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Lesson 2 - Healthy Bodies

Year 3

Year 4

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Lesson overview

Lesson Objectives
  • How to keep our bodies fit and healthy.
  • Types of exercise for each body part.
Key Vocabulary

Healthy body, exercise, strength, flexibility, energy, mood, weight, movement, bones, muscles, heart, fitness, confidence, relaxed and diseases.

Curriculum Links
  • Supports pupils understanding of the benefits of an active lifestyle on our bodies.
  • Helps pupils to learn the importance of keeping our bodies healthy.
Equipment and Resources
  • Lesson PPT,
  • Paper, pens, and colours
  • Practical space e.g. hall

Lesson activities

Starter Activity
  • Introduce the session with the lesson objectives.
  • Explain why we need to look after and move our bodies using slides 3 and 4.
  • Activity: Using a large space complete this as a practical activity. Ask pupils to move around the room in all the different ways on slide 5.
Main Activity
  • Explain why it isn’t possible to have a fit body without exercise using slide 6.
  • Keeping fit activity: Working in a practical space ask pupils to pair up. Pupils must complete all the activities on slide 7 and then reflect on them by answering the questions on slide 8. Explain to the class that young people need to do 60 minutes of exercise a day.
  • Types of exercise activity: Working in small groups ask pupils to list down all the different types of exercise/activities they can do under each category on slide 10. Invite pupils to feedback to the class.
  • Explain all the benefits of exercise using slide 11.
  • Exercise mapping activity: Map out the amount of exercise you do each week under the three headings on slide 12.
Plenary
  • Activity: Ask pupils to work in small groups to create a song about all their favourite ways to exercise. Pupils can perform them to the class.
  • Reflection time: Recap the lesson with the class. Ask pupils what 3 things they have learnt today and what will you do differently next time.

Related Downloads

  • Lesson Plan - Healthy Body L2
  • Resource Healthy Body R2.

Lessons in this unit

Lesson Plan Content

Lesson 1 - Healthy Hearts
Lesson 2 - Healthy Bodies
Lesson 3 - Team Games
Lesson 4 - Outdoor Adventure
Lesson 5 - Team Games
Lesson 6 - Outdoor Adventure
Be happy. Be healthy.

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