KS2 · Physical education · Year 6
Improve my strength
Health and wellbeing: stamina, strength and flexibility refined
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Your learning goal
I can explain how strength helps in a wide range of sporting activities.
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What you’ll learn
I can explain how strength helps in a wide range of sporting activities.
Key learning points
- Move: muscular strength is required for stillness, explosive power and endurance.
- Think: knowing the different muscle groups helps us to use our strength appropriately.
- Feel: developing muscle strength requires a responsible and safe approach.
- Connect: collaborating with others ensures that we perform exercises safely with the correct technique.
Words to know
- strength
- how much your muscles can overcome a force without getting tired too quickly e.g. lift, push, pull or carry
- technique
- the way in which a skill is performed
- injury
- harm to your body caused by an accident, impact or excessive strain
Common mistakes
Some pupils might think that humans only need strong muscles if they want to excel in sports such as weight lifting and climbing.
Strong muscles are essential for humans to complete everyday tasks including breathing, blinking, sitting, lifting, chewing etc. Strong muscles also help our joints to work effectively which helps to avoid injury and pain.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Be alert to gender stereotyping; individual strength at a primary age is likely to be affected by puberty, activity levels and regular participation in sport and exercise, as well as gender. As such, the strength of pupils in a primary class will vary significantly.