Chesterfield school launches Pokemon-style game for 'final push' out of lockdown

Hollingwood Go is an orienteering game to encourage children to enjoy some fresh air and exercise during the final days before most will return to class.

It has been organised by teachers at Hollingwood Primary School as part of their ‘well-being Wednesday’ – although the children can complete the game whenever they want.

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It will feature a map of Hollingwood marked with locations of ‘Hollingwood GO’ characters.

Ian Holmes, deputy head teacher at Hollingwood Primary School, said he hoped the game would prove as successful as other recent school initiatives

"We are really excited to launch Hollingwood GO! after the great success of our upcycling and art remote learning projects,” he said.

"We hope it will be a great opportunity for children and families to get out for some exercise and hope they enjoy seeing their teachers re-imagined as Pokemon characters!

"We can't wait to have the children all back on March 8 so we are using this as – hopefully – one last big whole-school remote learning project.”

The teachers are going to design their own Pokemon-style characters in their own image for the children to find with the tagline 'gotta catch 'em all'.

The aim is that children seek out the characters, using the map, and reply to the activity with a picture every time they locate one with the aim of finding them all.

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