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      Lesson details

      Learning outcome

      I can formulate suitable long-term and short-term goals to allow healthy habits to blossom.

      Key learning points

      1. Move: demonstrating healthy training habits by recording workouts supports consistency and helps you to track progress.
      2. Move: independently leading your own physical training requires safe participation, away from PE lessons.
      3. Think: setting long-term and short-term training, nutrition and sleep goals build habits that positively impact life.
      4. Feel: Setting long-term and short-term targets boosts motivation by providing clear milestones to work towards.
      5. Connect: recognising and articulating strengths and flaws in habits of classmates needs to be done with sensitivity.

      Keywords

      • Healthy habits - behaviours and routines that promote overall well-being and good health

      • Long-term goal - a target you aim to achieve over an extended period of time (e.g. months or years)

      • Short-term goal - a target you aim to achieve quickly (e.g. weeks or a few months) - often a stepping stone for a longer-term goal

      Common misconception

      Progress will always be made at the same rate.

      Sometimes different factors affect level of progress (sleep, hormones, nutrition) but also training results can plateau and changes to training are needed to continue to push the body to adapt.

      Teacher tip

      Take photos of the graffiti wall and goal tree to later celebrate pupils' success and recap their goals.

      Equipment

      printed worksheets, pencils, chalk, post-it notes, large class and mini white boards and pens, skipping ropes, floor mats

      Content guidance

      Risk assessment required - physical activity

      Supervision

      Adult supervision required

      Licence

      This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2026), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0
      except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions
      (Collection 2).

      Prior knowledge starter quiz

      4 Questions

      Q1.
      What kind of effort is required for accurate fitness testing?

      a bit
      some
      Correct answer: maximum

      Q2.
      What must leaders be to ensure they can constantly improve?

      Correct answer: reflective
      selfish
      educated

      Q3.
      How does it feel when we see our fitness start to improve?

      Correct answer: rewarding
      alright
      expected

      Q4.
      How much progress could we expect to see in 10 weeks of training?

      Correct answer: some
      loads
      none

      4 Questions

      Q1.
      What healthy training habit would help support consistent effort and track progress?

      peer review
      good planning
      Correct answer: recording workouts

      Q2.
      Within what time period is a short-term goal achievable?

      Correct Answer: weeks, a few months

      Q3.
      Within what time period is a long-term goal achievable?

      Correct Answer: months, years

      Q4.
      How must we articulate strengths or flaws in training habits with our classmates?

      Correct answer: with sensitivity
      with passion
      with negatives hidden

      To help you plan your 10 physical education lesson on: Future goals and healthy habits, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...