Lesson 2 - Healthy Bodies

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

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

• Supports pupils understanding of how an active lifestyle benefits their physical health.
• Supports pupils understanding of the risks of an inactive lifestyle.
• Helps pupils to understand the importance of regular exercise to keep our body healthy.

• Lesson PPT, paper, pen and colours, practical space e.g. hall.

• Introduce the session with the lesson objectives.
• Explain why we need to look after and move our bodies using slides 3 and 4.
• Talk through the skeletal and muscular system and the top 10 facts about bones and muscles on slides 5 to 8.
• Activity: Ask pupils to list down all the different types of exercise they can do and to put their list of activities into different categories.

• Explain all the benefits of exercise using slide 10.
• Activity: Ask pupils to discuss how much exercise they do every week. Invite pupils to share what they do with the class.
• Exercise your body parts activity: Ask pupils to write down 2 exercises or activities they could do to strengthen each of the body parts listed on slide 12. Ask pupils to plan out a mini circuit of activities to complete in a 15-minute period. Pupils can complete their circuits and share with another group.
• Show the video about what humans need to stay healthy on slide 13.

• Healthy body goals activity: Ask pupils what 3 goals they could set themselves to help improve their body and what 3 actions they can you do to help them achieve their goals.
• 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.