Health and Physical Education / Year 7 and 8 / Movement and physical activity / Making active choices

Curriculum content descriptions

participate in physical activities designed to improve fitness and wellbeing to investigate the impact of regular participation on health, fitness and wellbeing (AC9HP8M04)

Elaborations
  • using digital tools to design personal physical activity programs that support regular participation and meet their individual health, wellbeing and fitness goals
  • designing and performing a fitness circuit they could implement at home (with minimal equipment) that improves one or more fitness components
  • researching and participating in new activities to explore how they can enhance health, fitness and wellbeing, such as yoga, mindfulness meditation, gym classes, HIIT sessions
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Wellbeing,  Physical activity,  Physical fitness

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