Physical Fitness · JHS2 Physical Education And…

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.2.2.3.1 - Participate in flexibility and balance activities at varying levels of challenge or difficulty

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Demonstrate at least three different flexibility activities and three different balance activities at a basic level of challenge.
Set a personal flexibility and balance goal and record their starting performance in their B7 performance log.
Perform at least two balance activities at an increased level of difficulty (e.g., balancing an object on the head while walking, spoon and egg brisk walk).
Measure and record the duration or distance of their performance in their self-journal for at least two activities.
Explain how increasing the challenge level of flexibility and balance activities helps improve their overall physical fitness.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Physical Activity Education (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Physical Fitness (2.2)
Content standard: B8.2.2.3 - Demonstrate the ability to increase the level of participation in a variety of flexibility and balance activities
Indicator: B8.2.2.3.1 - Participate in flexibility and balance activities at varying levels of challenge or difficulty
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. 30
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Set flexibility and balance goals and pursue them through personal activities recorded in the B7 performance log. This may include increased frequency of line walking, balancing various objects on the head while walking, spoon and egg brisk walk, reaching activities and tumatu done at home and in school.
2. Record estimate of duration/measure of performance in your self-journal as your effort to increase involvement in physical activity.

Flexibility and balance activities at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels — A poster titled Flexibility and Balance Activities with photographs of young Ghanaian models in three difficulty tiers. Beginner: seated forward reach, quadriceps stretch, basic Warrior III, tree pose. Intermediate: side reach stretch, hip flexor stretch, intermediate Warrior III, knee lift balance. Advanced: pigeon pose, king pigeon pose, advanced Warrior III, pistol squat. Footer advice reads: be consistent, move with control, listen to your body; stay safe, warm up, breathe, hydrate.

Flexibility Balance