Good Reels for Good Feels - Inclusive Wellness Activities

Good Reels for Good Feels - Inclusive Wellness Activities

Lesson 1 of 2 in this unit

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 6
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Health
  • Sport
  • ...

Lesson summary

Everyone benefits from participating in well-being activities, but not everyone finds it easy. Students will think about how physical, mental and social barriers might prevent some people from being able to fully participate in wellness activities. They will consider how these activities might be adapted to be more inclusive for those with diverse needs.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • explore inclusivity and how it relates to wellness activities.

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • explain the concept of wellness
  • identify barriers to participation for different individuals
  • suggest methods to overcome these barriers
  • explain the importance of inclusivity.

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Lesson details

Curriculum Mapping

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions:

Health and Physical Education:

Students learn to:
participate in physical activities in natural and outdoor settings to examine factors that can influence their own and others’ participation (AC9HP4M05)
participate in physical activities that enhance health and well-being in natural and outdoor settings, and analyse the steps and resources needed to promote participation (AC9HP6M05)

General capabilities: Intercultural UnderstandingPersonal and Social Capability

Syllabus outcomes: PD2-8PD3-10

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Years 3 & 4 achievement standards:
Students examine factors that influence participation and propose strategies to incorporate regular physical activity into their own and others’ lives.

Relevant parts of Year 5 & 6 achievement standards:
Students propose strategies to promote physical activity participation that enhance health, fitness and well-being.

Resources required

  • device capable of displaying videos to the class
  • Good Reels Character Ideas Sheets (one copy – printed A3, single-sided)
  • Good Reels Character Slide Deck (digital teacher copy)
  • markers
  • Mindmap Worksheets (or blank A4 paper)
  • open indoor space where a video can be shown with sound
  • sticky notes (optional)
  • whiteboard and markers.

Skills

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

  • communication
  • collaboration
  • empathy
  • digital literacy
  • cultural understanding
  • creativity

Additional info

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - teachers will need to lead the class through the discussions and activities.

Level of teacher scaffolding: High - teachers will need to lead the class through the process of planning and creating the whole-class/school video.

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