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Health and Fitness

Audience: KS2 Health and Fitness
Location: Cuffley

Description of Activity
  • Preparation for activity - clothing and warm-up programmes
  • Physical activities - choose three from:
    • Assault course
    • Orienteering
    • Circus Skills
  • Problem solving
  • Parachute games
  • Collection of data on heart and breathing rates
  • Analysis of data
  • "Healthy appetite for lunch?" questions
Learning Outcomes

Children will:

  • Learn the importance of preparation for physical activity
  • Learn how exercise affects the body in the short term
  • Relate the use of bones and muscles to specific activities
  • Have experience of scientific investigation and fair testing
  • Be aware of the importance of exercise for health and well being
  • Have an understanding of food groups and a balanced diet