Year 5 - Physical education
The cardiovascular system
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 the functions of the cardiovascular system and how aerobic exercise affects our bodies.
Key Notes
- Move: when moving, we work hard to maintain an effort that increases our heart rate.
- Think: when we move with increased effort, our heart beats faster to pump blood around the body.
- Feel: making sure we are working hard to increase our heart rate, when performing activities, shows integrity.
- Connect: when our body is working hard, we should be aware of others and encourage them to keep going.
Vocabulary To Learn
- heart: a strong, muscular organ inside your chest that pumps blood around your body
- exercise: physical activity that improves or maintains health and fitness by strengthening muscles, heart and lungs
- cardiovascular system: the body's system that delivers blood, oxygen and nutrients through the blood vessels
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Some pupils might think that only oxygenated blood is transported around the body.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: when moving, we work hard to maintain an effort that increases our heart rate. Think: when we move with increased effort, our heart beats faster to pump blood around the body.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'heart'
a strong, muscular organ inside your chest that pumps blood around your body.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Some pupils might think that only oxygenated blood is transported around the body. Correction: The body's cardiovascular system includes a group of organs and muscles that manage oxgenated blood and deoxygenated blood.
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