PE · Wellbeing

Move & Wellbeing with Animals

Move like the animals, stretch with animal yoga, and learn what animals teach us.

Animals are some of the best movers on the planet — and they can teach us about confidence, resilience and kindness too.

🐻 Animal-inspired PE

Try each animal move for 30 seconds — tick each one off as you go!

🐻Bear crawl — hands and feet on the floor, bottom up, walk forwards.

🦀Crab walk — sit, hands behind you, lift your bottom and walk on hands and feet.

🐸Frog jumps — squat low, jump up high, land softly back in a squat.

🐍Snake slither — lie on your tummy and slither using your arms only, legs straight.

🐧Penguin waddle — feet together, arms flat at your sides, waddle along.

🐆Cheetah sprint — run on the spot as fast as you can for 20 seconds.

🦩Flamingo balance — stand on one leg with your arms out — how long can you hold it?

🦘Kangaroo hops — bounce on the spot with both feet together.

Which move was the hardest? Which one are you BEST at?

🧘 Animal yoga

Yoga is gentle stretching and breathing that calms your body — and loads of poses are named after animals! Hold each one for 5 slow breaths.

🐱Cat pose — on hands and knees, arch your back up like a stretchy cat.

🐄Cow pose — on hands and knees, drop your tummy and look up.

🐶Downward dog — feet flat, hands on the floor, bottom in the air.

🐍Cobra — lie on your tummy and push your upper body up with your hands.

🦁Lion — kneel, take a deep breath, then ROAR with your tongue out!

🦅Eagle — stand on one leg and wrap the other leg around it (arms too!).

🐢Tortoise — sit cross-legged and fold forward with your arms tucked under.

🐸Frog — squat low with your hands on the floor between your knees.

Which pose felt best? Which was the hardest?

💚 Wellbeing — what animals teach us

Animals don't just help us learn about the world — they can teach us important lessons about ourselves.

🦜 Rosie the galah — confidence

🦔 Hedgehogs — resilience (bouncing back)

🐰 Rabbits — kindness

🦎 Chameleons — how to adapt to change

🌟 My animal life lesson: Which animal inspires you the most, and why?

🙂 Feelings, kindness & strengths

Feelings: animals show feelings too — happy, nervous, tired, excited, confident. Can you match an animal to each emotion?

🐰 Rabbit kindness mission — tick off six kind acts: hold a door open · help tidy up · say thank you · give someone a compliment · help an animal · make someone smile. Score: ⭐ __/6.

🪜 Confidence ladder — Rosie says "confidence grows one step at a time." Bottom rung: something I find difficult. Middle: something I'm improving at. Top: something I'm proud of.

💪 Strengths: every animal has strengths — chameleons adapt, parrots are confident. What are yours?

📖 Glossary

Yoga — gentle stretching and breathing that helps you feel calm.

Balance — staying steady without falling over.

Resilience — being able to bounce back when things are hard.

Confidence — believing you can do something.

Adapt — to change so you can cope with something new.