Self-care, mindfulness and relaxation are as important for our wellbeing as exercise. In this lesson, students complete a quiz to explore a range of chill options tailored to their individual habits and personalities.

Year level

7-10

Duration

5 minutes

Type

In class activity

Online learning

SEL Competencies

Self-awareness

Self-management

Learning intention

Students will explore and select strategies to promote their personal health and wellbeing.

Key outcomes

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

  • understand a variety of ways to mindfully chill

  • recognise the importance of self-care and relaxation.

Materials needed

Mapped to

Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education

  • Plan and implement strategies, using health resources, to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing (AC9HP8P10)

  • Plan, justify and critique strategies to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing (AC9HP10P10)

Australian Curriculum: General Capabilities

  • Personal and Social Capability:

    • Self-management

    • Self-awareness

NSW PDHPE Syllabus

  • Plans for and participates in activities that encourage health and a lifetime of physical activity (PD4-8)

  • Designs, implements and evaluates personalised plans to enhance health and participation in a lifetime of physical activity (PD5-8)

Victorian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education

  • Investigate and select strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing (VCHPEP126)

  • Plan, implement and critique strategies to enhance the health, safety and wellbeing of their communities (VCHPEP149)

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Activity 1

Instructions

5 minutes

  1. Students spend two minutes completing the ReachOut quiz What’s your chill style? on their devices. Students’ results are displayed on the last page of the quiz with a profile (e.g. The Fitness Fanatic, The Chiller), along with a description and list of activities.

  2. Students complete a ‘Find Someone Who’ activity. They find someone else in the class who got the same result as them and discuss an activity from their results they will engage in. If there is anyone with a lone result, they can join a group with a similar result.

  3. Exit ticket: Students select one of the activities from their results and discuss why it would be a great way for them to chill. Optional: students complete the chill-style activity at home and share how it made them feel in the following lesson.

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