Slovenia: drawings on the playground

Including sports activities in after school care and regular lessons was the aim of the teachers in after school care in The Idrija Primary School in Slovenia. Attractive drawings were made on the playground and they included sports activites conncected to teaching other school subjects.

The following were included: three in a line, mirror game, hopscotch, hundred square, long jump, mathematical caterpillar and ABC spiral line. Also games with basic forms of movement: running, single leg jump, double leg jump, bear steps and target jump.

The games were presented to all the teachers employed at the school. Then the teachers in after school care presented the games to the students.

(Written by Brigita Šepec, teacher at the primary school Idrija, Slovenia)