My HealthSession 1 – Keeping Healthy

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Session 1 Plan: Keeping Healthy

Intended learning

1. What ‘being healthy’ means2. How we can keep healthy3. Why we need to keep healthy

ChallengerYear 1 & 2

Key language healthy, sleep, food, water, exercise, energy, diet, hygiene, active, balance

Resources Lesson PPT

Outline of the lesson

Slides 3 - 4 Introduce the session with the lesson objectives along with the key words pupils will hear and use.

Starter -slides 5 - 6

Have pupils share what they think ‘healthy’ means. Record their ideas on a mind map. Summarise that being healthy is about taking care of our bodies by eating well and being active.

Main – slides 7 - 14

Watch the clip ‘What humans need to stay to stay healthy’ (https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zxvkd2p). Ask pupils to share examples of suggestions the video gave for keeping healthy. Then, discuss the importance of a balanced diet, physical activity, feeling good, sleep and hygiene to keeping healthy. Explore the reasons why we should keep healthy. Have pupils suggest their own reasons. Discuss whether any reason for keeping healthy is more important than the others. Agree that all the reasons are equally important: we need to look after both our bodies and minds. Emphasise the importance of balance in all things.

Task: Create a class ‘Keeping Healthy’ booklet. Split the class into five groups and have each group complete an information page. There should be a page for each ‘keeping healthy’ example: eating, sleeping, exercise, hygiene and feeling good. Explain that each page should include examples of ways they can achieve that objective and explanations of how it helps to keep them healthy.

Plenary –slide 15

Have each group present their page to the class.

Agree that we all know a little more about keeping healthy. Ask the pupils to set themselves a ‘keeping healthy goal’ for the next week. For example: going to bed 20 minutes earlier, drinking more water, being more positive, washing hands more carefully …

In today’s lesson we will learn…

What ‘healthy’ means

How we can keep healthy

Why we need to keep healthy

Words and phrases I will hear and use

healthy

active exercise

water

food

hygiene

energy

sleepdiet

balance

What does ‘healthy’ mean?

Talk with your partner about

what you think ‘healthy’

means.

healthy

What does healthy mean?

Being healthy means taking care of your body by eating well and being active.

How we can keep healthy

Keeping healthy - eating

We can keep healthy by eating a balanced diet. A balanced diet means eating lots of different types of healthy foods, for example: fruit, vegetables, fish, grains, nuts, dairy and lean meat. Every now and then, we can also have a treat but we should try not to eat too

many of these.

Keeping healthy – exercise

Exercise helps us to keep healthy. It makes our heart, lungs, bones and muscles stronger.

Keeping healthy – feeling good

We also need to keep our minds healthy. We can do this by being positive and having fun. By learning to understand our feelings, we

can learn how to feel good but also know when to ask for help if things get hard.

Keeping healthy – sleep

We can even keep healthy by sleeping. We need to sleep so that our body and our brain can have a rest. Also, sleep helps our

bodies to grow.

Keeping healthy – hygiene

We can keep healthy by looking after our personal hygiene. We need to keep our bodies clean to get rid of germs because germs

can make us ill.

Why do we need to keep healthy?

To give us lots of energy.

To help prevent illness.

To have a positive mind.

To help us grow.

To keep us strong.

To look good and feel better.

Are any of these reasons

more important than

the others?

TASK:

Create a class information booklet on keeping healthy.

So, to keep healthy we need to…

• be active

• eat healthy food

• sleep

• be positive

• keep clean.