{"id":2418,"date":"2025-06-05T15:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/?page_id=2418"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:14:46","slug":"playtime-pe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/12-weeks\/fine-motor-skills\/playtime-pe\/","title":{"rendered":"Playtime and PE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ohft-box green\">\n<p><strong>Parents:<\/strong> Some of the PE \/ Gross motor activities may need specific equipment. If you haven\u2019t got this equipment, try using something similar or liaise with school to see if you could borrow what you need.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Child cannot get in a line, yet if in a line, will struggle<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/06\/Busy-environments-sensory.docx\">Busy environments sensory<\/a>\u00a0(doc)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/08\/body-awareness-over-5.pdf\">Body awareness<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Child walks around the perimeter of the playground<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>Large open spaces can be overwhelming for some children.<\/p>\n<p>Support the child to engage in play with other children by providing adult directed play and smaller spaces\/define areas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Child bumps into other children<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>If the child has average motor skills for their age, then bumping into others could be a behaviour; however, if the child struggles in PE then they may have a motor skills deficit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/06\/Coaching-approach-.pdf\">Coaching approach<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/08\/Motor-Planning.pdf\">Motor planning<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/08\/body-awareness-over-5.pdf\">Body awareness over 5<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">The child is resistant to PE<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/06\/Preparing-for-PE.docx\">Preparing for PE<\/a>\u00a0(doc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/12-weeks\/seating-posture\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Next section: Seating posture<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2404,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2418\/revisions\/2518"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}