourages children to steal from one another!
  • Sheep Tig - A fun warm-up game which involves pretending to be sheep!
  • The Video Game - An enjoyable warm up activity involving video recorder controls!
  • Traffic Lights - An enjoyable warm-up based on traffic lights!
  • The Washing Game - A fun warm-up game, based on washing!
  • Run Through the Jungle - A fast-paced activity which asks children to perform different jungle-based actions!
  • Ladders - A fun competitive, and team-based, game.
  • Up, Down, Stop, Go! - An exciting warm-up activity.
  • Commando - A lively game which is great for team-building.
  • Human Bop-It! - Children love the Bop-It games, so why not play in your PE lessons!
  • Dancing Transitions - A fun way of occupying children during breaks, or as warm-up and cool-down activities.
  • Mission Impossible - A clever warm-up activity which children really enjoy!
  • Stuck in the Mud - A classic game which is a great warm up activity, or simply play it for fun!
  • Team Seating - Encourage your children to work in teams using this co-operative activity.
  • Cat and Mouse - A competitive warm-up game where children have to catch tails!
  • Toilet Tag - A funny game which children beg to play!
  • Pasta PE - An enjoyable warm-up activity, linked to pasta!
  • Jelly Fishing - A fun game which involves pretending to be characters from Spongebob Squarepants!
  • Hoop! - An exciting warm-up game for younger children.
  • The Mr. Man Game - Use the Mr. Men to get your children moving!
  • Bumper Cars - A fun game which aims to develop spacial awareness and travelling skills.
  • Sharks - An exciting warm-up game which involves trying to escape from imaginary sharks!
  • The Sharks are Coming! - An active warm-up game which requires children to get into groups.
  • Chains - A fun catching game, in which children form chains to catch the others!
  • Late for School! - A fun warm up activity which involves pretending to get ready for school! Includes a related cool-down activity too.
  • Make a Letter - A physical activity which is useful for reinforcing phonics too!
  • Three Blind Mice - An exciting warm-up game based on the popular nursery rhyme.
  • Guess the Corner - A fun, active game which could be used as a warm up activity.
  • Cups and Saucers - A very enjoyable game which can be used as a warm-up activity.
  • Run Around the Teepees - An enjoyable warm-up activity, which is played in pairs.
  • Clocks - A fast-paced warm-up game which encourages use of different muscles.
  • Adoration - An enjoyable warm up game which can be played as fast or as slow as you like!
  • Quick Warm Ups PDF File - A long list of different warm up activities (in PDF), none of which involve equipment so they can be carried out quickly and easily. Contributed by Mr Chong Meng Lieng.
  • Heads, Shoulders... - Use a well-known song in your PE lessons to develop understanding of body parts.

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