Physical Fitness · JHS1 Physical Education And…

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.2.2.4.1 - Perform a variety of flexibility and balance activities for personal fitness and health development/improvement, decision-making and goal setting

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Demonstrate at least three different flexibility activities (such as the sit and reach, shoulder stretch, and standing hamstring stretch) with proper form and free movement of joints.
Demonstrate at least three different balance activities (such as carrying a book on the head, standing on one leg, and walking along a straight line) while maintaining good body posture.
Measure and record the distance reached in the sit and reach test in their self-journal as a baseline for personal fitness.
Set one personal goal for improving flexibility or balance and describe one decision they will make to achieve that goal within the next two weeks.
Report in their diary how flexibility appears in dance movements, linking physical fitness activities to the Visual Arts and Design curriculum.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Physical Activity Education (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Physical Fitness (2.2)
Content standard: B7.2.2.4 - Demonstrate the ability to participate in a variety of flexibility and balance activities
Indicator: B7.2.2.4.1 - Perform a variety of flexibility and balance activities for personal fitness and health development/improvement, decision-making and goal setting
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 7 (Week 19 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Physical Education and Health, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 12
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Perform a variety of activities such as sit and reach on the floor (with/ without a box), carrying a book on top of the head while going to school, all other carrying activities that keep the body in a good balance, reaching high to pick an object as in house chores, various stretching activities at home and school, etc. (Ensure free movement of joints, relax muscles as well as good body balance.)
2. Refer to Visual Arts and Design CS B7.2.1.3 for cross-referencing. Learners must be directed to report the flexibility in dance movements in the diary as a record of practice of flexibility exercises.
3. Record estimate of duration/measure of performance in your self-journal as your effort to increase involvement in physical activity.

Two photographs depict Sit and reach. The wide colour table is arranged with horizontal divisions, vertical... — Two photographs depict Sit and reach. The wide colour table is arranged with horizontal divisions, vertical divisions, coloured regions.

Sit and reach