Gym’ll fix it
This idea will apply k/u to creating own physical fitness programme. Then young adults will work together to provide others with an education on the precise considerations that should be made when trying to improve physical fitness in a particular area involving cardio-respiratory, muscular endurance, speed, suppleness and strength. In this case muscular endurance (the ability to work the muscles over and over again for example in rowing (activity specific) or press ups (exercise specific).
Broad Outcomes of learning
• Subject knowledge gained and enhanced e.g. persons will be able to gage current level of fitness for muscular endurance based on information from test. They will then be able to plan an appropriate training programme to improve muscular endurance e.g. circuit training will improve 8 stations each improving an area of the body for muscular endurance e.g. station 1 will be press ups
• Enterprising skills improved by developing creativity, confidence, self awareness, positive attitude; increasing motivation to learning; taking responsibility and making decisions; consideration of others through group work and discussion; raising achievement and fostering ambition
• Developed employability skills: communication, planning, organisation, time management, researching, co-operating, contributing, sourcing, negotiating, analysing, reporting and presenting
• Confidence of working independently from teacher-led lessons demonstrated by learners through active participation, allowing them to pass on experience and knowledge to others e.g. peers, younger children and adults
• Pupils take responsibility for their learning through making decisions about type of learning they want to be involved in e.g. choosing to work on cardio-respiratory fitness rather than speed as they are interested in improving that aspect of fitness. They are also involved in selecting the level they want to operate within e.g. 70% of training zone. Again information is easily passed onto others
• Learners have developed 4 capacities of CfE
Relevance to curriculum
• Supports CfE Health and Wellbeing
