Table 2 Example activities from the ACTI-BREAK programme
ACTI-BREAK | Description |
|---|---|
I wonder if…? | The teacher says ‘I wonder if…?’ And the students respond, ‘What do you wonder?’ The teacher then specifies a movement and the students perform that movement until the teacher says ‘I wonder if…?’ again. For example, ‘I wonder if students can walk backward without touching anyone or anything?’ [44] |
As if | The teacher reads a sentence to the class, and students act out each sentence for 20 to 30 s, e.g. ‘jump in place as if you’re popcorn popping’ [47] |
GoNoodle ‘Guided Dancing’ | Go to the GoNoodle website and select the ‘Guided Dancing’ link, and select a video. Students follow along to the characters on the screen. Some options include ‘The Maxarena’ (Macarena), ‘Happy’ (from Despicable Me) and ‘The Continental Drift’ (Sid shuffle) from Ice Age [45] |