Friday September 23, 2016

Grade 4 - 6

Today students engaged in two new activities by the name of "Spud" and "Chuck the Chicken". Rules of the activities are explained below.

“SPUD”

Objective : This game involves Catching, Throwing , Hopping and Dodging

Rules

• Line up all the participants and whisper a number in their ear. Try and distribute the numbers randomly
• Have the participants form a circle around the leader – instructor. I will explain what the number range is.
• The object of the game is to toss the ball into the air and call a number. If the number is your you run, catch the ball and call out SPUD
• Once spud is called everyone freezes
• The person holding the ball can take three steps towards one of the other players. Then the throw the ball at the person, below the waist. If they hit the person with the ball the hit person gets a letter. If the thrower misses they get the letter
• The frozen person must keep their feet flat on the floor
• The first person to spell out S-P-U-D is out

INPUT/TEACHING

“Chuck the Chicken”

Objective: The goal is to earn your team points by running around your group once you have chucked or thrown your chicken for the other team to retrieve

Rules

• Split your players into two teams
• Team A starts off with possession of the rubber chicken
• They form a line and pass the chicken from the back of their line to the front in the following matter – Through the legs of the second last person in line, then over the head of the next person, then through the legs of the next person, and so on. Over – Under relay
• Team B starts of by scrunching themselves into the smallest human knot possible , all accept for one player on the team
• This player needs to run around and around the outside of the clump of the team b players
• For each full circuit of the clump, the team earns one point
• When the chicken reaches the front of the line of team A, the person at the front of the line yells “CHUCK THE CHICKEN” as loud as they can and throws the chicken as far away as possible
• Team A then immediately forms into a clump and one person starts to run laps around the clump , earning team A points
• When team B hears team A yell CHUCK THE CHICKEN , they immediately break off from their point – gathering and run to where ever the chicken has landed.
• They form a line like team A did at the beginning of the game and pass the chicken up the line – under one persons legs, over the next persons head, under legs, etc…When the chicken reaches the front of the line , the leader yells ``CHUCK THE CHICKEN``, throws the chicken away, and team B goes back to the clump formation to keep adding points to their score
• The craziness continues for as many rounds as you like – or until everyone is so exhausted that you have to stop.
• Just ensure that each team gets an equal number of opportunities to gain points
• At the end of the game, which ever team has more points wins