**Note: This page is for educational inspiration and is not officially affiliated with National School Sports Week. National School Sports Week is a UK-wide initiative run by the Youth Sport Trust, a national charity dedicated to building a brighter future for young people through sport. The event is an annual celebration of the power of sport and physical activity to enhance children’s lives, typically taking place over a week in June. It encourages schools and children to engage in a variety of physical activities to promote health, well-being, and social skills. For official information, resources, and details about the event, please visit the Youth Sport Trust website: www.youthsporttrust.org/school-support/national-school-sports-week.
Monday 6th - Sunday 12th July 2026
Understanding National School Sports Week in EYFS & KS1
Let's get ready, get set, and get active for National School Sports Week! 🏃♀️⚽️🤸♀️
For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, this week provides a wonderfully active and crucial theme for exploring physical education (PE), sport, exercise, teamwork, healthy living, expressive movement, and confidence-building. It’s about inspiring children to develop a lifelong love for being active, teaching them the values of teamwork and resilience, and ensuring they feel included and celebrated for their participation. This week offers fantastic planning ideas and inspiration for engaging activity invitations that truly resonate with young minds, making learning about health, coordination, and friendship both essential and wonderfully exciting!
Why Is Learning About Sport and Movement Valuable for Young Children?
Integrating National School Sports Week and themes of sport and movement into your practice with young children (aged 0-7) is incredibly important for holistic development, fostering well-being, and building a foundation for a healthy lifestyle.
Promotes Physical Health: Encourages children to be active, developing their gross motor skills, coordination, and strength.
Teaches Teamwork & Social Skills: Provides opportunities to work with others, share, take turns, and learn how to be a good sport.
Builds Resilience & Confidence: Helps children learn to try again when they find something challenging and to feel proud of their effort, regardless of the outcome.
Supports Mental Well-being: Shows the connection between physical activity and feeling happy, focused, and energised.
Encourages Inclusivity: Creates a space where all children can participate and feel valued, celebrating different abilities and interests.
Engaging Sport & Movement Activities for National School Sports Week (EYFS & KS1)
Let's get moving for National School Sports Week with these planning ideas and activities perfect for EYFS and KS1 children. The focus is on inclusive participation, skill development, and most importantly, having fun! Many of these early years and year 1 activities can be supported by our dedicated ‘Exercise’, ‘Expressive Movement’, ‘Football’, and ‘Sport and PE Games’ resources.
Here's some inspiration for celebrating National School Sports Week in your setting. The following ideas may be adapted for various EYFS and KS1 settings. In EYFS, these ideas are best viewed as invitations to explore, investigate and engage in meaningful play rather than activities every child is expected to complete. Practitioners may choose to follow children's interests. In KS1, some ideas may also be used within more structured learning opportunities where appropriate.
Printable resources to support the following ideas may be found further down this page.
(Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken. Emphasise positive messages about trying your best and being a good teammate.)
Getting Active with Themed Sports & Games
Themed Obstacle Course: Design a mini-obstacle course using hoops, cones, tunnels, and crawling nets. Themed obstacles could include a "jungle jump" or a "river crossing."
Sports Day Fun: Organise a mini-sports day with a 'Kid Olympics - Sports Day Pack'. You could also create your own races, like a classic egg-and-spoon race or a three-legged race, and use the 'Sports Day - Sign-up helper pack' to get children involved in the organisation.
Creative Sports: Encourage children to invent their own sport! Provide simple props like balls, hoops, and scarves, and ask them to come up with the rules and a name for their game.
Skill-Building: Use our resources like 'Sport Skills - A4 Cards' and 'Sport Skills - A5 Cards' to practise key skills like throwing, catching, and kicking. You can also set up throwing and catching stations using different sized balls and buckets.
Celebrating Effort: Use ''Kids Olympics'/'Sports Day' - Certificates’ to award every child for their participation and effort. This is a great way to celebrate every single person's contribution.
Creative & Imaginative Movement
Mindful Movement: Use 'PE ACTION - Colouring Sheets (Mindfulness)' for a calm, cool-down activity after a period of intense movement.
Imaginative Challenges: Use our themed movement cards like 'Dinosaur Activity/Movement Challenge - Cartoon', 'Fairies - Activity/Movement Challenge Cards', and 'Jack And The Beanstalk - Activity/Movement Challenge Cards' to inspire imaginative movement.
Animal Adventures: Use 'Animal Dance Cards', 'Animal Dance Cards - Adverbs', and 'Animal Dance Cards - Verbs' to get children moving like different animals, using descriptive language to enhance their movements. You could also play some music and get children to act out the movements they hear.
Outdoor Exploration: Use 'OUTDOOR PLAY - Movement Prompt Cards' for creative ideas during outdoor play. You could also go on a nature walk and encourage children to climb, jump, and balance on natural obstacles like logs or small hills.
More ideas
Sports Day Display: Get children to help create posters for the event using 'Sports Day - Poster templates' and 'Sports Day - Flyer templates (A5)', and use the 'Sports Day - Blank Arrows' to direct people to the different activities.
Recounting the Fun: Use the 'Kid Olympics - Differentiated Recount Writing Sheets' to encourage children to write or draw about their favourite part of the week.
Themed Learning: Tie in sports to other areas of learning with our resources like 'FOOTBALL - Design a Football Kit', 'FOOTBALL - Numbers 0-20', 'TENNIS BALL - Counting & Number Match Puzzles', or a fun 'FOOTBALL - Dice Game' or 'TENNIS BALL - Dice Game'.
Explore Related Pages: For more extensive ideas, explore our dedicated pages:
These activities offer great inspiration for making National School Sports Week a memorable and impactful experience in your early years and Key Stage One setting, fostering active living, teamwork, confidence-building, and a lifelong love for sport and movement.
To explore ideas surrounding additional early years events, please visit our 'Special Dates Calendar' page.
Printable resources to support teaching & learning surrounding: ‘National School Sports Week (UK)’
Free ‘Sports’ and ‘Movement’ related EYFS & KS1 Printable Resources and Activities:
Have great fun with your children whilst all pretending to be dinosaurs with this set of 8 Dinosaur Activity Challenge cards. Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Cards could equally be shrunk down and placed on a key ring to take out on adventures or featured on an indoor or outdoor display board and referred to with everyone carrying out the activity on floor space in front. Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together! Great for physical development, descriptive language, understanding the world and turn taking.
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Have great fun with your children whilst all pretending to be fairies with this set of 6 Fairy Activity Challenge cards.
Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Cards could equally be shrunk down and placed on a key ring to take out on adventures or featured on an indoor or outdoor display board and referred to with everyone carrying out the activity on floor space in front.
Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together!
Great for physical development, descriptive language, imagination, understanding the world and turn taking.
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Set of 7 A4 Exercise description cards.
Each card describes in picture and word format an exercise which can be practised with young children. Have fun!
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Set of 12 A4 PE Action Colouring Sheets.
Each colouring sheet depicts a PE action which can be practised with young children. Have fun!
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Pack includes A4 sized ‘Kids Olympics’ & ‘Sports Day’ certificates.
The editable DOCX file version of this certificate can be adapted for any purpose as the text is fully editable (including font). This means that the child’s name, date and purpose of the certificate can all be changed. Any images may also be moved and resized.
We have also created a non-editable PDF file which has blank versions of each certificate for those of you who would prefer to write personalised text by hand.
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Have fun with this set of 8 ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ Activity Challenge cards. Great for exploring the story further! The suggested movement activities will bring elements of the story to life and embed ideas securely through active learning.
Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together!
Great for physical development, descriptive language, understanding the world, number recognition and turn taking.
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To tie in with the story of the Chinese/Lunar Zodiac, these activity cards will get the children moving as they hear the order that the animals finished ‘The Great Race’.
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‘Sports’ and ‘Movement’ related EYFS & KS1 Printable Resources and Activities:
Pack of 14 ‘Movement’ prompt cards. Ideal for outdoor play, gross motor skills and physical activity!
These prompt cards are to be used as visual inspiration for getting the children moving in the outdoor area!
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This pack is designed to be used to organise a sports event for young children that can be scaled according to the size of setting.
N.B. Before starting, it would be useful to laminate the cards to protect them.
There are eight stations of sporty activities for the children to experience. Although these activities are not strenuous, a water-drinking station is included to get them thinking about the importance of hydration during exercise.
Each station is designed to last for ten seconds, but this can be altered if needed.
After setting up the stations with the cards and equipment assign a child or children to each station.
1. Get the children to look at the station card and ensure they understand what they must do.
2. When the children are ready, start counting as a group from 1-10. During this time, the children must continually perform the task on their cards.
3. After 10 seconds, everybody claps and then moves around to the next station (see overview sheet – p2 in this pack)
4. Repeat steps 1-3 until all stations are complete.
Enjoy!
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Versatile sheets for children to create their own medal designs.
Use with pencils/crayons or art and craft cut and stick/collage materials.
Alternatively, laminate for repeated use with whiteboard pens or as a playdough mat.
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Three differentiated sheets entitled ‘Kids Olympics’ encouraging children to draw and/or write/make marks about their experiences.
Plus three additional differentiated sheets entitled ‘Our Sports Day’.
Choose the sheet which best suits your child(ren) and event.
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Pack includes A4 sized ‘Kids Olympics’ & ‘Sports Day’ certificates.
The editable DOCX file version of this certificate can be adapted for any purpose as the text is fully editable (including font). This means that the child’s name, date and purpose of the certificate can all be changed. Any images may also be moved and resized.
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Set of 7 A4 Exercise description cards.
Each card describes in picture and word format an exercise which can be practised with young children. Have fun!
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Set of 7 A5 Exercise description cards.
Each card describes in picture and word format an exercise which can be practised with young children.
N.B. Fold along the line (to create 2-sided card - image on one side and writing on the other) and laminate before use.
Have fun!
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Set of 8 A4 PE Game description cards.
Each card describes in picture and word format a PE game which can be played with young children. Have fun!
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Set of 8 A5 PE Game description cards.
Each card describes in picture and word format a PE game which can be played with young children.
N.B. Fold along the line (to create 2-sided card - image on one side and writing on the other) and laminate before use.
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Set of 6 A4 Sport Skills description cards. Could be used as adult prompts, self-select challenge cards, PE display, etc.
Each card describes in picture and word format a sport skill which can be practised with young children. Have fun!
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Set of 6 A5 Sport Skills description cards. Could be used as adult prompts, self-select challenge cards, PE display, etc.
Each card describes in picture and word format a sport skill which can be practised with young children.
N.B. Fold along the line (to create 2-sided card - image on one side and writing on the other) and laminate before use.
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Set of 12 A4 PE Action Colouring Sheets.
Each colouring sheet depicts a PE action which can be practised with young children. Have fun!
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After being folded and laminated these cards can be used to encourage expressive movement with or without music.
The image side is to be held facing the child(ren) with the other side being read by an adult.
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After being folded and laminated these cards can be used to encourage expressive movement with or without music.
The large image side is to be held facing the child(ren) with the other side being read by an adult.
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After being folded and laminated these cards can be used to encourage expressive movement with or without music.
The large image side is to be held facing the child(ren) with the other side being read by an adult.
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This pack includes both poster and flyer templates to let parents/carers know when and how they can help with your Sports Day. Also included is a sign-up sheet.
We hope you find this useful!
Please note that if you would like to edit these templates you can do so using the docx file.
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This pack includes both A4 landscape and portrait posters for adverting your Sports Day. Templates include spaces for where, when and events/games.
Your chosen poster/flyer could go out as part of a newsletter email or put up on a bulletin board, parent/carer communications noticeboard or classroom/setting door or window.
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This pack includes A5 flyers for adverting your Sports Day. Templates include spaces for where, when, events/games and don’t forget!
Your flyer could go out as part of a newsletter email, sent home in bookbags or put up on a bulletin board, parent/carer communications noticeboard or classroom/setting door or window.
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This pack includes direction arrows with a blank box inside designed to sign post where various events/activities are located within a Sports Day.
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This pack includes A4 landscape and portrait blank signs designed for use within a Sports Day.
You may like to use these sign templates to label each game/activity/event and perhaps add any details about rules, etc.
Alternatively you may like to use these templates to advertise your Sports Day. The blank box could be used to state a title, time, place and some of the main games/activities. This could go out as part of a newsletter email or put up on a bulletin board, parent/carer communications noticeboard or classroom/setting door or window.
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Pack includes:
(Number in brackets shows how many A4 pages)
• ‘Football Party’ Banner (2)
• Themed bunting (1)
• Blank bunting (1)
• Themed certificate (1)
• Posters (2)
• Themed colouring placemats (3)
• Blank placemat (1)
• Themed targets for beanbag throwing game (4)
• Colouring party tickets (1)
• Blank party tickets (1)
• Football Colouring (2)
• Design a Flag (2)
• Footballer Colouring (4)
• Themed party invitation writing templates (3)
• Themed party time drawing sheet (1)
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Pack of four different templates for children to design their own football kits.
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Numbers 0-20 on footballs for use during number work activities e.g. within a tuff spot or for a number line display.
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The children are to be encouraged to say how many footballs there are straight away with no counting. They are intended to be held up by an adult as part of a group or class activity.
Print and use the cards appropriate for your children. 22 cards within pack for subitising numbers 1-6. Blank card template at the end to make your own if required.
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Templates for children to design their own flags.
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1-10 Football themed number recognition counting puzzles. Match the number to the correct quantity. Practise counting objects which cannot be moved. Appropriate for all ages within early years used in different ways at different levels. Use as a table or floor activity or part of an interactive display board. Left uncut, can be used as flashcards or for number ordering games.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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*1-6 dice required. Two game templates to choose from (numbers for recognition or dots for counting). Cut out and laminate chosen template beforehand.
• Roll dice and take the piece with the corresponding number.
• Keep going until you complete the picture!
Please note that more than one game board could be printed and children could take it in turns to roll the dice to complete their individual pictures.
(Also note the link to shapes - small triangles fit together to form a hexagon.)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These sheets help number recognition, word recognition, counting the right number of footballs and then using fine motor skills to colour them in.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Have you got a child/children who are interested in football? Why not challenge them to making some footballs using playdough?
Children can practice number recognition and counting whilst also working on their fine motor skills. You may also like to mention that the ball they are rolling is a ‘sphere’ shape.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Lower case letter cards with a football themes for use during alphabet/phonics activities e.g. within a tuff spot or for an alphabet line display.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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10 puzzles included, each of a different colour
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Pack of football themed mark making/writing/drawing border sheets (horizontal). Various designs included.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Pack of football themed mark making/writing/drawing border sheets (vertical). Various designs included.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Pack of mark making sheets containing 3 different templates for children to record their thoughts about football. Choose the template most appropriate for your child(ren)/purpose.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Numbers 0-20 on tennis balls for use during number work activities e.g. within a tuff spot or for a number line display.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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1-10 Tennis themed number recognition counting puzzles. Match the number to the correct quantity. Practise counting objects which cannot be moved. Appropriate for all ages within early years used in different ways at different levels. Use as a table or floor activity or part of an interactive display board. Left uncut, can be used as flashcards or for number ordering games.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Pack of mark making sheets containing 3 different templates for children to record their thoughts about tennis. Choose the template most appropriate for your child(ren)/purpose.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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*1-6 dice required. Two game templates to choose from (numbers for recognition or dots for counting). Cut out and laminate chosen template beforehand.
• Roll dice and take the piece with the corresponding number.
• Keep going until you complete the picture!
Please note that more than one game board could be printed and children could take it in turns to roll the dice to complete their individual pictures.
(Also note the link to shapes - small triangles fit together to form a hexagon.)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These sheets help number recognition, word recognition, counting the right number of tennis balls and then using fine motor skills to colour them in.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Have you got a child/children who are interested in tennis? Why not challenge them to making some tennis balls using playdough?
Children can practice number recognition and counting whilst also working on their fine motor skills. You may also like to mention that the ball they are rolling is a ‘sphere’ shape.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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This page is for educational purposes only and is intended to support early years and primary practitioners with ideas and resources related to 'National School Sports Week'. We are not officially affiliated with or endorsed by the Youth Sport Trust, which runs this annual initiative. We do not claim any rights to specific trademarks or official materials associated with this event. For official information and details, please visit the Youth Sport Trust website: www.youthsporttrust.org/national-school-sport-week.
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