Sample Fitness/Wellness Class

This class was aimed for mostly LS and MS but can be adapted for US too.

Whole School Ideas:
* Wellness Week
* Activity breaks in each class: Instant Recess
* Assembly dance & activity

Week 1: Moderate Intensity Activity
- Intensity measurements; RPE, Heart Rate, breathing
- Fill out physical activity journals
- Examples
- Amount and why
- Include whole family
- 5 fruit/veg per day - you are what you eat

Week 2: Vigorous Intensity Activity
- Differences between moderate and vigorous activity
- Examples
- Why the national goals are set - 60 minutes Mod, 7 minutes vigorous per day
- Nutrition

Week 3: FITT guidelines & Fitness Components
- Foods for strong bones and bodies
- Healthier choices

Week 4: Integration, energy balance and tying it all together
- SMART goals
- Fitnessgram
- Healthy foods help us

Schoolwide coordinated activity
- TEAM = Together Everyone Achieves More
- Empower students to lead classmates
- Exercise Alphabet Game Warm up = Good idea for class warm ups

Cross Curricular:
Coloring worksheets for Activity Pyramid and Food groups - Lower school