Y5/6: Health and wellbeing (Cycle A)

Learning about the importance of relaxation and sleep; understanding how to cope with failure; learning how to set goals and how to achieve goals; taking precautions while in the sun; healthy meals and ingredients; learning about different emotions and possible ways of dealing with a difficult situation.

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Y5/6 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): Relaxation: yoga

Learning about the importance of relaxation, pupils practise yoga stretches.

Learning Objective

I can describe how these stretches make me feel

Y5/6 Lesson 2 (Cycle A): The importance of rest

Children learn about the benefits of a good night's sleep and how to take greater responsibility for ensuring they get good quality sleep.

Learning Objective

To understand the benefits of sleep

Y5/6 Lesson 3 (Cycle A): Embracing failure

Understanding that failure is a normal part of life and that we must not give up if something does not go according to plan.

Learning Objective

To understand the purpose of failure

Y5/6 Lesson 4 (Cycle A): Going for goals

Children set themselves three different goals for three different time frames and discover what they will need to do to make these happen, such as practising a skill, talking to someone, asking questions.

Learning Objective

Learning how to set short-term, medium-term and long-term goals

Y5/6 Lesson 5 (Cycle A): Taking responsibility for my feelings

Understanding that we are responsible for our own feelings and actions.

Learning Objective

To take responsibility for their own feelings and actions and to use vocabulary to describe these

Y5/6 Lesson 6 (Cycle A): Healthy meals

Pupils will learn how to create a series of healthy meals.

Learning Objective

To use our knowledge of food groups to plan healthy meals

Y5/6 Lesson 7 (Cycle A): Sun safety

To understand risks associated with sun exposure and how to keep themselves protected in the sun.

Learning Objective

To understand risks associated with the sun and how these can be avoided

Assess your pupils

Assessment resources for use at the start of the unit to assess where pupils are in their learning and at the end of the unit to assess progress. Go to assessment resources
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