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Year 3 - Physical education

Moving well: can you challenge your personal best through aerobic activities?

Remote learning: moving well

Unit Summary

This unit will teach pupils the meaning of strength, flexibility, agility, balance and general movement competence to support overall fitness. Pupils will complete focused circuits developing their own movement skills, enhancing their understanding of the importance of healthy active lifestyles.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to challenge your own personal best by completing different movement challenges.

Key Notes

  • Move: developing our fitness and challenging our personal best requires using the correct technique for each action.
  • Think: reflection enables us to safely perform each activity using the correct technique.
  • Feel: striving to challenge our personal best and improve our aerobic fitness requires determination.
  • Connect: respect enables us to watch the technique of others and suggest ways to improve.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • movement: changing location or position from one place to another
  • aerobic: exercise using oxygen, usually done for longer periods of time
  • independent: on your own and without the help of a significant other

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • You need to go for a run or go to the gym to develop your aerobic fitness.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: developing our fitness and challenging our personal best requires using the correct technique for each action. Think: reflection enables us to safely perform each activity using the correct technique.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'movement'

changing location or position from one place to another.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: You need to go for a run or go to the gym to develop your aerobic fitness. Correction: You can improve your aerobic fitness wherever you are, with little to no equipment.

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