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Lesson 6 - Fish and fitness

Fish and fitness looks at the importance of eating a healthy diet, explain how exercise affects their bodies and encourages them to make health pledges for the future in order to stay fit and healthy. This theme links to PE, Science and PSHE & citizenship.

This lesson will enable children to:

Know that it is important to eat well and be active to stay healthy;

Be able to explain how their bodies feel before and after activity;

Make health pledges for the future.

Lesson plan

Explain to the children that as well as eating healthily, which should include eating two portions of fish a week, we all need to be active. Use the Sit less, move more, be active PowerPoint to talk to the children about activity. You may like to test what they have learnt by using the Activity and the IWA.

Lesson 6 - Fish and fitness (PDF) [304KB]

Activity and me (ZIP)

Interactive Whiteboard Activity

Lesson 6 worksheets (PDF)

Including: Active fish games sheet, Fish images sheet, Fun fish activities worksheet, My health pledges worksheet.

Sit less, move more, be active PowerPoint (Powerpoint)

Sit less, move more, be active PowerPoint
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