Action Kids After School Clubs
45 session plans for children aged 4 - 7 years
Complete with 2 cd’s containing 76 tracks of music.

By Val Sabin

With thanks to the following who arranged and performed the music: John Gaine, Neil Gowland, Jacob Grant, Vincente Jover, Dave Mulligan, Lincoln Noel, Fiona O’Hara, Winston Samuels, Neil Shepherd, Richard Smith, Edward Smith, John Smith, Amy Whittle, Laura Whittle, Daniel Wright.

Action Kids "After – School Clubs" session plans of physical activities with fun are specially designed for regular use with Reception and Key Stage 1 groups of children in After – School or Lunch time clubs.

The Physical development play and fun activities form a progressive and developmental programme. Containing 45 session plans. The session plans are divided into 3 sections:

• 15 with a focus on activities leading to gymnastics
• 15 with a focus on activities leading to dance
• 15 with a focus on activities leading to games
• With parachute games included in all sessions

...together with the 76 tracks of music on 2 CD’s and the Action Kids warm – up and calm – down songs.

It will be noted that each section has a focus of one type of activity, but also involves a wide variety of activities from other areas, (e.g. gymnastics sessions contain two or three activities which develop mobility, strength and suppleness and remaining ones encourage exploration of small equipment, music and parachute games.)

It can be seen therefore that whilst the core activities form a progressive and developmental scheme, the sessions are bright, varied and FUN for the participants.

Suggestions for use, and adaptations, are included in the manual and individual activities can be accessed and used at any time.

The planned activities enable children to experience a very wide range of physical development opportunities and promote the development of locomotor skills, manipulative skills, physical fitness, spatial awareness co-ordination and balance in fun ways. They also integrate most of the senses and develop learning strategies and patterns for later successful academic achievement.

The sessions create opportunities for children to increase their listening abilities, concentration and comprehension as they experience the fun, success and achievement designed into the sessions, thus forming the foundation for a child’s later ability to abstract, generalise, analyse the surrounding world, communicate with others and develop emotionally in positive ways.

PRINTED ON CARD - FULLY PHOTOCOPIABLE WITHIN YOUR SCHOOL

Also for use in After School Clubs

POSITIVE PLAY
THIS MANUAL OF ACTIVITIES IS NOW BEING USED FOR GAMES PLAYING IN AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS AND COVERS THE WHOLE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE RANGE.

This positive play manual for playground supervisors includes over 230 outdoor and indoor games and strategies for dealing with the main issues occurring at break-times and is now being used for games playing in after-school clubs and covers the whole of the Primary age group. Children can spend over 20% of their school day out of lessons in the school grounds and this manual helps schools develop very positive playing environments by utilising grounds in the most creative, positive and cost effective ways. Some creative thinking, good organisation and the redistribution of equipment can quickly transform the attitudes and activities in a playground without spending a lot of money.

Positive playgrounds can provide:-

• a bright, safe and stimulating environment
• positive playing areas that help improve the health of children and encourage cognitive development
• help develop skills of social interaction at all levels
• help reduce the incidence of bullying and provide a safe "quiet" area

The introduction shows how to analyse the schools' present facilities and environment and how to develop them. Zoning the playground is explored along with detailed guidance on type, use and organisation of small equipment and the provision of a playground games box. There are 230 outdoor and indoor games which are presented in a form which can be easily converted into cards for the game box. The outdoor games section has several sub-divisions:-

• Problem solving and creative games and activities
• Games and activities using small equipment
• Games and activities using no small equipment
• Challenges
• Chasing games
• Quiet games
• Structured mini-games and parachute games

The games have been designed to suit a wide range of abilities and ages across the Primary School.

There are suggestions for over 50 indoor games activities for the dreaded wet lunch-hours! A complete “lunch-time Supervisors Guide” is included and there are a large number of ideas for playground markings and games.

The manual comes complete with a DVD illustrating how two different schools have implemented Positive Play in their playgrounds. It also highlights the 'buddie' system and how you can incorporate it into your shools playground.