WEEK 1 – THEORY

• Introduction to the scheme – aims / How to earn fit ticks
• Identify major organs in the body and their roles
• Find pulse and take resting heart rate – effects of exercise on resting heart rate

WEEK 1 – PRACTICAL

• Warm-up (feel pulse afterwards)
• Fitness Circuit

WEEK 1 – THEORY

• Find pulse and take heart rate
• Identify major organs of the body
• Questions – Effect of warm up / exercise

WEEK 2 – THEORY

• How to measure chest expansion
• Identify how the blood travels around the body and transports oxygen and carbon dioxide to
• different parts of the body
• Questions in workbooks
• Word search – in own time (or if finish work quickly)

WEEK 2 – PRACTICAL

• The Heart & Lung Circuit WEEK 2 – THEORY
• Explain the food record chart

WEEK 3 – THEORY

• Using food chart, identify different nutrients / food groups
• Identify which foods contain which nutrients – Matching Game
• Identify why we need all the nutrients
• The meaning of a balanced diet
• Evaluating food record sheets
• Questions – Energy balance

WEEK 3 – PRACTICAL

• Balancing your Energy game

WEEK 4 – THEORY

• What is meant by “lifestyle”
• Explain how a person’s lifestyle can consist of many things that can be both healthy and
• unhealthy.
• Question – the benefits of an active lifestyle

WEEK 4 – PRACTICAL

• Using certain equipment, children will be required to work in groups to design a playground game, with 3 rules
• Demonstration of games WEEK 4 – THEORY
• Write up the details of the game
• Fitness Circuit

WEEK 5 – THEORY

• Questions – fitness improvements?
• Crossword – in own time (or if finish questions quickly)
• “Bodycare Quiz”
• Collect work booklets

WEEK 6 – PRESENTATION

• Presentation of ‘fit tick sticker’ certificates and prizes if you decide to give out prizes WEEK 6 –
• Design Bodycare poster