FUN SPORTS CHALLENGE
SPORTS CHALLENGE
20/07/2020 Week 14
We won’t get a chance to have a sports day altogether this year. Why not bring Sports Day into your home or the local outdoor space? You could compete against your family- brothers, sisters, dad, mum, carers, grandparents or even the dog!
Fun activities for you and your family.
Remember. . .
The referee is in charge of recording the points and may deduct one point if you aren’t showing good sportspersonship. If there is an activity that isn’t your strong point- use your growth mindset and try your best. You could also use this as a learning curve to practise a particular activity a little more. All of these activities listed below will help with some form of PE skills e.g. strength, hand eye coordination, accuracy, speed, balance.
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY
You can choose a selection of the activities or do all these challenges in a day. Whichever activities you choose to do, you will get an automatic point, as it is the participation that counts. You will also get a chance to win a bonus point. Don’t forget to record your points on a piece of paper!
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SPORT or ACTIVITY |
GET A POINT |
BONUS POINT |
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KEEPIE UPPIES’ How many hand ‘keepie uppies’ can you do?
Scrunch up some paper or use a soft ball. Use your hand to keep the item up in the air.
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If you participate in this challenge |
Highest amount of keepie uppies gets the point
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RUBBISH BIN BASKETBALL Who can shoot the scrunched-up paper into the bin? (5 attempts only) |
If you participate in this challenge |
1 bonus point if you get it in 1 bonus point for most creative way to throw your shot. |
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CLAPS How many claps can you do when you throw the ball up in the air? |
If you participate in this challenge |
Highest number of claps gets the point
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HOP, SKIP, JUMP How far can you hop, skip or jump? If you don’t have enough space just do a standing long jump. Stand in one place and see how far you can hop, skip or jump . |
If you participate in this challenge |
Highest distance gets the point
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EGG AND SPOON How many lengths of the garden/room can you do in a minute? If you drop it pick it up and carry on.
Boil the egg- If an egg is too precious to use at this time choose something else. |
If you participate in this challenge |
Highest number of lengths gets a point If you succeed the whole minute without dropping it you also get a point
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SPRINT Can you sprint for 30 secs on the spot? |
If you participate in this challenge |
Whoever sprints for the whole time without stopping you get a point |
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SIT UPS How man sit ups can you do in a minute? |
If you participate in this challenge |
Whoever gets the highest number of sit-ups gets a point. |
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WATER RACE. Fill a bowl with water, fill a cup and race to the other bowl/sink. Run back. How many cups of water can you put in the bowl/sink in a minute?
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If you participate in this challenge |
Whoever fills the most cups of water up gets the point. |
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SPEED BOUNCE How many jumps can you do in a minute over an object? |
If you participate in this challenge |
Highest number of Jumps wins the point.
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BIN BAG/ PILLOW CASE RACE Get a bin bag how long does it take you to get from one side of the garden/room and back.
If there is enough space all race together at the same time.
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If you participate in this challenge |
Quickest Time Wins the point Or whoever wins in the race wins a point |
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GOLF TARGET CHALLENGE Use a cup/pan on its side for the hole. Use a golf ball/tennis ball/scrunched up paper and shoot it into the cup/pan using hands/feet/dust pan brush/broom. You decide as a family the distance you shoot from- make it a little challenging! 5 attempts
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If you participate in this challenge |
If you get it in you get a point |
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OBSTACLE COURSE Make up your own obstacle course. E.g. Crawl under the table, slide along the floor, step across the chairs, walk across the sofa, go into your bedroom and jump on the bed once.
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If you participate in this challenge |
Fastest to complete the course gets a point |
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MINUTE CHALLENGE How many times can you throw a ball into a bucket/pan in a minute? |
If you participate in this challenge |
Person who throws it in the most gets a point
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BALANCE CHALLENGE How long can you hold a balance for? Can you make up a challenging or creative balance? |
If you participate in this challenge |
Person holding the balance for the longest gets a point Person who has the most challenging/creative balance |
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THREE-LEGGED RACE Choose a partner. Use a scarf to tie your legs together. Time how long it takes you to get from one side of the garden/room and back.
If there is enough of you and space, have a three-legged race at the same time. |
If you participate in this challenge |
If you do a three-legged race with the family- whichever pair wins gets the bonus point. |
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Can you spell your name using the activity table below? |
If you participate in this challenge |
If you complete it you get a point |
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Spell your name challenge A – 5 jumping jacks B – 5 jumping jacks C- 10 jumps D – hop on your right foot x5 E – hop on your left foot x5 F – crab walk for 10 seconds G – do 5 sit ups H – 10 mountain climbers I – 5 push ups J – 30-second-high knees K – kick your left foot as high as you can L – kick your right foot as high as you can M – 5 jumping jacks N – 10 jumps O – hop on your right foot P – hop on your left foot Q – do 5 sit ups R - do 10 mountain climbers S – 5-star jumps T – 5 push ups U – kick your right foot as high as you can V – kick your left foot as high as you can W – run on the spot for 30 seconds X – high knees for 30 seconds Y – 5 push ups Z – 5 sit ups |
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More fun activities for the family:
Put hula hoops/ ring doughnuts on a piece of rope/ wool.
You have to limbo underneath and try to eat the hula hoops/ ring doughnuts.
Put flour in a tray and put some sweets in there.
You have to put your face in the tray and pick up a sweet.
Apple bobbing. Fill up a bowl with water and place some apples in the water.
You have to put your face into the water and try and pick up the apple with your mouth.
If you have a balloon. You and a family member have to stand face to face. You put the balloon between your knees and you have to move the balloon up your bodies, without using your hands, to your faces. Don’t let the balloon pop….. You could also use a coconut or a ball.
After 8 challenge. You have to put the after 8 chocolate (or flat square of chocolate) on your forehead and without using any support from your arms/hands you have to move the chocolate down your face to your mouth.
Play musical bumps/statues with the family.
Show off your best dance moves. Or put Just Dance YouTube on.
Hot Potato. This physical activity will get giggly! Simply get a soft ball or a rolled-up sock and toss it to a child. Tell them toss it to someone else as quickly as possible. Everyone repeats this. When does this game end? Who knows? Just get rid of it! Variations – Play short segments of music while they toss the “potato”, stop the music, and the last one to touch it after the music stops is out. The last person in wins.
Bowling. Get some items that you can stand up like empty water bottles or plastic cups, grab a big enough ball, and start rolling to knock over the “pins”. Variations – Make a target on the ground using masking tape. With each section worth different amounts of points, everyone can roll the ball trying to stop it within the different target areas, competing for points.
Freeze Dance Rhyme Dance. Crank the tunes and let the dancing begin. Unlike the regular game though, when the music stops, a designated person calls out a word. If the other dancer(s) can’t respond with a word to rhyme with it within a designated time period (say five to 10 seconds), that person is out.
Hunt! This can be either indoors or outdoors.
Organise a hunt that spreads across a large area, or even just inside your house. Just place toys or treats hidden in different places and start the competitors off in the first location. Each place should have a puzzle written for the next place. If you make sure the places are far apart, everyone will get a good run out of it!
Make some certificates and have a family award ceremony
(Adapted from Elfridaprimary.org.uk)