Year 9 PE & Health Lesson Plan: Wellbeing and Relationships Through Movement

This lesson plan aligns with the New Zealand Curriculum for Physical Education, focusing specifically on the Health and Physical Education strand. It is designed for Year 9 students and aims to engage students in activities that promote both physical wellbeing and the development of positive relationships through movement.

Lesson Duration: 59 minutes
Class Size: 13 students
Year Group: 9
Curriculum Area: Health and Physical Education - Level 5
Learning Area: Physical Education
Strand: Healthy Communities and Environments
Key Competencies: Relating to others, Managing self, Participating and contributing

Learning Objectives:

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

1. Demonstrate increased awareness of how physical activity can influence personal physical and emotional wellbeing.
2. Show understanding of teamwork and cooperation through structured physical activities.
3. Reflect on how engagement in physical activities can enhance relationships and personal health.

Resources:

• Cones and markers
• Music player
• Variety of sports equipment (balls, skipping ropes, etc.)
• Reflective journals

Lesson Breakdown:

Introduction (10 minutes)

• Warm-up Activity: "Musical Movement"
  • Set up a circle of cones in the centre of the playing area.
  • Students jog, skip, or perform a chosen movement around the cones while music plays.
  • Once the music stops, quick discussion on how movement felt and which emotions were experienced.

Main Activity (30 minutes)

• Activity 1: "Team Relay"

  • Divide the class into smaller teams (3-4 students per team).
  • Set up relay activities that involve various physical tasks (e.g., dribbling a ball, skipping rope, quick sprints).
  • Focus on encouraging teamwork and supporting each other during the relay.

• Activity 2: "Group Challenge"

  • Teams are given a challenge to solve a movement-based problem (e.g., move a ball from one end of the field to the other without using hands).
  • Encourage students to plan their strategy, use everyone’s strengths, and work together to achieve the task.

Discussion and Reflection (14 minutes)

• Reflection Circle:

  • Bring students together in a circle.
  • Discuss what they learned about working together and how physical activity made them feel.
  • Students share any changes in their mood or feelings before and after the exercises.

• Journal Writing:

  • Students write briefly in their journals about how participating in today’s physical activities contributed to their personal wellbeing and relationships.

Conclusion (5 minutes)

• Cool down:
  • Guide students through a cool-down session with light stretching.
  • Briefly outline the next lesson and how what they learned today will be applicable.

Homework/Extension:

• Students are to note any physical activities they engage in outside of school in their journal and observe how these activities affect their emotions and interactions with others.

Assessment:

• Teacher observations of student engagement during team activities and participation in discussions.
• Review of students' reflective journal entries for depth of insight and connection to the learning objectives.

Relevant Links:

• New Zealand Curriculum – Health and Physical Education
• Guide to Physical Education – TKI

This lesson plan is designed to integrate physical health and emotional wellbeing, specifically targeting Year 9 learners through engaging and reflective physical activities. By focussing on wellbeing and relationships through movement, it not only adheres to the New Zealand curriculum standards but is also specifically tailored to the developmental needs of early adolescents.