Keeping our bodies strong | RSHE (PSHE) | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

To stay healthy, we should have a ______ diet.
- 'balanced' ✓
Which of the following can help us to stay healthy?
- regular exercise ✓
- plenty of sleep ✓
- drinking lots of sugary drinks
- spending all our time on screens
Match the healthy habits with their examples.
- good hygiene
  
  ⇔
  
  washing our hands and bodies regularly ✓
- regular exercise
  
  ⇔
  
  walking to school every day ✓
- being mindful
  
  ⇔
  
  doing some colouring to calm down ✓
- eating healthily
  
  ⇔
  
  trying different fruits and vegetables ✓
True or false? We should all exercise for about an hour a day.
- 'True' ✓
Which of these are helpful for making bones and teeth strong?
- milk, yoghurts and cheese ✓
- meat, fish and tofu
- fruit and vegetables
- potatoes, pasta and rice
Match the following statements to whether they are true or false.
- Children need more sleep than adults.
  
  ⇔
  
  true ✓
- Screen time before bed improves sleep.
  
  ⇔
  
  false ✓
- Mindfulness activities help our sleep.
  
  ⇔
  
  true ✓

Exit quiz

Humans have a ______ inside their body, which is a set of bones connected together.
- 'skeleton' ✓
An adult has fewer bones than they were born with because some fuse together. True or false?
- 'True' ✓
How many different types of muscle are there in the human body?
- two
- three ✓
- four
- five
Match the types of muscle to their job.
- skeletal
  
  ⇔
  
  help to move bones at the joints ✓
- cardiac
  
  ⇔
  
  help to keep the heart pumping ✓
- smooth
  
  ⇔
  
  found in organs, such as the eye, where they control light going in ✓
Our diet should contain enough ______, calcium and vitamin D to help our muscles and bones to grow strong.
- 'protein' ✓
Match the exercise to the part of the body it would strengthen the most.
- sit ups
  
  ⇔
  
  muscles ✓
- climbing
  
  ⇔
  
  muscles ✓
- running
  
  ⇔
  
  bones and joints ✓
- jumping
  
  ⇔
  
  bones and joints ✓
- lifting weights
  
  ⇔
  
  muscles ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

Our bodies are amazing and can help us do lots of things.
Our skeleton is made up of bones of all shapes and sizes.
Our bones protect organs, provide support and help our bodies to move.
Muscles work together to help us move our bones.
A healthy diet and exercise can help keep our bones and muscles strong.

Common misconception

All exercise is the same.

Different exercises have a different impact on the body. For example, weight bearing exercises can strengthen bones, whereas resistance exercises can strengthen muscles.

Keywords

Skeleton - a set of bones that are connected together
Calcium - a mineral that helps to build strong bones and teeth
Protein - a nutrient which helps the body to grow and become strong
Exercise - moving our bodies to stay strong and healthy