Categories: 8 to 10 years Rough & tumble

BE – Silly Walks

During this activity, students are introduced to the various aspects of slapstick comedy. This style of acting is presented using superheroes and artworks, utilizing the environment as a playground.

BE - Silly Walks by Apole project group is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Activity photos

BE - Silly Walks activity photos by Apole project group is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

SI – Autumn fox

We did the activity outside, in the small forest near the school. The goal of the activity is to create foxes using natural materials and hot glue gun. At the beginning they had to construct the outdoor tables with chairs and protect tables with newspapers. They...

SI – Circle race

Goal of activity is the competition of two groups in circle race. Each group tries to move itself on truck carpet and reach goal before another group.[iframe width="1200" height="620" src="https://video.arnes.si/embed/sq34b6h2yd5c" frameborder="0"...

SI – School garden

Goal of activity is development of awareness of meaning for home grown food, how to take care for garden, and become flute with garden animas and plants.[iframe width="1200" height="620" src="https://video.arnes.si/embed/x5509zn1yn9g" frameborder="0"...

IR – Life in Neolithic (Stone Age) times. Autumn hedge foraging

Life as a child during Neolithic (Stone Age) times (Subjects – History, Science and Geography)Activity...

IR – Shelter building

Life as a child during World War II. Damage to home from bombing raid. Children to build a temporary structure to live in outside of their home (Subjects - History and Visual Arts)[iframe width="1200" height="620" src="https://video.arnes.si/embed/9d3qzvbkwh51"...

IR – I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Blow your House In

Begin with "The Three Little Pigs” story, discuss. Warm-up with the game Red Rover. Children engage in a rough and tumble outdoor adventure with a chasing game, tug of war and a huff and puff tumble activity. and Cooperative challenge to build a hula hut (Literacy,...

IR – Making Leek and Potato Soup

Soup Making – children used vegetable peelers and knives. We made leek and potato soup. The children each peeled and cut their own potato, we added them into the pot outside on the gas hob with all of the other ingredients. The children completed an additional written...

IR – Whittling – Making Wands

Simple whittling to make wands for use in role play. To whittle and make the wands we used potato peelers and short branches cut from young trees. The children then used string to decorate their wands before using them in role play. [iframe width="1200" height="620"...

IR – Barefoot Walk

This is a grounding exercise in order to bring the children closer to nature by taking part in a barefoot walk. Children will need a towel each from home depending on time of the year. A safe space for barefoot walking (grass, soil, sand, concrete etc.).[iframe...

BE – Soapbox race

kids made in groups a plan of their soapbox they made a list of material they needed they presented it to other groups and listened to their advice they made improvements they collected the materials and start making the soapbox a lot of trail and error, a lot of...