National School Sport Week at Home 2020 - Activity Ideas - Celebrating the power of sport to bring people together
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National School Sport Week at Home 2020
Celebrating the power of sport to bring people together
#NSSWtogether
Activity Ideas
Athletics (Track and Field)
Consider the five ways
to wellbeing throughout
your chosen activity: Choose Challenge Capture
Choose your event, these are just Challenge yourself, your family, your Capture it, create memories and
a few ideas: friends: celebrate. Why not…
• Quick Start – How fast can you react • How far could you run with all your • Create and stage your own ‘old
from different starting positions to quick start attempts school’ sports day using multiple
sprint a set distance? • How many people could you challenge activities
• Speed bounce – this will certainly get to do speed bounce at the same time? • Have fun with it – you could wear
your heart racing. How many times can • Can you support each other to fancy-dress
Take part in individual skills you jump side to side in 60 seconds? improve your personal best? • Have a parents’/guardians’ race
challenges / events. Can you • Right Way Wrong Way – in 60 • Create a journal or scrapbook
go faster, higher, stronger? seconds, can you challenge someone about your week to capture these
to turn everything the right way, as you memories.
turn everything the wrong way? You
could play this in teams, or as a relay. Take photos, videos and make
Encourage each other to
improve your Personal Bests • Wacky races – can you create your memories. We would love to see
(PBs) own Wacky race? Add obstacles, find them. #NSSWtogether
different ways to move and compete
against the clock? Challenge someone
in your home, or virtually to take
Show your acts of kindness part too.
through support for each • Running cards – race against the clock
other and an opponent to reveal the Ace to
the King in a suit of cards. How quickly
can you complete the challenge? Can
you improve your time?
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Make a note of the progress
and improvement you each • Nutty squirrels – as a team or Samantha Kinghorn, wheelchair racing
make individually, how many items can you
collect before they are all gone?
“Sport is amazing!
Learn new skills and see
Give everything your best, try new things and
self-improvement through
never give up.“
preparation and practice
Aiming Sports
Consider the five
ways to wellbeing
throughout your Choose Challenge Capture
chosen activity:
Choose your event, these are just Challenge yourself, your family, your Capture it, create memories and
a few ideas: friends: celebrate. Why not…
• Frisbee golf – get creative with setting • What is the highest score you can • Take part dressed up like a famous
up a course around your house, either achieve together in a set time? sports person from your chosen
indoors or out. Decide how many shots • How many can you do or how far can activity
to allow per hole and have fun. you go without stopping? • Add a theme and pretend to be
• Target games – there are lots of ideas • Can you work together to improve Robin Hood
Practise target and rally here for you to try. So why not try them
games. How many can you your score over three attempts? • Send your video to friends and
all? Decide which is your favourite, family challenging them to beat
do? Can you improve your then attempt to beat your personal
personal best? your score
best.
• Create a journal or scrapbook
• King of the cones – can you be the about your week to capture these
king or queen of the cones? Hit your memories.
Work together to achieve a opponent’s cone, collect it and add it
shared goal or score to yours. Can you hit them all to win? Take photos, videos and make
• In the box – how far away from the box memories. We would love to see
can you get and still land your ball on them. #NSSWtogether
target? Challenge yourself to improve
Know yourself and how you your personal best. Sky Sports Scholar
can make a difference to • Tap up tennis – how many times can
help others you tap up a tennis ball in 60 seconds? Emily Appleton, tennis
How many times can you rally with
a partner to keep the ball up in 60
Take notice of the target seconds? “When I was at school I absolutely loved
and goal you are working competition, and taking part in PE lessons was my
towards favourite time of the week so I cannot imagine
the thought of not being allowed to do this over
the period of lockdown. As a result I am sure you
are all itching to get back out there and be active
Develop your hand-eye
which is why National School Sport Week at Home
coordination and aiming, as
is the perfect opportunity to do so! “
well as patience and control
Team Sports
Consider the five
ways to wellbeing
throughout your Choose Challenge Capture
chosen activity:
Choose your event, these are just Challenge yourself, your family, your Capture it, create memories and
a few ideas: friends: celebrate. Why not…
• Super session – there are lots of ideas • How many can you do without • Create a team celebration to
here for you to try. So why not try them stopping? complete after the challenge?
all? Decide which is your favourite, • Can you work together to improve Film it and share it.
work together and aim to beat your over three attempts? • Take a ‘professional’ team photo to
personal best. include everyone who took part in
• Can you adapt the challenge to make
Take part in team • Fast feet – how many times can you it more creative or encourage more your activity.
challenges dribble a ball around a marker and family members to be involved? • Create a team identity and dress
back in 60 seconds? Does this improve the same to play.
when you are part of a team? Try using
• Create a journal or scrapbook
different types of ball!
about your week to capture these
• Wastepaper Basketball – how far memories.
Work together as part can you shoot a basket from into a
of a team bin? Challenge someone to beat your Take photos, videos and make
distance and find new ways to throw memories. We would love to see
it in! them. #NSSWtogether
• Keepy uppy challenge – an oldie but
Recreate that sense of
a goodie! How many can you do in
belonging. What does it feel
a pair, as a team? Try using different
like to be part of a team?
types of balls or objects.
• Cool catcher – how many throws and
catches can you do with a partner in
60 seconds? Could you make it more
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Take notice of what it feels
like to achieve as a team challenging? E.g. turn around after
Imani Lansiquot, athletics
each throw.
• Sock wars – a bit like tag rugby, can
you protect your socks from capture “In these unprecedented times, it’s even more
Develop your passing, by your opponents?
kicking and coordination integral children are keeping fit not only for
skills. Don’t forget the physical benefit but also for mental benefit.“
importance of teamwork
Adventure Sports
Consider the five ways to
wellbeing throughout your
chosen activity: Choose Challenge Capture
Choose your event, these are just Challenge yourself, your family, your Capture it, create memories and
Find new trails to explore
a few ideas: friends: celebrate. Why not…
and set yourself a personal
challenge to beat • Race across the river – using only • Creativity is key, challenge yourself • Go outdoors and find a new space
two flat objects can you cross the river to set up exciting routes and give to take part in your activity.
without touching the floor? Challenge them a try. • Take pictures along your journey,
Get ready for an adventure. yourself to find new ways to move, can • Time yourself from start to finish, then can you find all the colours in the
Use your chosen event to you get faster? try to improve your time. rainbow?
explore what is around you. • Orienteering challenge – create an • Find new creative ways to move, test • Can you draw a map of the route
Try something new together orienteering treasure hunt in your own your limits to improve. you take on your journey?
home or local surroundings. Can you
• Create a journal or scrapbook
make the challenge more difficult by
Share your experiences with about your week to capture these
hiding items that spell out a hidden
others. Involve your family, memories.
word?
friends and neighbours in
• Swipe and swap – how good are you Take photos, videos and make
your activities
at moving objects with different parts memories. We would love to see
of your body? This is a great activity them. #NSSWtogether
for core stability and balance. Can
Take notice of your
you challenge yourself to beat your
environment. Use this as an
personal best in three attempts?
opportunity to learn more Sky Sports Scholar
about your surroundings • Horizontal climbing – don’t worry you
don’t need to climb the side of your
Max Litchfield, swimming
house for this one! Just use socks and
Challenge yourself to learn gloves and remember to maintain
more about your limits three points of contact!
“Sport is an absolutely incredible thing for so
and find creative ways to • Go for a bike ride – find a new route, many reasons, but above all for living a happy
improve challenge yourself to cycle further or and healthy lifestyle! As you have signed up to
faster in a time trial. Stay safe and take the National School Sport Week at Home you
notice of your environment. clearly agree with me and I would just like to
say good luck with everything this week, learn,
make friends (even if it is socially distanced
friends) but most of all, have fun! “
Artistic Sports
Consider the five
ways to wellbeing
throughout your Choose Challenge Capture
chosen activity:
Choose your event, these are just Challenge yourself, your family, your Capture it, create memories and
a few ideas: friends: celebrate. Why not…
• Partner dance – find a partner and • Can you support each other to try new • Put on a performance, film it and
have fun. Either copy this dance or get activities? share it with family and friends.
creative and choreograph your own. • Pick your favourite song and • Have a dance off! Who has the
• Disney Dance Along – looking for choreograph a new routine. best moves? Would you put this on
Get creative and come up inspiration, then check out these • Showcase your performances and hold TikTok?
with fun new activities to Disney themed dances. Find a partner, up scores like you are on Strictly Come • Create a poster to showcase your
try! pick your favourite Disney Dance, Dancing! Don’t forget to share top tips performance.
practise and perform. to help someone improve. • Create a journal or scrapbook
• Cosmic Kids Yoga – relax and practise about your week to capture these
your poses with some Yoga. Can you memories.
Create activities to get your whole family involved? Could
perform together you then create your own Yoga flow? Take photos, videos and make
• KIDZBOP – choose your favourite memories. We would love to see
song, gather your backing dancers, them. #NSSWtogether
Take part in your activities watch the video and recreate
for pure entertainment. the dance. Could you use this as
Have fun and put a smile inspiration to create your own dance?
on everyone’s face • Upside down challenge – can you
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balance something on your body as
you turn upside down? Head stands,
Joe Fraser, gymnastics
Take notice of your own handstands, balances – get creative.
and others’ creativity. Be • Become a super mover! – there are
proud and have fun trying lots of ideas here for you to try. Dance “With it being National School Sport Week at
something new with Alex Scott, Max and Harvey or The Home, I think it’s a great opportunity for us
Vamps! Get the whole family involved all to get active and involved! Giving us all
in the dance mat fun. Follow the moves the opportunity to try some new sports and
Learn to choreograph and feel the groove! experiences. Enjoy yourself, get involved and
and use your imagination.
have fun“
Challenge yourself to be
creative
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