Year 1 - Physical education
Playing together to make our heartbeat and breathing faster
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 challenge myself and can work with others to have fun when exercising.
Key Notes
- Move: moving throughout the circuit activities will increase my heartbeat and breathing.
- Think: keeping moving and working hard, supports our body and mind, helping us to complete the challenges successfully.
- Feel: striving to improve your performance and believing in yourself shows courage and will lead to success.
- Connect: working with others enables success as well as enjoyment and engagement when exercising.
Vocabulary To Learn
- challenge: a test of ability or skill
- circuit: a series of physical activities or exercises
- together: in cooperation; with others to undertake a task together
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think that success is only achieved by winning and being the best.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: moving throughout the circuit activities will increase my heartbeat and breathing. Think: keeping moving and working hard, supports our body and mind, helping us to complete the challenges successfully.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'challenge'
a test of ability or skill.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may think that success is only achieved by winning and being the best. Correction: Success can be achieved in lots of different ways. You can be successful by improving your own performance (regardless of anyone else's performance), setting yourself a challenge and reaching a new target or working in cooperation with others.
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