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Table 1 Lesson Titles and Learning Objectives

From: The Active for Life Year 5 (AFLY5) school based cluster randomised controlled trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Title

Summary of learning objective

Homework

Fit Check 1

Introduce students to keeping a record of physical activity

Goal setting: increasing activity and reducing TV. Scavenger hunt list included as suggestion.

Fit Check 2

Introduce children to interpreting results and setting goals

 

Safe workout: PA Introduction (theory)

Identify and sequence the components of a safe and healthy work out

Demonstrate a safe work out

 

Balance of Good Health (nutrition)

Understand concept of healthy living

Balance of Good Health and its importance for a healthy diet

Cooking at home: two recipes

Five foods countdown (PA)

Complete an endurance work out

Move for a set time without stopping

List a variety of foods from the food groups

Demonstrate awareness of five food groups in Balance of Good Health

 

Five food groups (nutrition)

Role of different nutrients (especially macronutrients)

Serving recommendations and portion sizes

Blank Eat Well Plate: complete all food eaten in one day by food group

Musical Fare (PA)

Demonstrate and complete an endurance activity to music

Demonstrate a pace that works for a set time (using music & dance)

Teach knowledge of the five food group in Balance of Good Health (integrated with PA exercise)

 

Keeping the balance (nutrition)

Meaning of balance

Importance of a balanced diet

Bingo challenge card: choice of 10 activities to do out of 40

Three kinds of fitness (PA)

Demonstrate five parts of a safe workout

Demonstrate different exercises that help improve endurance, strength and flexibility fitness

Identify different parts of fitness

 

Freeze my TV (sedentary behaviour)

Analyse leisure time to identify time spent watching TV

Create list of alternative activities

Freeze My TV: a family game aimed at switching the TV off at planned times and doing an alternative activity together

Snack attack (nutrition)

Describe the importance of selecting healthy snacks

Analyse food labels to locate nutritional information and fat content

Snack worksheet: comparing food content of two snacks at home

Bowling for snacks (PA)

Demonstrate an endurance workout

Demonstrate a pace that they can follow for a set time

Describe a healthy snack (integrated with PA exercise)

Categorise a healthy snack (integrated with PA exercise)

Bowling for snacks: a game played with parents that involves identifying healthy snacks and replacing unhealthy snacks with healthy ones.

Think about your drink

Measure the amount of sugar consumed from soft drinks and evaluate the results.

Learn to replace soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages with healthy drinks like milk and water.

Sugar in drinks: instructions for calculating and measuring sugar in drinks at home

Veggiemania (PA)

Complete an endurance workout

Demonstrate a pace that works for a set time

Learn the importance of eating five fruit and vegetables a day (integrated with PA exercise)

5 A Day: weekly planning sheet of ideas for increasing fruit and veg. consumption and checking whether these are achieved

Brilliant Breakfast (nutrition)

Knowledge of the importance of having a healthy breakfast

Knowledge of the consequences of not having a healthy breakfast

Brilliant breakfast: writing a letter to a character who does not normally eat breakfast. The brief letter should persuade them to eat a healthy breakfast.

Fit Check

Revisit and redo the Fit Check.

 
  1. PA: Physical activity class