Year 3 - Physical education
Using relaxation techniques effectively
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 effectively to help you feel calm and content in every-day life.
Key Notes
- Move: moving around the room at different speeds represents how we feel in life; we can pause to help us relax.
- Think: pausing after fast movements to help us relax requires concentration.
- Think: we can use different techniques, such as moving and pausing as well as breathing, to help us relax.
- Feel: focusing on our breathing and showing resilience to keep trying can help us relax when we are feeling stressed.
- Connect: it is important to be respectful to our partners to help each other apply relaxation techniques.
Vocabulary To Learn
- relaxation: when your body and mind feel calm and peaceful
- technique: a method or way of carrying out a specific task or achieving a particular goal
- pause: a temporary stop/interruption in an activity or action
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils struggle to concentrate when they are freezing still or when they are deep breathing so the relaxation technique is ineffective.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: moving around the room at different speeds represents how we feel in life; we can pause to help us relax. Think: pausing after fast movements to help us relax requires concentration.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'relaxation'
when your body and mind feel calm and peaceful.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils struggle to concentrate when they are freezing still or when they are deep breathing so the relaxation technique is ineffective. Correction: Pupils need to be reminded that the techniques only work if they focus and are still, concentrating on their breathing / the stillness.
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