UNIT TITLE: PHYSICALLY ACTIVE (FITNESS)

YEAR: 7 CURRICULUM LEVEL/S: 2, 3, 4

DURATION: 11 lessons/unit

Unit Focus Goal: Personal Growth in an Atmosphere of Wise Freedom

Big Question(s) / Conceptual Idea(s):

Gaining skills in a new sporting arena

Accepting new challenges
Peer teaching and team work

How students will be encouraged to

develop the selected value or values
during the unit

Values highlighted in this unit

Excellence aiming high, persevering
Innovation, enquiry and curiosity
Diversity culture, language, heritage
Respect for themselves and others
Equity fairness and social justice
Community and participation for the common
good
Care for the environment
Integrity accountability, honesty, acting ethically

Key competencies highlighted

in this unit
Managing self self-motivation, personal goals,
appropriate behaviour, resourcefulness, sense of
self and importance of heritage
Relating to others listen actively, recognise
different points of view, negotiate, share ideas.
Participating and contributing balancing rights,
roles and responsibilities, and responding
appropriately as a group member.
Thinking using creative, critical, metacognitive
and reflective processes, drawing on personal
knowledge and intuitions.

Work at the level which best suits each student

How students will develop

Key Competency.
Bring correct gear, showing enthusiasm, actively
looking to be involved are all essential aspects
during this unit.
They will need to participate, cooperate and
function with numerous other students.
They
should be able to do this using appropriate
methods of communication.
Contributing as a good team member
To gain skills and game understanding full
participation on each progressive activity is
needed.
Using prior skills and knowledge to help other team
members
With suitable questions students will be forced to
think about how can I do that better what would
happen if - how do I become more involved

Curriculum
Level/
Objectives
Students can:

Learning

Students will develop more

complex movement
sequences and strategies
3B1
Develop movement
sequences in challenging
situations 3B2

ACHIEVEMENT OBJECTIVES
Basic Level: (Students whose
achievement level is lower than
most of the class, or is below this
level):
Participate in a variety of
games and activities and
discuss the enjoyment
2B1
Participate in games and
activities and discuss the
enjoyment 2B2

Advanced Level (Students whose

achievement level is above this
level or at a higher level than the
rest of the class)

Students will demonstrate

consistency and control of
movement in a range of
situations 4B1

Begin to demonstrate good

interpersonal skills in team
work 4B2

Lesson Plan #1
Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups and class
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Students Warm up

20

Beep Test

15

Introduce students to their Fitness Logs

How to take their HR before and after exercise

Equipment Beep test track, cones, fitness logs

Resources

behaviour,

Lesson Plan #2
Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Warm up Students- triangle tag

30

behaviour,

12 Days of Xmas- Can change activities to make it harder

1. Shuttle
2. Burpees
3. Press ups
4. Tuck jumps
5. Tricep press
6. Dynamic lunges
7. Mountain Climbers
8. 1x 30 sec plank
9. 1x 30 sec wall sit
10.Jumping Jacks
11.Jumping squats
12.High knees
Students start at level 1 and work their way through the activities e.g. 1x shuttle,
2 x Burpees and then go back to the shuttle. Then next round it would be 1x
Shuttle, 2 x Burpee, 3x press up and you continue this until you get to 12 high
knees.

5
Warm down, stretching- Check HR

Lesson Plan #3
Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups and class
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Warm Up

35

100 Club

behaviour,

Students work in pairs. One runs a shuttle or set route whilst the other starts on
exercise 1 counting how many reps they complete. When the first students
returns from their shuttle they are told how many they have completed and
continue counting from that point until they reach 100 of the exercise between
the pair. They then progress onto the next exercise
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Press ups
Sit ups
Lunges
Squats
Tricep Presses
Step Ups
Jumping Jacks

5
Warm Down- Check HR

Lesson Plan #4
Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups and class
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

behaviour,

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Warm up- Bunny Hop Burpee Challenge

35

Spider Web
Draw a web on the Whiteboard with the Gym as the centre point. Students peer
up, one student runs to the venue the other completes the activity at the gym.
Once the student has returned from the run they then swap over and the partner
completes the run while the other one does the activity.
They continue this until they have been to each station and then it is 4x around
the field each to complete the spiders web.

Gate 1 ( Star jumps or knee highs)

Gate 3 (Lunges)

Tennis Shed ( Shuttle runs)

Far corner of Tennis court

(Sit ups)
Right corner of the field
(Step ups)

Gym
Corner of Barat (Tricep dips)

Left corner of the field ( Skipping)

5

Lunch Bar (Mountain climbers)

Mosaic (Plank)

Warm Down- Check HR

Lesson Plan #5
Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups and class
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Warm Up

20

Retest Beep Test

10

Check their HR-logs

Equipment Beep Test

Resources

behaviour,

Lesson Plan #6
Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups and class
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Warm up

35

Deck of Cards

behaviour,

Label each corner of the gym with a suit (Spades, diamonds etc) A Table in the
middle has one or two packs of cards on it, spread out and face down. In each
corner are cards of different exercises. Students have to run the middle and
select a card. They then go to the corner that matches the suit and perform the
number according to the card they selected of one of the exercises assigned to
that suit. They then go to the middle and select another card.

5
Warm Down- Check HR

Equipment 2x pack of cards, Sheet with exercises on it.

Resources

Lesson Plan #7
Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups and class
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Warm up

35

Amazing Race (Students are to complete in groups of 4-5)

Sheet is attached for the race

Check HR- Warm down

Equipment
Resources

behaviour,

Lesson Plan #8
Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups and class
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Warm up

35

Team fitness Marathon (Attached sheet)

Warm Down- Check HR

Equipment
Resources

behaviour,

Lesson Plan #9
Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups and class
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Warm up

35

Staggered school run or Team Cross Country run

behaviour,

Staggered run
Students leave slowest to fastest for a full school circuit
e.g. a runner who scores 6 on the beep test will get a 2 minute start on a runner
that scores 10 on the beep test.
Team cross country run
Students pair up one student runs one way the other run the opposite. When
they meet up they decide which way they would like to run back.

Check HR

Equipment Timers
Resources

Lesson Plan #10

Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups and class
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Warm up
Squats x10, Step back lunge x10, Jump lunge x10
Repeat for 2 minutes
GRIT
Exercise 1;
Jump lunge for 20 seconds
10 seconds rest
Squat jump for 20 seconds
10 seconds rest
Press up jump left press up jump right for 20 seconds
20 seconds rest and repeat 3 times through

35

Exercise 2;
Squat jumps x10
Side skate x10
Squat burpee x10
Repeat as fast as you can for 2 minutes
30 seconds rest
Tuck jump x10
Boarding jump switch x10
Tricep press up x10

Repeat x4
Warm down and stretch

Lesson Plan #11

behaviour,

Subject
Physical Education

Class
Year 8

Unit
Fitness

Topic
Physically Active

Achievement Objective(s)
Acquire and apply complex motor skills in applied situations 5B1
Learning Outcome(s)
Students can participate in small groups and class
Key Competency Focus
Managing self self-motivation,
resourcefulness

personal

goals,

appropriate

Tim
e

Students and Teacher Activities (including focus questions)

Warm up

35

Fitness circuit
Split the class into two groups

behaviour,

Exercise 1
One group runs 8 laps while other is performing a prone hold 2 x 45 secs
Rotate groups
Exercise 2
One group runs 6 laps while other is performing sit ups for the duration of the
other teams run
Rotate groups
Exercise 3
One group runs 6 laps while other is performing shuttles 5x
Rotate groups
Exercise 4
One group runs 4 laps while other is performing mountain climber for 2 x 45 secs
Rotate groups

Exercise 5
One group runs 2 laps while other is performing burpees for the duration of the
other teams run
Rotate groups
Warm Down