Resource of the Week Archive
Resource
of the Week
19 April -
25 April 2014
GoNoodle
designed to help teachers provide short, engaging physical activity breaks with the underlying principle that physical health has a positive impact on academic achievement. These short "brain breaks" are presented in video and game format and are ideal for use within the classroom with minimal space and an IWB.
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Listening & Responding
Strand unit: Exploring sounds
Suggestions for use: as a lesson stimulus and as a demonstration of how to do a particular physical activity. For example one of the zumba dances may be used as a fun active transition between subjects or after a period of inactivity. On the other hand the Run with Us section may be used as a lesson reinforcement or introduction techniques relating to running, hurdles, sprinting etc.
Strand: Listening & Responding
Strand unit: Exploring sounds
Suggestions for use: as a lesson stimulus and as a demonstration of how to do a particular physical activity. For example one of the zumba dances may be used as a fun active transition between subjects or after a period of inactivity. On the other hand the Run with Us section may be used as a lesson reinforcement or introduction techniques relating to running, hurdles, sprinting etc.
Strand: Dance
Strand unit: Exploration, creation and performance of dance
Suggestions for use: as a lesson stimulus and as a demonstration of how to do a particular physical activity. For example one of the zumba dances may be used as a fun active transition between subjects or after a period of inactivity. On the other hand the Run with Us section may be used as a lesson reinforcement or introduction techniques relating to running, hurdles, sprinting etc.
Strand: Dance
Strand unit: Exploration, creation and performance of dance
Suggestions for use: as a lesson stimulus and as a demonstration of how to do a particular physical activity. For example one of the zumba dances may be used as a fun active transition between subjects or after a period of inactivity. On the other hand the Run with Us section may be used as a lesson reinforcement or introduction techniques relating to running, hurdles, sprinting etc.
Why is it Resource of the Week?
- It's a novel way to promote physical activity within the classroom and outside of the allocated PE time
- Olympic athletes are used to introduce the games
- Familiar characters from films are used to model dances e.g Sid the sloth from the Ice Age
- There's a clear emphasis on the importance of warming up
- Movie soundtracks are used such as "I like to move it" from Madagascar
- There is a wide range of free content
- The registration process is free, easy and a teacher can track the progress of several classes they've set up.
