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1. Aeroplanes and Airports

6. Combat

11. Explorer Ball

2. Beat The Ball

7. Cooperation Game

12. Farmer Sam

3. Bombardment

8. Crocodile Net

13. Five Noses

4. Builders And Bulldozers

9. Dodge Ball

14. Four Corner Drill

5. Capture The Flag

10. Dog Pound

15. Foxes and Rabbits

16. Frisbee Football

21. Hide And Seek

26. Keep The Basket Full

17. Frisbee Ninja

22. Human Log Carry

27. Kick the Can

18. Grand Prix

23. Imaginative Movements

28. Mad Eagle

19. Hero

24. Jurassic Park

29. Moon Ball

20. Hero 2

25. Keep It Moving

30. Narnia

31. Not In My Back Yard

36. Pirate Ship

41. Star Wars

32. Numbering The Lines

37. Planet Invasion

42. Target Ball

33. Pacman

38. Poison Dodge

43. Untie The Knot

34. Pacosaurus

39. Skittle Ball

44. Warriors, Warlocks And Elves

35. Panthers And Leopards

40. Space Hunters

45. Wasps

1. Arches Tag

6. Head And Bottom Tag

11. Screen Tag

2. Chain Tag

7. Line Tag

12. Snowball Tag

3. Double Freeze Tag

8. Octopus Tag

13. Tail Tag

4. Everybody's It

9. Rock, Bridge, Tree Tag

14. Team Tag

5. Freight Train Tag

10. Scarecrow Tag

15. Ultimate Team Tail Tag

16. Wedge-Tail Eagle Tag

 		   
     
     
     
     

1. Bean Bag Crossover

6. Leg Jumping

11. Toe Tapper

2. Bridge Jumping

7. Mirroring

12. Toe To Toe Fencing

3. Circus Balances

8. Shadows

 		 

4. Gladiators

9. Sitting Back To Back

 		 

5. Leading

10. Sumo Wrestling

 		 

1. Drop Off Relay

 		   

2. Line To Line Relay

 		   
     
     
     

1. Barry

 		   

2. Hunter

 		   

3. Lord Of The Rings

 		   
     
     

ROCK, BRIDGE, TREE TAG

This game is played like a normal game of tag, except that each time a player is tagged they must freeze in a particular pose. The first time a student is tagged they assume the pose of a rock, the second - a bridge, and the third - a tree. If the students gets tagged a fourth, fifth or sixth and any subsequent tags after that, then the same sequence of poses follows.

The rock, bridge and tree poses are described in the Core Movement section.

EQUIPMENT: Colour bands.

AREA REQUIRED: Any designated area. Whole class participation.

BENEFITS
BENEFITS

Teamwork/Group-work (How am I working with others to achieve the goal?)

Fun / Body awareness / Decision Making / Balance

Practice of core movement poses

Communication

HOW TO EXPLAIN THE ACTIVITY
HOW TO EXPLAIN THE ACTIVITY

Select 1-3 students to be the taggers who wear a coloured band.

Taggers chase the other students attempting to tag them.

The first time a player is tagged they mould their bodies into the shape of a rock (child's pose - kneeling on ground with chest laying on the top of the thighs. They are freed by another student who leap frogs over them.

The second time they are tagged they mould their body into the shape of downward facing dog (see 'Core' section of the manual for an explanation). They are freed when another player crawls underneath the bridge.

The third time a student is tagged they mould their bodies into the shape of a Tree, (see 'Core' section of Manual for full explanation of the pose). To be released two other players must hold both hands around the 'tree' and skip twice around the 'tree'.

If a player is tagged for a fourth, fifth, sixth ... time then the same sequence of poses follows.

CUES FOR DEBRIEF / REFLECTION
CUES FOR DEBRIEF / REFLECTION

What did you like about the activity?

Were any parts of the game challenging? (This may bring up, keeping count of how many times they were tagged, being aware where all of the taggers were)

How did you feel when you were the tagger? Any challenges? Strategies?

How did you feel when you were being chased?

Did you do anything to avoid being tagged?

Did you have to alert people that you had been tagged?

Which job was the most challenging? Why?

Were any poses challenging for you? Why/Why not?

HOW TO VARY THE ACTIVITY
HOW TO VARY THE ACTIVITY

Vary the poses and the method for being freed. It may be the warrior pose from Core. To be freed two other students must simultaneously lay their hands on the 'warrior'.

Change the movement skill that the students must use to move in the space.

Increase the number of taggers.

Create another scenario which may have relevance to the content being studied in the classroom eg. Space, Rainforests. From these create a story where each pose is modified to fit the context. Eg Space - first tag - rocket pose, second tag - asteroid (rock shape). Ask for the students input and decide the poses.

Ask the students for their feedback on how the game could be modified, or any ideas they have to change it. Apply these modifications/changes.

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