Action Mats

Welcome to our ‘Action Mats’ page.

Jonathan Bhowmick (left) is proud to bring Actions Mats to the Middle East from the United Kingdom.  An incredible PE and learning resource which increases physical movement, in a fun, independent and reusable activity.  

Action Mats produce three ranges for schools.
The Action Packed set for 5 to 12 years old,
Mini Mats for Early Years
Mindful Mats for all children. (released in late 22)

Action Mats create unique and simple PE and learning resources for children aged between 3 and 12, anywhere in the world.

Contact details: 
For a free conversation or demonstration contact Louise Dawson.

Alternatively, do contact Jonathan directly.
Email: jonathan@actionmats.co.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1462 816907
Website: www.actionmats.co.uk

Mats come in three different sets and are ready to use directly from the storage bags. Simple illustrations, featuring a stick man and colourful graphics printed onto each mat, show children what to do. The mats are designed to be moved into different configurations, enabling lessons that include fun tasks, challenges and games to be set up and undertaken. Super-simple lesson plans are included for leaders to use, guaranteeing quick starts to lessons, guaranteeing immediate engagement. 

Action Mat skip

Covid has obviously brought health and wellbeing to the fore however, long before that, there were many that realised the health and wellbeing of children has a direct link to their educational attainment too. Healthy body, healthy mind has long been a well known adage, even though governments around the world have continued to focus on literacy and numeracy as the key metrics for schools!

Action Mats’ resources are developed to be flexible and portable, making them accessible, adaptable and user-friendly.

Some years ago, educational resources designer, Jonathan Bhowmick, was asked by a school in Birmingham in the UK, to design an outdoor space that would encourage, engage and excite their 100% Pakistani cohort, in exercise. The cohort was not predisposed to exercise, and they would start school being largely unable to speak English. In addition, of course, the very youngest of any background, can rarely read anyway so, there would need to be an innovative solution employed to get everyone ‘on board’.

Jonathan decided to use universal graphics to convey different exercises using simple and recognisable designs such as cartoon hands and feet, arrows and smiley faces. The principal visual key devised to feature on each mat, was a stick man demonstrating each exercise.  Therefore, the combination of the stick man, and the graphics, would clearly show what to do and how.  The area created for the school in Birmingham was a total success, seeing use before school, after school, in lessons and at break time. Activity levels rose noticeably at school and children became engaged in exercise when previously they hadn’t been.

Action Packed set group

The Action Packed set for KS1 and KS2 is supplied as a set of thirty two mats of varying sizes, with fourteen of them being dedicated exercise stations, four team bases, four targets and ten arrows. Combined, they create multiple configuration opportunities to vary lessons and to create challenges with different emphasis.

Our EYFS set is called Mini Mats and features twenty four mats in total. There are sixteen activity mats, four arrows and four targets. Designed to combine the development of fine and gross motor skills with exercise, using challenges such as throwing and catching, standing on one leg, or hopping and mental focus, 

They can organise themselves and help and encourage others which increases the soft-skills of social interaction and peer support. Games have been developed to encourage teamwork and cooperation, which are vital for harmony and understanding. And, exercise is at the heart of all Action Mats configurations.

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