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About the Workshop
Fit for Life is an active workshop that uses different pieces of sports testing equipment to help young people understand more about good health and fitness and how our bodies work.
After an introduction to why it’s important to stay healthy, learners receive a full safety briefing for the equipment, including use of balance boards, lung capacity testers, and Batak machine, and are provided with a worksheet to support them in analysing their own performance and the scientific principles underpinning this.
We can also use our links with STEM ambassadors to reach out to local ambassadors to support the day and help raise aspirations by providing an insight into the world of work.
This workshop works well with:
Student Learning
Learner Outcomes:
Understand the importance of exercise and eating healthy.
Establish a benchmark for physical ability.
Understand key indicators of health and body function including lung capacity and heart rate.
Curriculum Links:
Science:
Making predictions and recording data.
Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system and describe the functions.
Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function.
Skills Builder Framework Links:
Listening
Problem solving
Speaking
Staying positive
Teamwork
Aiming high
Leadership
Logistics and Planning
Logistics and Planning:
Fit for Life requires a large classroom or hall space with a projector.
We ask that a teacher is always present throughout the activities, to support learner engagement and manage behaviour
Workshops can be booked on their own and delivered on rotation throughout the day or delivered as part of a series of workshops,
where classes rotate between multiple activities.
Fit for Life
Groups of approximately 30 learners
Keystage 2, 3, 4 and 5
60 minutes