The race of your life
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can prepare my body and partake in the 5km running event.
Key learning points
- Move: keeping your head upright, looking forward, maintains a straight spine and improves breathing even when tired.
- Think: maintaining a steady, sustainable pace helps you keep going without needing to stop or walk.
- Think: appreciate that skills and abilities gained from this training that can be applied beyond the PE environment.
- Feel: pushing through fatigue to keep going and succeed brings a strong sense of achievement.
- Connect: congratulating others on their performance, regardless of their 5km time, promotes good sportspersonship.
Keywords
Preparation - getting ready for something by organising and practising in advance
Etiquette - set of unwritten rules, often described as a code of conduct
Endurance - the ability to sustain exercise for an extended period of time without fatigue
Common misconception
Pupils think the race is about placing and running in the fastest time.
Yes placings are given, but the key focus is to complete the race in a time that you know is representative of you working to the best of your ability.
Teacher tip
The lesson has been written with the colour run or race for life in mind. You may want to set the challenge of the pupils raising the profile of why they are participating in the event to the year group or whole school.
Equipment
stopwatches, post it notes, pens
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is developed when setting realistic targets together?
Q2.Which of the following is linked with pacing?
Q3.Which is associated with tracking progress?
Q4.In order to breathe effectively whilst running, what else do we need to use other than just our nose?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which fitness component is demonstrated when aiming to sustain exercise for a period of time without fatigue?
Q2.Where should the head be looking when running a race?
Q3.What do you show if you congratulate someone for finishing the race?
Q4.Positive self-talk is an example of what at the start of the race?
To help you plan your 11 physical education lesson on: The race of your life, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 11 physical education lesson on: The race of your life, 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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