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As the weather gets sunnier and warmer, it's the perfect moment to take your PE lessons outdoors. If you’re not sure what to plan and do with a full class outside though, fear not, we’ve pulled together 28 outdoor PE game ideas to help you organise some fun and entertaining PE lessons outside.
Split your class into four groups. Then, pile balls or beanbags in the centre of the playground. This is the ‘treasure.’ The teams then send one child at a time to run to the middle and bring back some treasure. When all the treasure is gone, the team with the most treasure wins!
To play this game, ask your class to walk or jog around the playground. When they hear the name of a different type of bean, they perform the appropriate action as listed below.
Pupils are split into two equal teams. As a team, they decide if the team is going to play ‘rock’, ‘paper’, or ‘scissors’. They meet for a “face-off” at the centre line of the playground or field and on the count of three, they play rock, paper or scissors.
Whoever wins then chases the other team to the end of the line of the playground or field and catches as many people as they can on the way. Those that are caught now join the team. The game continues until all the players from one team are caught.
Players must jog around the playground in any direction. When you say the word ‘Popcorn!’ followed by a number, players must get into groups of that number with the closest people around them at the time.
One person stands at one end of the playground. They are the traffic light. The rest of the players are at the other end of the playground. When the traffic light faces the group, s/he says, “Red light!” and everyone must freeze.
The traffic light then turns his or her back and says “Green light!” while the group tries to get as close to the traffic light as possible. The traffic light turns around quickly, again saying “Red light!” and if anyone is spotted moving, they have to go back to the starting place, The first person to tag the traffic light wins and gets to be the next traffic light.
Ask your class to stand in a circle around the playground or field. Then ask them to throw the ball around the circle randomly. Each child must clap before they catch the ball. If the child drops the ball or doesn’t clap. They are out.
Players stand in a circle with their arms crossed. One player in the centre throws the ball to someone in the circle, saying either ‘Catch’ or ‘Don’t catch’. If they say ‘Catch’, the player should not catch the ball and must not move their arms. If they say ‘Don’t catch’, the player should catch the ball. If a player does the wrong thing or misses the ball, they’re out!
Equipment: 5 soft foam balls and cones
Dodgeball is always a class favourite! To play this game, split your class into two equal teams. Then, mark cones along the middle of the playground and place the foam balls along the middle of the playground and ask the two teams to stand at opposite sides of the playground. Once the whistle has blown, the players must sprint forward and try to take possession of one of the balls before the other team.
Players must throw the balls over the central line made with the cones, trying to hit their opponents. If a player is hit by the opposition or catches the ball, then they are out of the game. The aim of this game is to get all of the opposing team out by hitting them with a foam ball. The first team to have all of the opposition out is the winner.
Play this game in groups of four. You will need one ball for each group. Tell the players to stand about three meters apart from each other so that each player is in the corner of an imaginary square. The aim of the game is to pass the tennis ball around the ‘square’ as quickly as possible. To add an extra challenge, once you have thrown the ball to the next player, ask your pupils to run around the square. The players need to make sure they get back to their spot before the ball is passed to them.
Ask your pupils to get into groups of three. For this warm-up, the players need to stand at either side of the playground, with one person in the middle. The aim of the game is to throw the ball to the player on the other end using the underarm throw and the overhead pass without letting the player in the middle catch it. The pupils must take turns being the ‘piggy in the middle.’
Equipment: One hoop per person plus an additional hoop
Each team will need a hoop per person, plus one extra hoop. On the command ‘go’ the first person puts a hoop on the ground in front of them and steps into it. The second person must then give them another hoop to put down at the front. That person now steps forward into the new hoop and the second person in line steps into the first hoop.
This continues until all are in hoops and the spare hoop is passed down through the team to the front of the line and placed on the ground so that everyone can jump forward one hoop. You must use these stepping stones to reach the destination.
Three or four children stand inside a large hoop, holding it up at waist level without using your hands. The challenge is to lift the hoop up to your necks or down to your ankles - hands-free. Or, see if you can get the whole group from inside the hoop to outside, without grabbing the hoop or letting it touch the ground.
Stand approximately 3m apart and roll the hoop to one another. If you catch it, you take a step back. If you miss, you take a step forward. See how far apart you can get.
To begin, split the class into two teams and choose a starting point and a turning point for the race. Two players from each team must race against each other to the turning point. At the point, the players have to lie down on their backs, fold their arms across their chest and get up without using their hands. They must then run back to the finish line and the two players from each team need to race. The team which finishes the race first wins.
To play, split your class into two teams. Each team should be in a line. The child at the front of each row has a beanbag. The challenge is to race to pass the beanbag from the front to the back of the line, and back again. The children should pass the beanbag in a different style each time. For example:
Challenge children to think about their own ways of passing the beanbag. If the beanbag is dropped, the children have to start again from the front of the row.
Split your class into four teams and ask them to stand behind the starting cone. Then, layout cones in a straight line in front. The children have to use one or two-handed bounces to weave the ball around the cones. When they reach the end, the children have to weave the ball back down to the group and pass it to the next player before joining the end of their line. The first team to have finished wins.
Set out three cones along the playground and divide the class into two equal teams. Give each team three beanbags and ask the players to line up at the end of the playground. When you blow the whistle, the first player from each team must run with a beanbag and drop it at the first cone. Then, they must race back and grab a second beanbag and run to drop it at the second cone before doing the same for the third beanbag.
When the player gets back to the starting point, they must tag the second runner to do the same, but to collect the bean bags instead. The winning team is the first team in which every member returned back to the starting line.
Ask your class to spread around the playground - they’re about to go on flight! The children need to listen to the aeroplane instructions that you call out and perform the following actions.
Equipment: A variety of objects such as beanbags, squeaky toys, balloons, cones, ropes and hoops
Randomly place the objects around the playground. This is the minefield. Then, ask children to choose a partner. One child is blindfolded, and the other must guide them through the minefield to the other side without touching any of the objects. Children are not allowed to touch each other and must guide their partner with spoken directions.
Ask your class to spread out in the playground and move slowly around the space while listening out for the names of different shapes. When you call out the name of a shape, they need to jog around the space, tracing a path of that shape. For example, for a square, jog around an imaginary square-shaped path.
Choose a child to be Simon and say and perform a movement to copy. E.g Simon says to do arm circles. Children must not copy the action if the leader does not say ‘Simon says…’ otherwise they are out.
Shadow Tag is a great warm-up game for a sunny day. This is a variation of the traditional game of ‘Tag’. Children tag each other’s shadow with their feet instead of tagging their body.
One player is chosen to be ‘it’. Whenever they catch another player, that player must remain frozen in place, with their feet wide apart. The frozen player can only be ‘unfrozen’ if another child crawls between their legs. The last player to be frozen is ‘It’ for the next round.
Nominate two players to be ‘it’ and ask the rest of the team to tuck a sports bib into their waistbands. Their job is to keep their bib for as long as possible by dodging the pupils who are ‘it’. The players who are ‘it’ need to try and grab as many bibs as possible by chasing their teammates. If a player’s bib is grabbed, they become it as well.
Choose 2 pupils to be ‘it’ and ask the rest of the class to run around the playground, trying not to be tagged by the players who are ‘it’. The players who are tagged must stand still like a scarecrow with their arms out wide. Runners can free a scarecrow by running underneath their arm. After two minutes, nominate two new people to be ‘it.’
Parachute games are a favourite activity for lots of children! For this game, the teacher must call our pre-assigned numbers, birthday months, colours etc. Those children must swap places under the chute before it falls.
Children must try and keep the balls from going in the middle of the parachute or try to roll the balls into the hole.
Split the class into two teams with one team on one side of the chute and the other team on the other side. One team tries to knock a ball off of the other side past the other side’s team.
From a standing position, hold the parachute at chest height. A selected number of children take off one shoe and throw it in the middle of the chute. On the count of three, raise the parachute in the air. The selected children have to run under and find their own shoe before the chute comes down.
Gayatri manages the blogs at Twinkl and ensures that the blogs we produce include great ideas, inspiration and updates to help you teach. Prior to this, Gayatri was a member of Twinkl's SEO team and worked as a Digital Copywriter, optimising the resources made by our wonderful team of current and ex-teachers.

Outdoor PE activities can be done during an actual physical education class or during recess to promote physical activity for children. There are many activities that can be used to get the heart rate up while providing fun for the kids.
Children need to be physically active for at least 60 minutes every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Capture the Flag game can provide a portion of this activity because it requires children to move constantly. The point of the game is to divide the participants into teams and provide each team with a flag. Each team works to take possession of the opposing team's flag. The flag is hidden and participants should separate their team members into those who will protect the flag and those who will work to get the opponent's flag. Players run into the opposing team's territory to try and find the flag and run back to their side with the flag. "Defenders" can tag players on the opposing team, causing them to "freeze." When this happens, the player's teammates can free him through direct contact, such as by crawling between the legs. To win the game, the opposing team's flag must be captured.
Kickball is a good alternative when softball or T-ball equipment is not readily available. Kickball for children will not have as many rules as the adult version, but a few rules are necessary. The person kicking must be tagged out with the ball or the ball must be caught in the air by the opposing team. The kicker kicks the ball and then attempts to reach the first base. Runners advance from base to base as in baseball or softball. The goal is to make it to home plate to score a point. Like baseball, you also can create a boundary line and if the ball is kicked past this, it is considered a home run.
Freeze tag is a classic childhood game. It involves someone being designated “it” and the remaining players trying to avoid being touched by the designated player. When someone is tagged, they become “it” and the game continues. To help keep the game going, you may want to designate two or three people as “it” at the same time. This is a good idea if you are playing with a group of 20 or more. Also, having more than one “it” helps to prevent any children from feeling singled out. If you can keep this game going for at least 20 minutes, you will greatly help the children toward meeting daily physical activity needs.
Hula hoops at one time were considered a girls toy, but this is no longer true. In fact, this activity can offer a variety of health benefits. Using a hula hoop provides a good cardiovascular workout and can raise the heart rate to about 84 percent of the heart rate maximum. This type of exercise also can contribute to increased core strength. All you need to do is provide the hula hoops for the kids and encourage them to move around and have some fun. Even if they are not great at it, they are still getting the physical activity benefits from the movement required to learn how to use a hula hoop.
AJ Carpenter has a bachelor's degree in P=physical education and a master's in Journalism from Missouri State University. He has written for various publications on topics ranging from health and fitness to education and gardening.
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