Wake & Shake runs from 7.50am to 8.50am on a Monday to Thursday at Coleridge Primary, for Reception to Year 4 .

Wake and Shake is Educational Exercise! 

I provide activities to help the children develop their interest in learning in an exciting, fun and dynamic way. The activities are designed through differentiation to cater for reception age to years 3 and 4. Good snack of fruit and savoury biscuit included.

The activities include:

Hopscotch Numbers

Pupils will be guided to add up the numbers they jump onto. I differentiate the task for pupils who I feel need to be further challenged. They might be asked to multiply the numbers instead for example.

Left and Right Hands and Feet

Pupils learn their left from their right hands and feet (left is blue and red is right). Games and more challenging interactions centered around this activity.

Stepping Stones

Pupils develop balancing skills through different heights of the stepping stones.

Other activities include:

Blue mats for forward rolls and cartwheels

Trampoline

Musical statues

Memory games

Bean bags

Juggling balls

Hula hoops

STRUCTURE OF THE LESSON

7.50-8am  arrive

8-8.05  Stuck in the mud (team games)

8.05-8.35 Obstacle course/main activities

8.35-8.45 Snack

8.45  Socks and shoes on and off to class!

Melissa’s Background in Education:

– BA Hons Degree in Theatre Performance and Contemporary Dance at The Laban Centre

– PGCE (Secondary School) in dance and English

– Head of Dance Hornsey School For Girls

– Teacher of clubs at Coleridge/ extra curricular activities including Dance, Lego, Arts and Crafts and morning Wake and Shake

– First Aid trained

– ‘Little Imaginations’ holiday camp leader

– Pickled Pepper Books Lego workshops