Unit 1 Positive Lifestyle Choices and sport and active leisure Broad aim: Learners explore the positive lifestyle choices a person can make in order to lead a healthy and active life Academic year:... Tutor(s):... Number of weeks: 30 Duration of session: 2 hrs Guided learning hours: 60 SB = Student Book 1 ADR = Assessment and Delivery Resource Learning outcomes: LO1 Know about healthy 1 Introduction to whole diploma Introduction to the different sectors within sport and active leisure Learners are asked to name the sectors that they think are included in sport and active leisure. All sectors discussed: Sport and recreation Access to the internet and/or journals from each of the four different sectors in sport and active leisure All units Health and fitness The outdoors Playwork Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 1 of 12
1 (continued) The types of jobs available in each explored. Working in groups, learners carry out research into one sector and present findings back to the rest of the group. The wider footprint should also be discussed including: caravanning, youthwork, security and stewarding. 2 LO1: Know about healthy Topic 1.1 Health and Introduction to the unit. What is health? Identifying key indicators of good health: - Blood pressure - Body composition Discussion on what health is and who learners think are healthy people. Discussion on what blood pressure is and what normal ranges should be. Problems associated with high and low blood pressure discussed. Activity Measuring blood pressure Pictures of sports people and celebrities in magazines Electric blood pressure monitor Activity sheet 1.1 Measuring blood pressure Units 3 and 4 Discussion on body composition what is the body made of? Normal ranges of body fat discussed. Activity sheet 1.2 Measuring body composition Activity Measuring body composition (BMI) Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 2 of 12
3 LO1: Know about healthy Topic 1.1 Health and Topic 1.2 Positive lifestyle choices and their effects Topic 1.3 Eating a healthy and balanced diet Topic 1.4 Positive lifestyle choices: risk-taking activities and sleep patterns Wellbeing Introduction to positive lifestyle choices: Participation in regular exercise and physical activity Eating a healthy balanced diet Going to bed at regular times Discussion on what is and what it means to the learners. Guidelines for the amounts of physical activity participation for children and adults. Learners work out how much activity they take part in each week and compare their results to the guidelines. Discussion on how physical activity can be increased through incorporation into everyday, for example, walking to school, taking the stairs instead of lifts. Latest guidelines: American College of Sports Medicine guidelines Activity sheet 1.3 Physical activity diary Activity sheet 1.4 Healthy eating - Examining food labels Food pyramid Units 2 and 3 Discussion on which foods are healthy and which foods are not healthy. Examination and discussion on the food pyramid. Tutor-led theory on macronutrients and micronutrients and approximate amounts that should be eaten on a daily basis. In small groups discussion on what times learners go to bed and get up in the morning and approximate number of hours of sleep per night. Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 3 of 12
4 LO1: Know about healthy Topic 1.4 Positive lifestyle choices: risk-taking activities and sleep patterns Positive risk-taking activities Learners take part in a positive risktaking activity such as a high ropes course, abseiling or rock climbing. After the session, learners discuss how they felt when they realised what they had to do and how they felt once they had completed the activity. Access to an outdoor education centre with positive risk-taking activities 5 LO1: Know about healthy Topic 1.6 Negative lifestyle choices and their effects Negative lifestyle choices: - Misuse of drugs - Excessive alcohol consumption A guest speaker could come in to discuss the effects of excessive alcohol consumption and the misuse of drugs. Learners carry out research to find media articles relating to drink/drug misuse and feed back to the rest of the class. To test learners understanding of the subject matter they can complete some exam style questions. 6 LO1: Know about healthy Topic 1.6 Negative lifestyle choices and their effects Negative lifestyle choices: - Smoking - Overparticipation in exercise - Low participation in physical activity - Over-eating Learners should work in small groups to research one of the following negative choices: low participation in physical activity; over-participation in physical activity; over-eating and smoking. Each group should present their findings to the rest of the class. Access to the internet and appropriate texts and journals Case study 1 Lifestyle choices Unit 3 Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 4 of 12
7 LO1: Know about healthy Topic 1.7 Eating disorders Negative lifestyle choices: - Eating disorders - Anorexia - Bulimia - Negative perception of body image A guest speaker could come in to discuss eating disorders. Learners could then complete sample exam questions to test their understanding of the subject content. Sample exam questions 8 LO2: Know about influences on lifestyle choices Topic 1.8 Influences on lifestyle choices - People - Image - Media - Culture Working in small groups, learners discuss what influences them in the lifestyle choices that they make and how a particular person has influenced them, for example, family, peers and role models. Learners present their group findings to the rest of the class. Learners review a range of different magazines, journals and newspapers containing lots of advertising with sports people and celebrities. They then feed back to the rest of the group how they think these images can affect a person s lifestyle choices. Access to the internet, newspapers, magazines, journals Unit 6 9 LO2: Know about influences on lifestyle choices Topic 1.8 Influences on lifestyle choices Barriers to participation Class discussion on barriers to participation. from a sector in sport and active leisure discussing how their centre tries to overcome barriers to participation, eg women only swimming sessions, concessions, flexible timing, Case study 2 Barriers to participation Units 2 and 7 Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 5 of 12
9 (continued) public transport. Learners reflect on their own barriers to participation and how they can try to overcome these barriers. 10 LO3: Understand the importance of participation in sport and active leisure Topic 1.9 Encouraging participation in sport and active leisure Methods of encouraging participation - Traditional methods Class trip to a sport and active leisure centre. Discussions with staff and review of promotional materials to see how the centre encourages participation. Class trip Units 2 and 7 11 LO3: Understand the importance of participation in sport and active leisure Topic 1.9 Encouraging participation in sport and active leisure Methods of encouraging participation - Innovative methods Class trip to an unusual venue or a sport and active leisure facility with innovative methods of increasing participation, for example, adizone, cylcozone. Class trip Units 2 and 7 12 LO3: Understand the importance of participation in sport and active leisure Topic 1.9 Encouraging participation in sport and active leisure Methods of encouraging participation - Innovative methods Discussion on why different methods appeal to different people. Learners design a questionnaire to ask a range of different people why different methods of participation appeal to them. Examples of questionnaires used in the sport and active leisure industry Units 2 and 7 Learners supervised whilst asking the public their questions from their questionnaire. Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 6 of 12
13 LO3: Understand the importance of participation in sport and active leisure Topic 1.10 Different participant groups Participant groups Working in small groups each group researches the participation requirements for people from different groups: - different ability - different genders - children - older people - people with physical or learning difficulties - obese people - people with injuries - people from different socioeconomic backgrounds - people from different cultures or religions. Activity sheet 1.5 Participation in sport and active leisure with different groups Units 2 and 7 Learners can visit sport and active leisure centres and carry out research to find out how the centre and the staff cater for these different groups. Group feeds back to the rest of the class. 14 LO4: Understand how lifestyle choices simpact on the health and of Topic 1.2 Positive lifestyle choices and their effects Effects of positive lifestyle choices: - Physical effects Speaker from the health and fitness industry comes in to discuss the physical effects of taking part in regular physical activity. Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 7 of 12
15 LO4: Understand how lifestyle choices impact on the health and of Topic 1.5 Healthy lifestyle choices: psychological and social benefits Effects of positive lifestyle choices: - Psychological effects - Social effects Learners complete a psychological questionnaire which explores such factors as their confidence, anxiety, stress etc. Learners take part in a strenuous physical activity session such as a circuit class or cross country run, then complete the questionnaire again. Learners then compare the pre-exercise and post-exercise questionnaire results to see if there are any differences. Psychological questionnaires Activity sheet 1.6 Positive lifestyle choices: physical and psychological effects Activity sheet 1.7 Effects of positive lifestyle choices Discussion on how participation in physical activity and other lifestyle choices has psychological effects. In small groups learners discuss how positive lifestyle choices have social effects on their lifestyle. 16 LO4: Understand how lifestyle choices impact on the health and of Topic 1.6 Negative lifestyle choices and their effects Effects of negative lifestyle choices: - Physical effects Class discussion on smoking and the harmful effects it has on the body. Tutor to split learners into groups and research one of the following physical effects of negative choices: obesity, type 2 diabetes, cirrhosis of the liver, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease. Learners find out: - the causes of the physical effects - the associated health problems. Activity sheet 1.8 Physical effects of negative lifestyle choices Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 8 of 12
17 LO4: Understand how lifestyle choices impact on the health and of Topic 1.6 Negative lifestyle choices and their effects Effects of negative lifestyle choices: - Psychological effects - Social effects The tutor to lead a class discussion on the psychological effects of negative lifestyle choices. Learners to review their local area to see if there are places that have suffered from anti-social behaviour. Possibly a guest speaker from the police force could come in to discuss these issues and how sport and active leisure provision has been or could be implemented to benefit the community. Local papers Access to the internet 18 LO4: Understand how lifestyle choices impact on the health and of Topic 1.7 Eating disorders Effects of eating disorders A guest speaker (possibly a person who has recovered from an eating disorder) could come in to discuss the effects of eating disorders. The female athlete triad is a sporting example of where some females suffer from eating disorders, excessive exercise participation and a loss of menstruation this is a topic that could also be discussed by an elite female athlete who has suffered from this disorder. Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 9 of 12
19 LO4: Understand how lifestyle choices impact on the health and of Topic 1.5 Healthy lifestyle choices: psychological and social benefits Benefits to society from the NHS discusses the problems associated with negative lifestyle choices and how positive lifestyle choices can reduce the burden on the NHS. 20 LO5: Understand how health and Topic 1.11 Analysis of effects of lifestyle changes Analysis of the effects of lifestyle changes: - Fitness testing Learners take part in fitness testing: - Aerobic fitness multi stage fitness test - Flexibility sit and reach Learners should help to set out the tests, take recordings and participate in tests where possible. Unit 3 21 LO5: Understand how health and Topic 1.11 Analysis of effects of lifestyle changes Analysis of the effects of lifestyle changes: - Fitness testing Learners take part in Fitness testing: - Aerobic fitness - Cooper run, Harvard step, arm ergometer Learners should help to set out the tests, take recordings and participate in tests where possible. Unit 3 22 LO5: Understand how health and Topic 1.12 Improving an individual s health and - Positive impact of lifestyle changes - Short- term effects and longterm effects Working in small groups, learners analyse a case study on a person who has undergone a healthy lifestyle programme with fitness and health test results before and after the programme. Activity sheet 1.9 Positive impact of lifestyle changes Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 10 of 12
23 LO5: Understand how health and Topic 1.12 Improving an individual s health and Improvements that can be made: - Dietary intake - Increased physical activity - Review of worklife balance - Increased positive risk taking activities - Sleep quality. Learners work in pairs to assess their own lifestyle and work out how they can improve their diet and physical activity levels. Discussion on work-life balance what it is and how can it be improved? Discussion on ways in which learners can incorporate more positive risk-taking activities into their lifestyle. 24 LO5: Understand how health and Topic 1.12 Improving an individual s health and Improvements that can be made: - Giving up smoking - Reduction of alcohol intake - Sleep quality A person from the NHS comes in to discuss methods of stopping smoking, the benefits associated with stopping and ways to reduce alcohol consumption. 25 LO5: Understand how health and Topic 1.11 Analysis of effects of lifestyle changes Topic 1.12 Improving an individual s health and Assessing the lifestyle of an individual Learners assess each other s, identify any negative lifestyle choices and suggest improvements that can be made to help improve that person s lifestyle. Lifestyle questionnaires Psychological questionnaires Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 11 of 12
26 LO5: Understand how health and Topic 1.11 Analysis of effects of lifestyle changes Topic 1.12 Improving an individual s health and Assessing the lifestyle of an individual Learners assess another person s lifestyle a person from another class for example and identify any negative lifestyle choices and suggest improvements that can be made to help improve that person s lifestyle. Lifestyle questionnaires Psychological questionnaires 27 All unit LOs Mock exam Mock exam paper 28 LO1: Know about healthy LO2: Know about influences on lifestyle choices LO3: Understand the importance of participation in sport and active leisure 29 LO4: Understand how lifestyle choices impact on the health and of LO5: Understand how health and Exam revision Exam style questions on LOs 1, 2 and 3 Exam revision Exam style questions on LOs 4 and 5 30 Externally set exam Exam paper Pearson Education Ltd 2010 Sport and Active Leisure page 12 of 12