Year 1 - Physical education
Playing games to make our heartbeat and breathing faster (warming up)
Health and wellbeing: the effects of exercise
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Unit Summary
This unit will teach pupils to identify changes in their heartbeat and breathing when they exercise. Pupils will begin to understand how exercise makes them feel both physically and mentally. Pupils will develop their knowledge of the positive impact exercise has on our bodies and lifestyles.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to warm up before exercising and know why this is important.
Key Notes
- Move: warming up gradually increases our breathing rate and heartbeat.
- Think: warming up prepares the body for exercising and helps to prevent injury.
- Feel: consistently trying our hardest shows courage, which helps us to improve.
- Connect: listening to others when they answer questions shows gratitude and helps us to understand.
Vocabulary To Learn
- warm up: prepares the body and mind for movement and exercise
- heartbeat: the regular movement or sound that our heart makes as it sends blood around our body
- breathing: the process of moving air into and out of the lungs to bring in oxygen
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Warming up is only needed for outdoor lessons and in the cold weather.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: warming up gradually increases our breathing rate and heartbeat. Think: warming up prepares the body for exercising and helps to prevent injury.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'warm up'
prepares the body and mind for movement and exercise.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Warming up is only needed for outdoor lessons and in the cold weather. Correction: Warming up is a gentle and gradual way of getting the body and mind ready for exercise. Our bodies might not be ready for sudden, energetic movements even in warm weather or when we are indoors.
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