This week’s activity

Step class

We help the children with their physical development in a range of ways. Whilst they are able to access the outside areas for running and climbing, there are some children who prefer to be indoors. We still need to make sure that they are getting enough physical exercise to reach the Government guidelines of 3 hours of physical activity per day, with one hour of moderate to intense activity. We have recently purchased some exercise steps – we were previously using blocks – to use with the children in small groups. The ‘step class’ is led by one of the team, who models a simple routine for the children to follow. This has many benefits; the children learn co-ordination and balance, follow simple instructions, get out of breath and, most importantly when motivating children to take part in physical exercise, have fun!

There are photos on our Facebook page.