Myths about teaching can hold you back
- Year 10
Mental health and stress management
I can master ways to deal with stress such as self-care routines and mindfulness.
- Year 10
Mental health and stress management
I can master ways to deal with stress such as self-care routines and mindfulness.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: visualisation, deep breathing and positive self-talk help us to push through challenging exercises.
- Think: stress affects the body by increasing muscle tension and heart rate, reducing the effect of training.
- Feel: mindfulness can help you feel more focused, calm and in tune with your surroundings.
- Connect: using positive self-talk to motivate your peers is powerful and helps create a culture of support and effort.
Keywords
Stress - feeling overwhelmed or worried
Self-care - taking care of yourself to stay healthy
Mindfulness - being aware of the present moment
Common misconception
Some pupils may struggle to believe the impact your mindset can have on performance.
Your mindset can be the difference between giving up and persisting, through the use of mindfulness, visualisation and positive self talk anything is possible.
To help you plan your year 10 physical education lesson on: Mental health and stress management, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 physical education lesson on: Mental health and stress management, 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.
Explore more key stage 4 physical education lessons from the Health and wellbeing: commitment to a personalised training plan unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
additional materials, floor matts, music box, white boards and pens
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
