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Lesson 4 - Energy

Year 5

Year 6

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Lesson overview

Lesson Objectives
  • What energy is and where it comes from.
  • Why energy is important for us to keep healthy & well.
  • How we can maintain our energy levels.
Key Vocabulary

Energy, food, healthy, low, high, slow release, quick release, activity, sleep, rest, calories, tired, strength, maintain and boost.

Curriculum Links
  • Supports pupils understanding of what energy is and where it comes from.
  • Supports pupils to understand the risks of an inactive lifestyle, including obesity.
  • Helps pupils to learn what constitutes a healthy diet.
Equipment & Resources
  • Lesson PPT.
  • Paper, pen, and colours.
  • Charades Cards.

Lesson activities

Starter Activity
  • Introduce the session with the lesson objectives.
  • Group discussion: Ask pupils to discuss what energy is, how our body gets it and what we need it for.
  • Invite pupils to feedback to the class and talk through slides 4 to 6.
Main Activity
  • Charades group activity: Print out multiple sets of the charade’s cards on slide 8. Working in small groups, pupils must choose a card from their pack and take it in turns to act out the activity whilst the remainder of the group guesses and swaps over.
  • Activity: Pupils must now place their cards in a line and order them starting with the one that uses the most amount of energy down to the activity which uses the least amount of energy. Discuss their answers as a whole class.
  • Explain what an energy balance is using slide 10.
  • Activity: Ask pupils to work in pairs to divide and write down all the foods on slide 11 into two different categories – slow release and quick release energy. Talk through the reasons why they have divided the foods in the way they have.
  • Getting the right balance activity: Ask pupils to write down which food are best for giving them energy and for keeping them healthy.
Plenary
  • Pairs Activity: Ask pupils to write down how they feel when they do and don’t have energy.
  • Pairs activity: Ask pupils to design their own energy busting plan for when they don’t feel great. They can draw out the types of things they could do to boost their energy.
  • Reflection time: Ask pupils to think about 3 things they have learnt today and what they will do differently this week.

Related Downloads

  • Lesson Plan - Healthy Lifestyle L4
  • Resource - Healthy Lifestyle R4

Lessons in this unit

Lesson Plan Content

Lesson 1 - Healthy Eating
Lesson 2 - Rest and Sleep
Lesson 3 - Healthy Habits
Lesson 4 - Energy
Lesson 5 - Hobbies
Lesson 6 - Being Mindful
Be happy. Be healthy.

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