Explore GymZOOnasium
GymZOOnasium Sessions
Classroom HPE and brain breaks, made easy!
- Inclusive, age-appropriate and curriculum-mapped sessions
- ‘Movement of the week’ and daily sessions at your fingertips
- Quick and easy to find sessions matching your desired duration and outcomes (e.g. emotional regulation, high energy, yoga, pre-writing…)
- Proven outcomes – gross motor skills, attentiveness, behaviour and academic outcomes…
The GymZOOnasium Way
Sample Session 1
Sample Session 2
- Printable handouts for each movement, to support students’ health and wellbeing at school and home (example)
- Notes for each exercise - including technique tips, modifications, progressions, multi-sensory suggestions
- Simple modifications and progressions, to support inclusion of all students
- Search tool to find exercises for by name or desired outcome
Over 60 animal-themed exercises and yoga poses
Over 50 animal-themed exercises and yoga poses
- Printable handouts for each movement, to support students’ health and wellbeing at school and home (example)
- Notes for each exercise - including technique tips, modifications, progressions, multi-sensory suggestions, ball skills and fine motor skills
- Simple modifications and progressions, to support inclusion of all students
- Search tool to find exercises for by name or desired outcome
Teachers' Lounge
Fantastic resources at your fingertips to get the most out of GymZOOnasium
- Mapping to the Australian Curriculum (foundation to year 6) and Early Years Learning Framework (example)
- Comprehensive lists of GymZOOnasium exercise categories and uses (example)
- Certificates to acknowledge achievements (example)
- Learning activities to extend the GymZOOnasium program for your class
- GymZOOnasium games for diverse brain breaks
GymZOOlympics makes it easy to measure each child’s progress in a range of movements
- A fun and empowering learning activity for your class!
- Teaches inclusion, teamwork and growth mindset
- Boosts self esteem, class spirit and resilience
- Includes Achievement Sheets and Certificates to celebrate each child's achievements
- GymZOOnasium Journal for goal setting and motivation
GymZOOlympics is a fun and exciting way to assess students and track their progress
- A fun and empowering learning activity for your class!
- Teaches inclusion, teamwork and growth mindset
- Boosts self esteem, class spirit and resilience
- Includes Achievement Sheets and Certificates to celebrate each child's achievements
- GymZOOnasium Journal for goal setting and motivation
TESTIMONIALS
Our students have benefited…
I really like the concept behind Gymzoonasium and it has been successfully implemented at our Special School in a variety of ways in recent years.
Our students have benefited from developing their strength, flexibility and range of movement.
Widely beneficial to the children…
As an Occupational Therapist I have utilised the GymZOOnasium program across many settings – state and Catholic education, special schools, community health clinics and private clinics.
It is had been versatile in its implementation and widely beneficial to the children who have participated.
I have seen children improve in their physical capabilities and in their social participation, as well as teachers develop confidence including the program in their classrooms.
A great program that creates improved student outcomes
We introduced Gymzoonasium in response to the need to motivate and engage students with special needs with fun movements and meet the requirements of the Australian Curriculum.
Teachers noticed greater student participation levels. A great program that creates improved student outcomes.
Huge improvement in muscle tone…
I have used it in Prep and Year One.
I noticed huge improvement in muscle tone, co-ordination and balance after using the program for a year.
I highly recommend this resource…
My Gym Club Proserpine have used GymZOOnasium for the past 3 years as part of our fundamental movement programs.
The skill movements are highly relevant for our gymnastics program and are excellent developmental tools for gross motor skills, strength, flexibility and body awareness.
I would highly recommend this resource to any organisation wishing to teach foundational physical skills to young children.
A hit from day one!
Students at our school have a wide range of disabilities and many present with high and complex support needs. Often activities require a significant amount of repetition to become successful. However, GymZOOnasium has been a hit from day one!
The beauty of the program is that it assumes no limits. Children are provided with opportunities to achieve in fun and creative ways.
Many classes are now beginning each day with a set of GymZOOnasium exercises, and teachers are reporting significant benefits including greater levels of core strength, improved posture and increased muscle tone.
The students look forward to the sessions and we have had numerous reports from families of students repeating the activities at home.
The program has provided the school with professional development, with a strong focus on encouraging sustainable and positive lifestyle choices for the entire school community.
The children really relate to the animal poses
We just love Gymzoonasium! The children love the exercises and really relate to the animal poses. The sessions offer lots of challenge, building on gross motor coordination, physical fitness and strength, as well as being a whole lot of fun!
The illustrations and sound effects have great impact – further enticing the children to join in enthusiastically! The children have continued to do the exercises at home and at kindergarten.
It has helped the students’ focus, motor skills and writing skills
We love Gymzoonasium!!! It has helped the students in their focus, motor skills and writing skills.
The programme is fun, well designed and easy to follow.
Some of the videos relate to what we teach in science etc.
A fantastic tool for my class
GymZOOnasium has been a fantastic tool for my class to use as a wind down exercise from playtimes.
Students love it and are disappointed if we don’t get to it in the day!
Our students love GymZOOnasium!
I really enjoy how each day’s activities are easily accessed and changed each week to keep the interest of the students.
They look forward to it each day and it is a great morning break after our reading groups.
Thank you for your amazing program that we all (students, teacher and TA) join in with each day.
A vital part of our daily timetable!
GymZOOnasium has been fantastic with my Prep/1/2 class!
I have seen an improvement in their focus, engagement and concentration. It has also helped with their balance, strength, fine and gross motor skills, writing and thinking.
They love it and even ask for it if we haven’t done it yet or they have a different teacher.
It has become a vital part of our daily timetable and I highly recommend GymZOOnasium!
Making modifications to be inclusive is easy!
They are loving the program and so am I.
Making modifications for it to be completely inclusive is easier than I originally thought!