Physical Activities and Our Environment

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

• creative thinking
• critical thinking
• communication
• community engagement
• ethical understanding
• reflection
• social skills

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 5 and 6, Health and Physical Education

• analyse how behaviours influence the health, safety, relationships and wellbeing of individuals and communities (AC9HP6P10)
• participate in physical activities that enhance health and wellbeing in natural and outdoor settings, and analyse the steps and resources needed to promote participation (AC9HP6M05).

Relevant parts of Year 5 and 6 Health and Physical Education achievement standards: Students analyse health information to refine strategies to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing. Students propose strategies to promote physical activity participation that enhances health, fitness and wellbeing. 

NSW Syllabus outcomes:

• distinguishes contextual factors that influence health, safety, wellbeing and participation in physical activity which are controllable and uncontrollable (PD3-6).

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Literacy

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Level of teacher scaffolding: High - facilitate class discussions and lead students on a walk around the school grounds.

UN SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

• Target 15.5: Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species.

• Student worksheet (one per student)
• Device capable of displaying audiovisual material
• Map of your school

This lesson has been developed in partnership with the Conservation Regulator, a government agency responsible for regulation of fire prevention, use of public land, wildlife and biodiversity. Through a combination of enforcement and education activities, the Conservation Regulator aims to maintain the health and heritage of these landscapes for future generations to enjoy.

Using The Cool.org Act Framework in the Classroom - Primary

Quick Summary: This course will help you to empower students to take action on issues that are important to them, by offering a variety of strategies and tactics to facilitate meaningful action.