KS2 · Physical education · Year 3
Relaxation techniques
Health and wellbeing: mindfulness and meditative balances
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Your learning goal
I can use relaxation techniques to overcome feelings of anxiousness and use these in movement sequences to show changes in emotion.
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Relaxation techniques: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can use relaxation techniques to overcome feelings of anxiousness and use these in movement sequences to show changes in emotion.
Key learning points
- Move: showing the emotions that we are feeling with our bodies needs controlled movement.
- Think: relaxation techniques can help focus our attention so that we feel calm and less stressed.
- Feel: trying hard to focus on different movements to represent emotions shows that we have resilience.
- Connect: working collaboratively with our partners to develop movements to music demonstrates respect.
Words to know
- movement
- changing position or location from one place to another
- relaxation
- when your body and mind feel calm and peaceful
- emotion
- involving feelings, thoughts and behaviours often linked to our mood
Common mistakes
Pupils rush different relaxation techniques and actions with their bodies when performing sequences.
Ensure pupils understand that mimicking different emotions requires concentration and controlled movements, which are often performed slowly in order calm our bodies.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Give pupils an opportunity to write down their feelings or worries and put them in a box. Some of these worries or emotions can then be addressed (annonymously) through the lesson and subsequent lessons.