Set this up twice for thirty children (with two groups of three children in the second set up)
Group Size
Seven groups of two children
Set up
Create a large rectangle using ten throw down discs. This is Space
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Scatter sixty bean bags, fifteen small sized balls, fifteen medium sized balls, five large sized balls and three extra large sized balls around the space you are working within. These are the stars
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Give each pair, except one, two same coloured hula hoops. One is their spaceship and one is their base
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Ask the children to place their base around the edge of Space and ask them both to step inside their spaceship and hold it around their wastes. They are the astronauts
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Ask the pair without a base to stand in the middle of the stars. These are the space rangers. Space rangers still need a spaceship
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Scatter sixty bean bags, fifteen small sized balls, fifteen medium sized balls, five large sized balls and three extra large sized balls around the space you are working within. These are the stars
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Give each pair, except one, two same coloured hula hoops. One is their spaceship and one is their base
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Ask the children to place their base around the edge of Space and ask them both to step inside their spaceship and hold it around their wastes. They are the astronauts
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Ask the pair without a base to stand in the middle of the stars. These are the space rangers. Space rangers still need a spaceship
Equipment Needed
Twenty throw down discs
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One hundred and twenty bean bags
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Thirty small sized balls
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Thirty medium sized balls
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Ten large sized balls
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Six extra large sized balls
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Thirty hula hoops
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One hundred and twenty bean bags
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Thirty small sized balls
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Thirty medium sized balls
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Ten large sized balls
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Six extra large sized balls
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Thirty hula hoops
Aim
Gather twenty stars into your base
How to Play
On the word go, the astronauts must go and collect the stars and return them to their base
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If any stars are dropped then all the stars in that spaceship must be put down and the spaceship must return to base before starting again
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Astronauts must stay inside their spaceships at all times
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Space rangers must go around collecting stars from the bases and returning them to space in the same way that the astronauts are collecting them
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If the space rangers are tagged by a spaceship then they must drop any stars they have where they are tagged
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The Playgame is complete when one group has twenty stars back at base
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If any stars are dropped then all the stars in that spaceship must be put down and the spaceship must return to base before starting again
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Astronauts must stay inside their spaceships at all times
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Space rangers must go around collecting stars from the bases and returning them to space in the same way that the astronauts are collecting them
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If the space rangers are tagged by a spaceship then they must drop any stars they have where they are tagged
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The Playgame is complete when one group has twenty stars back at base
Remember you can watch this PlayGame in Action at the top of the page
Have a look at the End of Stage Physical Literacy Expectations
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Swap the roles of the children
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Change the group size to three with two members of each group inside the spaceship and one member holding the spaceship -
Specify that astronauts cannot return to base without eight stars - to increase the scale of the problem
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Blindfold one member of a pair - to increase the scale of the problem*
Ask three children to stand in one hula hoop - to restrict the space -
Specify that an astronaut does not need to tag the space rangers - to reduce the decisions that need to be made
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Specify that an astronaut can only collect a maximum of three stars at a time - to reduce the decisions that need to be made*
Place a bean bag on the head of a child and ask the to play without it falling off - to encourage a beneficial action -
Why did you move like you did through the crowded space?
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How did you make sure you didn't bump into other people? -
I can work in a group to solve a problem
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I can collaborate effectively with others*
I can trust others*
I know how I can stay balanced whilst moving