What you will learn
- Record everyday water and fruit or vegetable habits without judging bodies.
- Choose suitable PE clothing and hygiene routines.
- Recognise when to stop activity and ask for help.
A healthy-habits journal helps you notice routines such as having safe drinking water available, eating varied foods, resting and washing hands. It is not a weight-loss chart or a competition about who drinks most. Needs vary with the person, weather and activity. Follow family, school and individual health guidance rather than a fixed target invented by this lesson.
Keep a simple private journal
For a few days, record when you had access to drinking water and one fruit or vegetable you ate, if available. You may use drawings or a teacher’s sample day instead of personal details. Do not compare household spending, rank foods as proof of a child’s worth or require purchases. A journal records what happened honestly. If food or water is unavailable or you feel unwell, tell a trusted adult rather than treating the chart as your responsibility to fix alone.
Worked example 1
What is the journal’s purpose?
Show me how
Read the situation and identify the important idea.
Notice routines without judgement
The journal supports reflection, not competition.
Prepare suitable kit and hygiene
The teacher sets the PE kit for the activity. It usually needs clothing that allows comfortable movement and suitable secure footwear where required. Secure laces, remove or manage jewellery as directed, and keep long hair from obstructing vision. Adaptive equipment and clothing may be needed. Keep drinking containers personal, use safe water and do not share mouthpieces. Wash hands as appropriate and change out of wet clothing with privacy and adult support when needed.
Worked example 2
What should PE clothing allow?
Show me how
Read the situation and identify the important idea.
Suitable comfortable movement
Kit should suit the activity and learner.
Watch out! A common mistake
A water journal is not a contest to drink the most, and a habit chart must not shame a child for their body or household resources.
Listen to your body and the adult plan
Begin and finish with the teacher’s suitable warm-up and cool-down, and take breaks as directed. Hot conditions may require changes in activity, shade and more opportunities for water; adults manage those decisions. Do not force drinking or compete over quantities. Stop and tell the teacher if you feel pain, dizzy, unusually breathless or unwell. Individual medical plans take priority. A class reflection can focus on preparation, care and asking for help, without recording body size or private health details.
Worked example 3
What should happen if you feel dizzy or in pain?
Show me how
Read the situation and identify the important idea.
Stop and tell the teacher
Symptoms need adult attention, not competition.
Make, practise or plan
Make a three-day private habit chart or a clearly labelled sample chart. Add a PE kit checklist and a sentence explaining when to stop and tell an adult. No drink-volume competition or food purchase is required.
You may explain your plan, arrange picture cards or use an adapted version agreed with the teacher. Describe one choice and how it helps the task.
Try it
TRY ITHealthy Habits, a Water Journal and the Right PE Kit lab
Let’s practise
Work each one in your copybook. Open Hint if you are stuck, then open Show answer to check.
1. What is the journal’s purpose?
Hint
Think about the lesson explanation and give the answer in your own words.
Show answer
Notice routines without judgement. The journal supports reflection, not competition.
2. Must every pupil use the same invented water target?
Hint
Think about the lesson explanation and give the answer in your own words.
Show answer
No, needs and guidance vary. Individual circumstances and health guidance matter.
3. Which record is acceptable?
Hint
Think about the lesson explanation and give the answer in your own words.
Show answer
An honest entry or a labelled sample. A sample can protect privacy while teaching recording.
4. What should PE clothing allow?
Hint
Think about the lesson explanation and give the answer in your own words.
Show answer
Suitable comfortable movement. Kit should suit the activity and learner.
5. Why secure laces?
Hint
Think about the lesson explanation and give the answer in your own words.
Show answer
To reduce a tripping hazard. Footwear needs to be secure where used.
6. Should drinking mouthpieces be shared?
Hint
Think about the lesson explanation and give the answer in your own words.
Show answer
No. Personal containers support hygiene.
7. What should happen if you feel dizzy or in pain?
Hint
Think about the lesson explanation and give the answer in your own words.
Show answer
Stop and tell the teacher. Symptoms need adult attention, not competition.
8. Who adjusts activity in hot conditions?
Hint
Think about the lesson explanation and give the answer in your own words.
Show answer
The responsible adult using school and individual guidance. Adults manage conditions and suitable breaks.
Quiz
Lesson quiz: 10 questions
Answer every question, then press Check my answers. Score 8 or more to earn the Healthy Habits Planner badge.
Healthy Habits, a Water Journal and the Right PE Kit: worksheet
Name: ____________________ Date: ______________
Part A: Let’s practise
1. What is the journal’s purpose?
2. Must every pupil use the same invented water target?
3. Which record is acceptable?
4. What should PE clothing allow?
5. Why secure laces?
6. Should drinking mouthpieces be shared?
7. What should happen if you feel dizzy or in pain?
8. Who adjusts activity in hot conditions?
Part B: Quiz
1. What is the journal’s purpose?
(a) Notice routines without judgement
(b) Compete to drink the most
(c) Rank body sizes
(d) Require expensive food
2. Must every pupil use the same invented water target?
(a) Only if they bring a new bottle
(b) No, needs and guidance vary
(c) Yes
(d) Only on Fridays
3. Which record is acceptable?
(a) Another child’s private record
(b) A weight ranking
(c) An honest entry or a labelled sample
(d) An invented personal success
4. What should PE clothing allow?
(a) Only the latest fashion
(b) Loose items that block vision
(c) Unsecured footwear
(d) Suitable comfortable movement
5. Why secure laces?
(a) To reduce a tripping hazard
(b) To make water colder
(c) To change the score
(d) To replace warm-up
6. Should drinking mouthpieces be shared?
(a) Only with teammates
(b) No
(c) Yes, to prove friendship
(d) Only after a race
7. What should happen if you feel dizzy or in pain?
(a) Hide it
(b) Drink as much as possible immediately
(c) Stop and tell the teacher
(d) Continue to beat others
8. Who adjusts activity in hot conditions?
(a) Children guessing alone
(b) An unknown online contact
(c) Nobody
(d) The responsible adult using school and individual guidance
9. What if a household lacks an item on the chart?
(a) Tell a trusted adult and use an alternative task
(b) Blame the child
(c) Publish their situation
(d) Exclude them from learning
10. What takes priority over a generic class suggestion?
(a) A made-up online target
(b) An individual medical plan and appropriate adult guidance
(c) A class drinking contest
(d) A friend’s dare
Answers (for the adult)
Part A
1. Notice routines without judgement. The journal supports reflection, not competition.
2. No, needs and guidance vary. Individual circumstances and health guidance matter.
3. An honest entry or a labelled sample. A sample can protect privacy while teaching recording.
4. Suitable comfortable movement. Kit should suit the activity and learner.
5. To reduce a tripping hazard. Footwear needs to be secure where used.
6. No. Personal containers support hygiene.
7. Stop and tell the teacher. Symptoms need adult attention, not competition.
8. The responsible adult using school and individual guidance. Adults manage conditions and suitable breaks.
Part B
1. (a) Notice routines without judgement
2. (b) No, needs and guidance vary
3. (c) An honest entry or a labelled sample
4. (d) Suitable comfortable movement
5. (a) To reduce a tripping hazard
6. (b) No
7. (c) Stop and tell the teacher
8. (d) The responsible adult using school and individual guidance
9. (a) Tell a trusted adult and use an alternative task
10. (b) An individual medical plan and appropriate adult guidance
Recap
- Record everyday water and fruit or vegetable habits without judging bodies.
- Choose suitable PE clothing and hygiene routines.
- Recognise when to stop activity and ask for help.
- A water journal is not a contest to drink the most, and a habit chart must not shame a child for their body or household resources.
Words to know
- habit
- An action repeated regularly.
Example: Remember: An action repeated regularly. - journal
- A record kept over time.
Example: Remember: A record kept over time. - hygiene
- Practices that help maintain cleanliness and health.
Example: Remember: Practices that help maintain cleanliness and health. - preparation
- Getting ready appropriately before an activity.
Example: Remember: Getting ready appropriately before an activity.
Try it at home
- Make a three-day private habit chart or a clearly labelled sample chart. Add a PE kit checklist and a sentence explaining when to stop and tell an adult. No drink-volume competition or food purchase is required.
- Explain one choice to an adult or a classmate. A paper plan is enough; do not attempt a risky practical task at home.
Test tips
Tips for class tests
- Read the complete question before choosing.
- Use the meaning from the lesson rather than memorising an answer position.
- Explain one reason for your answer, then review any mistake.
For parents and teachers
After this lesson, your child should be able to:
- Record everyday water and fruit or vegetable habits without judging bodies.
- Choose suitable PE clothing and hygiene routines.
- Recognise when to stop activity and ask for help.
Use invented examples and voluntary participation. No learner needs to disclose private information. The quiz assesses understanding; it does not certify practical skill. Adapt tasks to the learner and setting. Physical activities require a suitable teacher-led session. Handstands and rolls require a qualified gymnastics instructor, appropriate equipment and individual progression; this page is not a self-teaching tutorial.
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Updates
2026/11/07
– First draft of this PE lesson, with two hands-on activities, practice, a quiz badge, a worksheet and credited pictures.
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