Year 3 - Physical education
Relaxation techniques
Health and wellbeing: mindfulness and meditative balances
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Unit Summary
The unit will explore how we feel in our minds and in our bodies, when we experience various emotions. Pupils will learn how to execute meditative balances while focusing, to help combat feelings of anxiety. Pupils will gain an awareness of how to apply these techniques in day-to-day life.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use relaxation techniques to overcome feelings of anxiousness and use these in movement sequences to show changes in emotion.
Key Notes
- Move: showing the emotions that we are feeling with our bodies needs controlled movement.
- Think: relaxation techniques can help focus our attention so that we feel calm and less stressed.
- Feel: trying hard to focus on different movements to represent emotions shows that we have resilience.
- Connect: working collaboratively with our partners to develop movements to music demonstrates respect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- movement: changing position or location from one place to another
- relaxation: when your body and mind feel calm and peaceful
- emotion: involving feelings, thoughts and behaviours often linked to our mood
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils rush different relaxation techniques and actions with their bodies when performing sequences.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: showing the emotions that we are feeling with our bodies needs controlled movement. Think: relaxation techniques can help focus our attention so that we feel calm and less stressed.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'movement'
changing position or location from one place to another.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils rush different relaxation techniques and actions with their bodies when performing sequences. Correction: Ensure pupils understand that mimicking different emotions requires concentration and controlled movements, which are often performed slowly in order calm our bodies.
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