Warming Up

This phase aims to teach children about setting goals and objectives and planning their training and eating to meet them.

The ‘Go!’ phase of the campaign is the phase in which your school has an opportunity to organise your own 2km family fun run.

1. Policeman's Bend

Stand upright with feet together and with arms clasped behind the back. Flex knees to lower the upper body down before returning to the start position. (Keep the back and upper body upright and straight).

2. Loose Jogging

Slowly run around the room with relaxed shoulders and arms hanging down by your sides.

3. Marching On The Spot

Raise and lower arms and legs to perform a marching action without moving off your position.

4.March Around The Room

As ‘On the Spot’ but with movement around the room - remaining aware of others.

5. Reach For The Sky

Stand upright with feet together. Reach upwards with hands as high as you can.

6. Simulated Swimming

Front crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke imitation with feet astride in a stationary position.

7. Pumping the Tyre

Stand on left leg and simulate the pumping action required to inflate the tyre by means of a foot pump with your right leg. Then change legs.

8. Follow the Leader

Team leaders are selected. They perform any reasonable physical action which must then be copied by all the other members of the team.

9. Aeroplanes

As ‘Loose Jogging’ but with imitation aeroplane action using arms as wings (with noises as appropriate for younger age groups).

10. Side Bends

Stand with feet shoulder width apart and hands on hips. Lean to the left and right alternately without bouncing and keeping the shoulders up and back.