Year 5 - Physical education
Cardiovascular fitness
Health and wellbeing: stamina, strength and flexibility
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Unit Summary
This unit will teach pupils the meaning of strength, flexibility and the cardiovascular elements of fitness. Pupils will perform cardio, flexibility and strength focused circuits developing their own fitness and enhance their understanding of the importance of healthy active lifestyles.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify activities that build stamina and understand how this affects the body.
Key Notes
- Move: when performing activities that require stamina, we should try to keep our effort going.
- Move: resting between activities enables us to recover so we can work hard again.
- Think: recognising how hard our body is working can help us decide what effort is needed to keep an activity going.
- Feel: striving to develop your stamina, by trying our best, demonstrates excellent integrity.
- Connect: encouraging others to work hard when performing exercises that develop stamina, motivates everyone to try hard.
Vocabulary To Learn
- stamina: the ability to keep going without getting too tired or stopping
- intensity: how hard your body is working when taking part in exercise or activities
- pulse: the feeling of your heart beating, usually felt in places like your wrist or neck
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Rest is not good for the body as it is the opposite of being active.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: when performing activities that require stamina, we should try to keep our effort going. Move: resting between activities enables us to recover so we can work hard again.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'stamina'
the ability to keep going without getting too tired or stopping.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Rest is not good for the body as it is the opposite of being active. Correction: Rest is really important to help the body recover, grow, repair and get stronger. However too much time not moving can cause the body to reduce fitness and strength.
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