Year 5 - Physical education
Strength
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 explain how strength affects the body and you can perform different strength activities for different muscles in the body.
Key Notes
- Move: successfully performing strength activities requires moving each body part with control.
- Think: knowing how to complete each activity correctly helps us to keep our body safe.
- Feel: strength activities can be challenging and requires determination to do our best.
- Connect: strength can come from working together and motivating each other.
Vocabulary To Learn
- strength: how much your muscles can overcome a force without getting tired too quickly e.g. lift, push, pull or carry
- muscles: a part of your body made of special tissue that can tighten and relax to help you move
- resilient: the ability to keep going, adapt and grow stronger from challenges, both in body and mind
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Being strong is about having big muscles.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: successfully performing strength activities requires moving each body part with control. Think: knowing how to complete each activity correctly helps us to keep our body safe.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'strength'
how much your muscles can overcome a force without getting tired too quickly e.g. lift, push, pull or carry.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Being strong is about having big muscles. Correction: Being physically strong relates to how our bodies are able to overcome the forces placed upon them. Strong muscles are essential for humans to complete everyday tasks and also help our joints to work effectively which helps to avoid injury and pain.
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