Physical Activity Adventure Pack

🤲 Children collect as many pieces of the equipment as they can and see how many they can hold without dropping them .

This is a trickier game than first appears as it’s working on using all those muscles in the hands, as well as dexterity and balance ⚖️ .

Give it a go! 🎃

👻 It’s Halloween and here’s a (not) spooooky idea for an activity.

Scatter a variety of balls, beanbags and scarves around the space.

Children travel around 🏃‍♂️.

Adult shakes a tambourine or a shaker 🪇.

PAAP Physical Activity Adventure Pack - Music + Movement Physical Activity Adventure Pack, a full year of developmentally appropriate lesson plans aimed specifically for early years children

These are key ways you can help your children develop physically.

It also gives the learning a purpose ✅.

Try getting more stuck in. PAAP can help!

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How often do you get involved in your lessons 🤔?

Not simply teaching from the side, but fully immersed in the learning.

Getting stuck in demonstrates to your pupils how your body works. It models movement and shows enjoyment on your part 😀.

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What does one of our Physical Activity Adventure Packs actually cover?

Watch the video to find out 🎥!

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PAAP Physical Activity Adventure Pack - Music + Movement Physical Activity Adventure Pack, a full year of developmentally appropriate lesson plans aimed specifically for early years children

Grab some soft toys, and try a teddy bear’s picnic in your session today 🧸!

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PAAP Physical Activity Adventure Pack - Music + Movement Physical Activity Adventure Pack, a full year of developmentally appropriate lesson plans aimed specifically for early years children

Imitating movements such as peeling bananas, pouring drinks and opening packets are great for developing motor skills in little ones.

🗣️ Pretending to share and turn taking during conversations in play also develop those important PSED and communication skills.

🧺 𝗧𝗲𝗱𝗱𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗻𝗶𝗰 🧺

There’s more to PD/PE than just sport.

Imaginative play and physical development go hand in hand in the early years 🤝.

Education inspection framework: for use from November 2025

Read the 2025 framework here: www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Education inspection framework: for use from November 2025

🔹 gives children the space and time they need to practise and refine their emerging skills through play.

It’s incredibly pleasing to see movement, physical activity and play highlighted in the document 👏🏼.

Education inspection framework: for use from November 2025

🔸 enables children to learn and practise what they need and to build on what they already know.

🔹 includes explicit modelling and teaching of fundamental movement skills.

🔸 provides activities that deepen and extend children’s capabilities.

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Education inspection framework: for use from November 2025

Whilst there is obviously guidance around all aspects of an inspection, there is also a focus on physical development within the document:

🔹 identifies small steps that, when taught and practised purposefully, lead to proficiency in a physical skill.

📄 𝗢𝗳𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 📄

The new Education Inspection Framework from Ofsted was released yesterday.

The framework applies to inspections of different early years, education and skills settings, and includes the principles of inspection and the standards they use to inspect providers.

PAAP Physical Activity Adventure Pack - Music + Movement Physical Activity Adventure Pack, a full year of developmentally appropriate lesson plans aimed specifically for early years children

🦶🏽crawling though objects - develops spatial awareness, balance and provides propriocetive input.

🌀 spinning with coloured scarves - stimulates the vestibular system, works on core strength and postural control.

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PAAP Physical Activity Adventure Pack - Music + Movement Physical Activity Adventure Pack, a full year of developmentally appropriate lesson plans aimed specifically for early years children

💦 pouring water from one receptacle into another - great for hand eye coordination, strengthening hand and finger muscles and grip development).

🪣 sifting sand - builds strength, dexterity and coordination.

🎉 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 🎉

It’s a new week! And probably the first full week at school for a lot of our Early Years children 👧🏽.

What commitment are you making to their physical development in these early stages of their school experience 🤔?

Here are some ideas to try this week:

PAAP Physical Activity Adventure Pack - Music + Movement Physical Activity Adventure Pack, a full year of developmentally appropriate lesson plans aimed specifically for early years children

And together, we created PAAP. A developmentally appropriate scheme of work for EYFS 😃 m.

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👩🏻 Helen is an internationally renowned consultant, trainer, author and speaker in Physical activity/movement in Early Education with an MA in Early Childhood Physical Activity and Movement Studies.

PAAP Physical Activity Adventure Pack - Music + Movement Physical Activity Adventure Pack, a full year of developmentally appropriate lesson plans aimed specifically for early years children

👩🏻 Brianne is the Lead Teacher in a Specialist Resource Base for autism, and an experienced teacher across all phases of primary. A specialist in Early Years and Primary PESSPA, with a BA in Early Primary Education.

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Throwing and catching in the Early Years is really tricky!

See Helen talk through the reasons behind why it can sometimes look like chaos…

…with a perfect demonstration at the end 😂.

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You should have received an email asking you to complete a feedback form.

We’d really appreciate any comments you have about PAAP in your setting.

Thank you 🤩

Jump into Monday with PAAP!

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What a testimonial!

Wouldn’t it be great if every adult and child felt like this?

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Our pack is full of activities designed to:

⭐️ inspire
⭐️ engage
⭐️ excite

Based in research, created by experts and developmentally appropriate.

Do you offer early years provision?

Now’s the time to start!

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Consider using a shaker or tambourine instead with your little ones 😀.

This will help any neurodivergent students you work with, too.