In P.E, we are practising our balance skills. Why not have a go at hopscotch at home? Did you know hopscotch links to our Roman topic too?

A fun fact about hopscotch is that it dates back to ancient Roman times. Roman soldiers would hop over fields of up to 100 feet in a bid to improve their speed, co-ordination and agility. Sometimes they would carry heavy equipment weighing more than 3kg or wear heavy armour while hopping over these squares. When the Romans took this game outside their training camps and started it as an everyday training drill, younger minds mimicked their parents and soon children playing hopscotch became a common scene on the streets! What a cool fact linked to our topic of the Romans!