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 and communicate the benefits of sleep

Statutory guidance

Pupils should know:

  • The importance of sufficient good quality sleep for good health and that a lack of sleep can affect weight, mood and ability to learn.

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: It may help this group if they just use correct information in their video script and therefore use: Activity: Script template- support version (see Classroom resources). Otherwise, the script need not be written down and these pupils could improvise their wording based on the key points they have learned.

Pupils working at greater depth: Should suggest varied ways their quality of sleep is affected as well as how this can negatively affect their mental and physical wellbeing.

Wrapping up

Vocabulary

Assessing pupils’ understanding and progress

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