Here is a list of suggested activities that you could do at home as part of Kilbride’s National School’s Sports Day at Home 2020 on Friday, 12th June 2020:
- Design your own obstacle course.
- Garden Sprint.
- Shuttle Run (Set up two markers (2 – 3 meters apart). The child runs between the two markers. How many times can they run between the two markers in one minute bending down each time to touch the marker).
- Long Jump.
- Welly Throw.
- Egg / Spud and Spoon Race.
- Sack Race.
- Crab Race.
- Crawling Race.
- Overhead Football Throw (Have four different markers – one set at 1m, 2m , 5m and 10m. Throw the football over head twice and add the distance.)
- Tennis / Hurley Challenge (How many times can you hope a tennis ball / sliotar on your tennis racket / hurley in 30 seconds.)
- Five Bounding Strides (Take five strides and place a marker where your heel lands on the last stride. Measure the distance.)
- Target Throw: Place the bucket one metre away and see how many clothes pegs you can toss into the bucket in one minute.
- Target Kick: Place the bucket one metre away and see how many times you can kick the ball into the bucket in one minute.
- Scavenger Hunt (Make up your own Scavenger Hunt or use either “Five Senses Scavenger Hunt” or “Scavenger Hunts around the House and Garden”. )
- Bottle Flip Challenge (Set timer to one minute and see how many times you can flip the bottle into standing position! Easy – Flip onto the ground / Hard – Flip onto a table.) https://youtu.be/JzW2SmOKT8I
- Paper Airplane Cornhole Challenge (Make three paper airplanes. Set timer to one minute and see how many times you can throw your airplanes into the bucket. 1 point if you hit the bucket, 2 points if you get the airplane into the bucket.) https://youtu.be/blQoR7hB9vo
- Bowl Ball (Follow this link to see how to set up this game: https://youtu.be/YNJI_W-2INg)
- Paper Ball Trick Shot Challenge (Be as fun and creative with your trick shots! Follow this link for some ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo6c2se6y6A#action=share)
- Penalty Shoot Out.
- Long Puck (Use a hurley and sliotar and see who can hit the sliotar the furthest.)
- Long Kick (See who can kick the ball the furthest off the ground.)
- Skipping (How many skips can you complete in one minute).
- Following this website (https://openphysed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NFD2020-ALL-EventCardsV2.pdf) you will get lots of different ideas for some fun games to play as part of your sports day.
- Design Your Own Jersey.
- Design a Kilbride National School’s Sports Day Mascot.
- Yoga
- Go Noodle (gonoodle.com)
- PE with Joe Wicks on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=PE+with+Joe+Wixks)
Most importantly don’t forget to have fun!