Free Skipping Lesson Tasters for EYFS, KS1 and KS2

Free skipping lesson tasters for EYFS, KS1 and KS2: the first lesson of each skip-hop unit on one printable page. Free for registered schools.

Free for registered schools

Free for registered schools

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The tasters, lesson plans and sample coaching pages are free for registered schools. It takes a couple of minutes, and you also get 10% off every rope order.

Try a real skip-hop lesson with your class before you join. Each taster is the first lesson from our scheme of work, on one printable page, with timings, teaching points and safety notes.

Early Years taster

Rope roads: the first session of our Early Years unit, Ready, Steady, Jump! (Reception).

The EYFS Awards: White and Yellow

Key Stage 1 taster

Rope ready: the first lesson of our KS1 unit, Skipping Foundations (Years 1 and 2).

The KS1 unit: Skipping Foundations

Key Stage 2 taster

Skill check: the first lesson of our Lower KS2 unit, Skills and Tricks (Years 3 and 4).

The Lower KS2 unit: Skills and Tricks

Interactive lesson plans

Full lessons you can run from the board, with a trainer for the class, a lesson timer and a group planner, plus a printable PDF.

Long Rope: Keep the Pot Boiling

Turning a long rope, running in on the call, Figure of Eight and Clusterjump (Years 2 to 6).

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Double Dutch: Turn, Step, Jump

Turning two ropes and jumping in with the skip-hop count (Years 5 to 8).

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Sample coaching pages

See how the members’ coaching pages work. Each skill has step-by-step teaching notes from skip-hop coach Lee Collinson-James, an animated diagram, video, common faults and tips for teachers.

A skipper with arms crossed at the elbows, ready to jump a crossover

Crossover (individual skill)

The first skipping trick where the hands do something new: cross at the elbows, jump through, uncross.

A skipper waiting beside the rope turner in the Figure of Eight long rope game

Figure of Eight (long rope game)

Keep the pot boiling: a whole team runs through the long rope, one jump each, without missing a turn.

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