RANG 1 AND RANG 2
CORPOIDEACHAS
TERM
OIDE
SEPTEMBER - CHRISTMAS
RANG
MARY HORGAN
JUNIOR INFANTS
Strands
Units
Athletics
Dance
Míonna
Strands / Strand Units
Content
Gymnastics
Games
Outdoor and
adventure activities
Aquatics


1
September
Games
Ball Games
 Warm Up: Circle Run. The children are divided into teams of six to eight and make a circle. One player
has a ball. On go he/she throws the ball to the next person and then attempts to run around the outside of
the circle in reverse direction before the ball is relayed around to it’s starting point.
 Development: Rounders. Game based on baseball.
 Cool Down: The children walk around the room saying the alphabet.
Chasing Games
 Warm Up: Chain Tag. One child is picked to be the tagger. The children run around the hall and the tagger
tries to catch the others. Once caught, they also become taggers. This is continued till all the children are
caught.
 Development: Cone Tag: Cones are placed randomly around the hall. A chaser area is marked out. There
are only three people to be at the cones. The teacher calls out a movement e.g. hopping, crawling etc and
blows the whistle. The children now try to move to the next cone without being caught by the chasers.
Once caught the child sits out for one round. After each movement the chasers return to the chaser area.
 Cool Down: The children walk around the hall singing their songs from music.
Singing Games
 Warm Up: The Children begin the game skipping around the gym, hand in hand, with one or two partners,
singing the song ‘The More We Get Together’. Every time they sing ‘together’ more friends join together,
until everyone is holding hands. At the end of the song all the children form a circle and rush to the middle
of the circle, raising their hands way up in the air and singing.
 Development: Musical Chairs.
 Cool Down: The children sing the song while skipping around the hall.
2
October
Running
 Warm Up: The children do a number of stretches lead by the teacher. The children walk around the hall.
When the whistle is blown they change movement e.g. jogging, sprinting, hopping, skipping, until the
whistle indicates to stop.
 Development: The children line up at the cones. The area where they are to run to is marked out. When the
whistle blows the children run to the mark collect a beanbag and run back allowing the next person to go.
This is continued changing the jog to a sprint, which is then timed.
 Cool Down: The children do the activity walking.
Relay
 Warm Up: Game Duck Duck Goose
 Development: The children are split into teams. The relay course is set out. When the whistle blows the
children run passing the beanbag to the next person until the finish line. This is done a number of times
changing the movement and position of the beanbag e.g. hopping carrying the beanbag on the shoulder.
 Cool Down: Teacher says the poem ‘How Creatures Move’ and the children do the movements.
3
November
Skipping
 Warm Up: Children do some light skipping around the hall. The children do some calf stretches lead by the
teacher.
 Development: There is a rope on the ground. The children have to walk along the rope, hop, skip and jump
over the rope. The whistle changes the direction the movement is made.
Children skip slowly and quickly on the spot changing direction and alternating their feet.
 Cool Down: The children skip slowly on the spot for a few minutes.
Skipping Continued
 Warm Up: Rats and Rabbits. The children are divided into two teams, rats and rabbits. When the teacher
call rabbits the children have to skip to the home line. At this time the rats try to skip and tag the rabbits
before they reach the line.
 Development: The children make up some skipping games working in partners to help them with their
skipping. The children are given time to practice their game. The best game is selected and is played by the
whole class.
4
Athletics
Throwing
 Warm Up: The children get a beanbag and run around the hall throwing the beanbag in the air and catching
it again. This is continued and the whistle changes the movement.
 Development: Rob the Nest. Beanbags are placed in the center of the hall. The children are divided into
teams of four. On go one person from the group picks up a beanbag and throws it back to another person in
their team. This is continued till all the beanbags are gone from the center.
 Cool Down: The children throw the beanbag to their partner across the length of the hall.
Throwing & Receiving
 Warm Up: The children do a number of stretches lead by the teacher. The children walk around the hall.
When the whistle is blown they change movement e.g. jogging, sprinting, hopping, skipping, until the
whistle indicates to stop.
 Development: Keep the Basket Full. The children have to pick up a beanbag at the start line and throw it
into the basket at the other end of the hall. The object of the game is to try and keep the basket full as at the
same time, the teacher is throwing back the beanbags.
 The children now are divided into two groups. Two children begin at the start line. They have to run
around the hall but can only land within a hoop. At each hoop they get a beanbag which they have to throw
into he next hoop before they can move on. When they return the next two people can go.
 Cool Down: The children throw the beanbag into the basket from a short distance.
Throwing & Travelling
 Warm up: The children run around the hall and when the teacher blows the whistle they freeze. This is
continued changing movement e.g. hopping, jumping, flapjacks, and skipping
 Development: The children play the game keep the Basket full. Beanbags are placed around the hall. The
children have to run, pick up a bag and place it in the basket while the teacher is emptying the basket at the
same time.
5


The children now are divided into teams. They make a lap of the hall pick up the beanbag, throw it into the
basket and return to the back of the line. This is timed to see who wins.
Cool Down: The children walk around the room carrying a beanbag on their shoulders while counting to
ten.
Throwing Continued
 Warm up: The children run around the hall with a beanbag. First the beanbag is on their shoulder. When
the teacher blows the whistle they freeze. The teacher now calls out another movement and tells them to
place the beanbag on another part of their body. This is continued changing movement e.g. hopping,
jumping, flapjacks, and skipping
 Development: The children now have to run and throw the beanbag straight up to touch the ceiling. If they
hit the ceiling they get one point. This will help with the children’s counting. After practicing this for a few
moments, the children are dived into pairs in which they have to run to the end of the hall, pick up a
beanbag and throw it to their partner, who in turn have to hit the ceiling. This is timed to see who is the
winner.
 Cool Down: The children walk around the room carrying a beanbag on their heads while counting to ten.
6
December
Dance
Exploring Movement
 Warm Up: As the children know the ‘Maqurina’, they perform this as a warm up activity.
 Development: The teacher sprinkles magic dust on different parts of the body and when the music plays
the children have to make them move in different ways.
 Cool Down: Playing the music the teacher makes movements that the children have to mirror image.
Making a Dance
 Warm Up: The teacher plays the music and the children have to travel by walking, small steps, wide steps,
fast steps, tired steps and bouncing steps.
 Development: The teacher uses these steps to make a dance corresponding to the music. The dance
movements are taught in sequence and performed by the class.
 Cool Down: the class without the help from the teacher performs The Dance.
Saturday Night Fever
 Warm Up: The Teacher goes through the individual movements of the dance with the children without the
music.
 Development: The teacher now plays the music and the children practice performing their dance a number
of times.
 Cool Down: Once the movements are known, the children perform the dance.
7
To add more rows – * Go to Table Tools – Layout and then choose Insert Rows Above or Below – Ensure your cursor is in the row before you start adding rows.
8