Play ground Games at Manor Primary School, England

Hopscotch equipment – a stone and a grid 1-10

Hopscotch rules and instructions – Play with friends or on your own. Throw the stone onto 1, then hop through the grid, stopping to pick up stone on way back. Due to layout of grid the hopping has to alternate between a 1 foot landing and a 2 feet landing.

Take it in turns to throw the stone so that it lands on each number in turn. If the stone doesn’t land on the number you want then you miss your turn. Winner is the first player to get from 1 to 10.

Skipping equipment –Length of rope varies, with long rope used for group skipping.

Skipping rules and instructions – can be done alone, with a partner or a group. Pass the rope over your head and jump as it swings under your feet. Can be done forwards, backwards, fast, slow, with or without an extra ‘bounce’. If the rope is long then it can be held by 2 people, one at each end, and turned so that the rope swings or rotates.

Various rhymes are sung, as the rope swings, to keep with the rhythm of the rope, to support actions and to invite others in.

Popular skipping rhymes at school are –

Teddy Bear, teddy bear turn around,

Teddy Bear, teddy bear touch the ground.

Teddy Bear, teddy bear climb the stairs,

Teddy Bear, teddy bear say your prayers.

Teddy Bear, teddy bear rest your head,

Teddy Bear, teddy bear go to bed.