KS2 · Physical education · Year 5
Fitness
Health and wellbeing: stamina, strength and flexibility
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
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Your learning goal
I can explain what it means to be fit and I know how to develop my fitness through taking part in physical activities.
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What you’ll learn
I can explain what it means to be fit and I know how to develop my fitness through taking part in physical activities.
Key learning points
- Move: warming up the body by carrying out physical activities increases heart rate and prepares the body for exercise.
- Move: moving enough to get your heart beating faster helps make your body stronger and fitter.
- Think: knowing that strength, flexibility and stamina are all important for our fitness.
- Feel: showing integrity and self-motivation as we exercise enables us to try our hardest.
- Connect: cooperating and encouraging when exercising helps everyone to work hard.
Words to know
- fitness
- being strong and healthy, and having a body that can run, jump, play and easily do everyday things
- exercise
- physical activity that improves or maintains health, fitness and overall wellbeing by strengthening muscles, heart and lungs
- heart rate
- the number of times your heart beats per minute
Common mistakes
To become fitter you must ‘work out’.
Fitness can develop in many different forms. Whenever you are challenging your body physically, this will help you to become fitter.
For parents, carers and teachers
- As pupils progress through different activities, ask them to regularly recognise how they are feeling. Are they aware of how hard their body is working (increased heart rate, getting hot, feeling tired, improved energy etc) and how it makes them feel (e.g. happy).