Achieve a personal best
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can recognise success and strive to achieve personal bests in different components of fitness
Key learning points
- Move: challenging my body in all elements of fitness helps my overall physical health and fitness.
- Think: recognising my own success and achievement helps my mental health and wellbeing.
- Feel: challenging myself in components of fitness that I find more difficult requires self discipline and resilience.
- Connect: encouraging others to achieve their personal best supports positive mental health and wellbeing.
Keywords
Component - a part of something bigger
Success - achieving something that you have tried really hard to do
Wellbeing - the state of being comfortable, healthy and happy
Common misconception
Some pupils might think they will only be successful if they can achieve all the activities at the most challenging level.
Everybody is different and success is different for everyone. Anyone who tries their best and gives maximum effort should feel successful, regardless of the level of challenge they completed.
Teacher tip
Allow pupils to move between activities at their own pace and try to avoid a 'timed circuit' style approach. A suggested set up diagram is provided to ensure safety considerations are maintained as pupils move between activities.
Equipment
60+ cones, 1 chair, 1 bench, 6 short tape measures, 3 long tape measures, 4 basketballs, 1 vortex, 7 stopwatches
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What can we do to keep our bodies fit and healthy?
Q2.What can we do to keep our minds fit and healthy?
Q3.How can others help you improve?
Q4.Why can setting goals be helpful?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What does PB usually mean in a sporting context?
Q2.Which of these phrases describes cardiovascular endurance, flexibility and strength?
Q3.Which elements of health can benefit from regular activity?
Q4.How can you help others to achieve a personal best?
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To help you plan your 6 physical education lesson on: Achieve a personal best, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
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