The School of Play Curriculum
Primary School Foundation - Grade Two
Week Five focuses on blending physical activity, emotional reflection, and healthy habits through fun, active, and creative experiences. Students begin with PSR Master, a full-body twist on Paper, Scissors, Rock that gets them moving, thinking quickly, and cooperating with classmates. This is followed by My Healthy Body Plan, where students explore what helps them feel strong and well, identifying healthy habits and reflecting on how these choices support their physical and emotional health. Both activities encourage students to participate enthusiastically, think about their bodies, and make positive choices.
The week continues with Alice in Wonderland Movement Adventure, giving students a chance to engage their imaginations while staying active through themed exercises and storytelling. Finally, Emoji Naughts & Crosses offers a playful space for emotional reflection, using emojis to help students recognise feelings and communicate openly with peers. Together, these activities promote fitness, creativity, and emotional awareness, assisting students to build healthy habits, express themselves, and develop confidence in a supportive, fun environment.
Weekly Lessons
PSR Master
PSR Master is a high-energy, full-body twist on the classic game Paper, Scissors, Rock, designed to get students moving, laughing, and thinking fast. Instead of using hands, players use their entire bodies, stretching wide for Paper, chomping their arms for Scissors, and curling tight like a Rock. Each round, students face off against the instructor, earning points based on whether they win, draw, or lose. Every outcome sends students into a different physical challenge, from static holds to quick exercises to short runs, keeping the game dynamic, exciting, and engaging from start to finish.
This activity is all about enthusiasm, teamwork, and having a blast while being active. Students practise decision-making, coordination, and sportsmanship as they move through rapid rounds and full-body actions. With room for variations like fitness challenges, teamwork editions, or simplified children’s play, PSR Master is the perfect warm-up, energiser, or session finisher for groups of any size. It builds confidence, boosts energy, and turns a simple game into a lively physical workout that students absolutely love.
Respectful Relationships
Communication, Listening & Following Instructions
PSR Master supports students to:
- Listen carefully to verbal cues, responding to countdowns and teacher instructions with focus and accuracy.
- Understand simple rules and outcomes, learning how “win, lose, or draw” works in a safe, playful context.
- Follow multi-step instructions, moving from full-body PSR actions into the required physical tasks.
Cooperation, Fair Play & Social Interaction
PSR Master helps students to:
- Participate respectfully in group play, celebrating wins, accepting losses, and encouraging peers.
- Build positive connections, sharing excitement, laughter, and teamwork during physical challenges.
- Demonstrate sportsmanship, modelling fairness, patience, and kindness, whether they score high or low.
Respect, Safety & Inclusion
PSR Master supports students to:
- Move safely in shared spaces, using awareness of personal space while jumping, squatting, or running.
- Include all classmates, since the game requires no equipment and allows everyone to participate equally.
- Show respect for themselves and others, understanding that effort matters more than winning.
Emotional Literacy, Choice-Making & Understanding Consequences
PSR Master encourages students to:
- Make simple decisions, choosing rock, paper, or scissors with confidence.
- Understand outcomes in a playful way, learning that choices lead to results, and all outcomes are part of the game.
- Recognise feelings associated with competition (pride, disappointment, excitement) while staying regulated and positive.
Self-Regulation, Body Control & Focus
PSR Master helps students to:
- Manage impulses, waiting for the countdown before acting.
- Control their body movements, using full-body shapes like squat-rock, wide-paper, and scissor-arms with balance and coordination.
- Stay focused throughout multiple fast rounds, building attention and persistence.
Resilience, Effort & Growth Mindset
PSR Master encourages students to:
- Bounce back quickly after losing a round, understanding that the game restarts and everyone gets another chance.
- Show persistence, completing exercises even when tired and giving each round their best effort.
- Celebrate improvement, recognising that practice, participation, and enthusiasm matter more than points.
My Healthy Body Plan
My Healthy Body Plan invites students to pause and think about the simple habits that help them feel strong, energised, and ready for their day. Through writing or drawing, students explore everyday actions, like eating well, moving their bodies, sleeping enough, or connecting with others, that contribute to their overall health. This gentle reflection helps students understand that looking after their body isn’t just something adults talk about; it’s something they can actively do themselves to feel good inside and out.
As students map out their healthy habits, they also consider how each one makes them feel, building a powerful link between behaviour and well-being. The activity encourages ownership and confidence as each child chooses one healthy habit to focus on for the day. Whether used individually or shared in a group through a class brainstorm or Healthy Body Plan Wall, this simple, creative task fosters awareness, motivation, and pride in taking small steps toward a healthier, happier life.
Respectful Relationships
Emotional Literacy, Self-Awareness & Well-being
My Healthy Body Plan supports students to:
- Recognise how healthy habits make them feel, linking actions like eating well, resting, exercising, and connecting with others to positive emotions.
- Identify personal needs, noticing what helps them feel strong, calm, happy, or energised.
- Develop awareness of body and mind connection, understanding that caring for their body also helps their feelings and overall well-being.
Communication, Expression & Reflection
My Healthy Body Plan helps students to:
- Express ideas through drawing or writing, sharing their healthy habits creatively in ways that feel accessible and meaningful.
- Communicate the benefits of healthy choices, using simple language to explain why certain actions help them feel good.
- Participate in discussions, listening to healthy ideas from classmates and building a shared understanding of well-being.
Respect, Safety & Self-Care
My Healthy Body Plan encourages students to:
- Respect their own bodies, learning that taking care of health, sleep, food, movement, friendships, is an important act of self-kindness.
- Make choices that keep them safe and strong, such as eating nourishing foods, playing safely, and resting when they’re tired.
- Understand that self-care matters, recognising that everyone deserves to feel healthy and valued.
Cooperation, Positive Relationships & Inclusion
My Healthy Body Plan supports students to:
- Share healthy ideas with classmates, creating a supportive culture of well-being.
- Encourage peers to adopt positive habits, building a community that values health and happiness.
- Celebrate different ways of staying healthy, understanding that everyone may choose different actions that work for them.
Self-Regulation, Goal-Setting & Healthy Routines
My Healthy Body Plan helps students to:
- Set simple, achievable well-being goals, learning that small daily habits can make a big impact on how they feel.
- Practise self-regulation, using movement, rest, or mindfulness to manage their energy and emotions.
- Build independence, taking ownership of one healthy habit they want to focus on for the day.
Resilience, Confidence & Positive Behaviour Choices
My Healthy Body Plan encourages students to:
- Feel proud of their healthy choices, building confidence in their ability to look after themselves.
- Persist even when healthy habits are challenging, learning that routines take time and practice.
- Understand long-term benefits, recognising that caring for their body and mind helps them feel their best now and in the future.
Alice in Wonderland Movement Adventure
Alice in Wonderland Movement Adventure brings the classic story to life through a fun, imaginative fitness journey where students become Alice herself. As they follow the narrative, chasing the White Rabbit, shrinking and growing, escaping danger, and exploring Wonderland, they complete matching physical movements that keep them active, engaged, and laughing. Each part of the story pairs with a simple exercise, helping students practise listening, coordination, and body control while immersing themselves in a magical world of characters and challenges.
This adventure encourages creativity and physical fitness in equal measure, allowing students to act out their favourite Wonderland moments through movement and play. Whether they’re performing bunny hops, ducking from the Duchess, or leaping like they’re growing in the courtroom, students stay energised while building strength, flexibility, and imagination. Designed for whole-class fun, small groups, or movement breaks, this story-based workout keeps everyone moving, smiling, and fully immersed in the whimsical world of Alice in Wonderland.
Respectful Relationships
Communication, Listening & Following Instructions
Alice in Wonderland Movement Adventure supports students to:
- Listen carefully to story cues and action instructions, responding immediately with the correct movement.
- Follow a sequence of connected steps, strengthening comprehension and attention as the story progresses.
- Build confidence in group participation, moving together through a shared narrative in a fun and structured way.
Social Interaction, Teamwork & Positive Classroom Connection
Alice in Wonderland Movement Adventure helps students to:
- Participate cooperatively, completing movements as a group and staying in rhythm with others.
- Encourage classmates, cheering one another on during challenging exercises or imaginative scenes.
- Strengthen class bonds, as all students journey through the same imaginative adventure side by side.
Respect, Safety & Inclusion
Alice in Wonderland Movement Adventure supports students to:
- Respect personal space, staying aware of classmates during jumps, lunges, hops, and stretches.
- Include all learners, as movements can be adapted for different abilities and comfort levels.
- Move safely and mindfully, understanding how to balance excitement with control.
Emotional Literacy, Imagination & Creative Expression
Alice in Wonderland Movement Adventure encourages students to:
- Use imagination to become characters, exploring emotions such as surprise, curiosity, excitement, or bravery while acting out scenes.
- Express feelings through movement, connecting physical actions to emotional moments in the story (e.g., shrinking, hiding, celebrating).
- Experience joy and wonder, building positive emotional experiences through storytelling and play.
Self-Regulation, Body Awareness & Mind–Body Balance
Alice in Wonderland Movement Adventure helps students to:
- Manage their energy, shifting between high-intensity movements (burpees, jumps) and controlled poses (planks, squat holds).
- Develop physical awareness, learning how different exercises feel and how their body moves in space.
- Practise calming focus, especially during slower narrative moments or stretches.
Resilience, Persistence & Growth Mindset
Alice in Wonderland Movement Adventure encourages students to:
- Persist through challenging movements, such as push-ups, lunges, or mountain climbers.
- Try new exercises without fear of mistakes, understanding that the adventure continues and everyone improves with practice.
- Celebrate effort over perfection, recognising that participation, imagination, and enthusiasm are what make the experience enjoyable.
Emoji Naughts & Crosses
Emoji Naughts & Crosses turns a classic game into a playful way for young students to recognise, reflect on, and share their emotions. Each square on the board features an emoji that prompts students to think about a time they felt that emotion, helping them connect their real-life experiences to simple visual cues. Before placing their X or O, students talk with their partner about the emoji in the square they’ve chosen, encouraging verbal expression, confidence, and emotional awareness in a safe, familiar format.
As the game unfolds, students practise taking turns, listening, and sharing their feelings while working toward three in a row. The light structure makes reflection feel fun and approachable, and the emoji prompts help even reluctant communicators open up. Whether used as a warm-up, a well-being check-in, or a classroom connection activity, Emoji Naughts & Crosses supports communication, empathy, and cooperation while keeping the focus on playful, child-friendly engagement.
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Respectful Relationships
Emotional Literacy, Awareness & Naming Feelings
Emoji Naughts & Crosses supports students to:
- Recognise basic emotions through simple emoji images, helping them understand what feelings look like visually.
- Identify their own feelings, connecting personal experiences with the emojis on the game board.
- Build emotional vocabulary, learning to describe emotions like happy, sad, excited, loved, silly, and thoughtful.
Communication, Sharing & Respectful Listening
Emoji Naughts & Crosses helps students to:
- Share personal reflections, using simple prompts to talk about their own emotions in a safe, structured way.
- Practise respectful listening, giving their partner full attention while they talk about their feelings.
- Express themselves confidently, using the game to guide conversation in a gentle, child-friendly format.
Empathy, Understanding Others & Building Connection
Emoji Naughts & Crosses encourages students to:
- Understand that others feel differently, hearing a partner’s emotional reflections and recognising diverse experiences.
- Develop empathy, learning how to respond kindly when peers share happy, sad, or tricky emotions.
- Build trust and connection, strengthening peer relationships through shared emotional storytelling.
Cooperation, Turn-Taking & Fair Play
Emoji Naughts & Crosses supports students to:
- Take turns respectfully, balancing gameplay with reflection.
- Follow simple rules, working together to keep the game fair and enjoyable for both players.
- Show fairness and patience, celebrating both the game progress and their partner’s emotional sharing.
Respect, Safety & Inclusion
Emoji Naughts & Crosses helps students to:
- Create a safe emotional space, where feelings are shared without judgment.
- Value differences, recognising that everyone experiences emotions in their own way.
- Include all players, as the game is accessible, simple, and adaptable for all learners.
Self-Regulation, Reflection & Calm Expression
Emoji Naughts & Crosses encourages students to:
- Pause and reflect, answering simple prompts before reacting or making a move.
- Express emotions calmly, using language rather than behaviours to communicate how they feel.
- Connect reflection to action, understanding how sharing feelings can support clearer communication and problem-solving.
Confidence, Resilience & Emotional Problem-Solving
Emoji Naughts & Crosses supports students to:
- Feel confident sharing emotions, even if the feeling is difficult or unfamiliar.
- Recognise that emotions come and go, building emotional resilience through gentle conversation.
- Use emotional reflections to guide behaviour, learning what helps them feel happy, safe, and connected.
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