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C27 Fitness fundamentals to make your students sweat By Andy Hair, Leopold Primary School and Ashlea Mills, Firbank Grammar School Resource Guide Health and the Australian Curriculum Healthy Eating Pyramid Allow your students to become familiar with the healthy eating pyramid, to assist them in making healthy and balanced food choices. Fats, Proteins and Carbohydrates Challenge your students in categorising different foods as fats, proteins and carbohydrates. Health Benefits Match Up Educate your students on the health benefit of physical activity, to ensure they continue to participate in physical activity throughout their lifetime. Alcohol and Smoking Basketball Help your students to make informed choices in regards to alcohol and smoking. Health-related Fitness The 10 minute challenge Get your students huffing and puffing with a team running activity which also creates friendly competition amongst your class. Team Beep Test The beep test with a twist. Promote mass participation and avoid discouraging students with a team-based approach to the traditional fitness test.

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C27 Fitness fundamentals to make your students sweat

By Andy Hair, Leopold Primary School and Ashlea Mills, Firbank Grammar School

Resource Guide

Health and the Australian Curriculum Healthy Eating Pyramid Allow your students to become familiar with the healthy eating pyramid, to assist them in making healthy and balanced food choices. Fats, Proteins and Carbohydrates Challenge your students in categorising different foods as fats, proteins and carbohydrates. Health Benefits Match Up Educate your students on the health benefit of physical activity, to ensure they continue to participate in physical activity throughout their lifetime.

Alcohol and Smoking Basketball Help your students to make informed choices in regards to alcohol and smoking.

Health-related Fitness The 10 minute challenge Get your students huffing and puffing with a team running activity which also creates friendly competition amongst your class. Team Beep Test The beep test with a twist. Promote mass participation and avoid discouraging students with a team-based approach to the traditional fitness test.

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Strength and Conditioning Rock, Bridges, Cactus A fun approach to shuttle runs. This activity can be easily modified to suit different age groups, class sizes and ability levels.

PE Monopoly (Brighton Edition) Not your traditional game of Monopoly. Students move around the board, completing physical tasks until they pass GO.

Sport-Ed Cardio Get your students practicing sport-specific skills whilst getting fit. This activity can be adapted to a wide variety of sports.

Fitness and ICT Exergaming Use gaming consoles such Wii, Xbox and Playstation as well as YouTube channels to get your students moving through activities including dance and yoga. Fitness Blender Find a variety of workout videos online using Fitness Blender. Create an account to save your favourite workouts. www.fitnessblender.com Teemo A fitness adventure game. Climb Everest or hike the Inca Trail with your students without leaving your gym.

Scan the QR to download Teemo from the iTunes App Store

You can download a copy of our ebook: Fitness Fundamentals for Making Your

Students Sweat at our blogs mrhairphysed.weebly.com and healthybodies-happyminds.com

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Connect with Us Andy Hair Leopold Primary School Twitter: @MrHairPhysEd Blog: mrhairphysed.weebly.com

Ashlea Mills Firbank Grammar School Twitter: @ashleamills Blog: healthybodies-happyminds.com