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title: "Year 3- P.E- Playground games in the 20th century"
url: "https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2023-09-11-year-3-p-e-playground-games-in-the-20th-century"
school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy"
---

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# Year 3- P.E- Playground games in the 20th century

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/activitymore-977A7198-8732-40E2-B6F9-BF127D53FC59.png)   11 September 2023

Today, in our PE lesson,  the children played games like the ones kids played in the past, like in the 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, and 1980s. A group of 5/6 taggers chased after the other children and tried to tag them. When a child gets tagged, they have to stand with their feet apart and their arms stretched out to the sides. Another child can free them by running under their arms or crawling under their legs. The children had an absolute blast! For the warm-up, the children played a fun game led by Mr. Frostie and Mr. Sunshine. The game involved running, jumping, skipping, galloping, and hopping around.

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