NHS - Benefits of exercise

On the next slide you will find a link to the NHS website, where it explains the benefits of physical exercise.
Make some notes.

Some benfits

•Regular exercise has lots of health benefits for children and young people, such as:

•improving fitness 

•providing an opportunity to socialise 

•increasing concentration 

•improving academic scores 

•building a stronger heart, bones and healthier muscles 

•encouraging healthy growth and development 

•improving self-esteem 

•improving posture and balance 

•lowering stress 

•encouraging a better night's sleep     

https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/general-health-advice/leading-active-lifestyle/exercise-children-and-young-people/ Accessed 19/06/2021

YOU SLEEP BETTER

When you exercise, you use a lot of energy, and to gain more energy, you rest or sleep. Exercise can cure insomnia.

You will gain more muscles!

Exercising help keeps muscle mass, if you exercise everyday, not only will you become stronger, you will also remain strong when you're old!

Your confidence is boosted!

Exercise makes you feel better about yourself, this motivates you to carry on being the best version of yourself.

Your bones are stronger.

Exercising makes your bones stronger by increasing its density. If you exercise, you will have less chance of getting osteoporosis(tulang reput)

You are calmer.

Exercise makes you feel more relaxed.

Yes, you live longer!

An active lifestyle after the age of 50 can add four and a half years to your life. This is because by exercising, you have a healthier heart.

Yes, your brain will remain sharp.

Many researchers say that being physically active can help preserve mental function. Just have a 30 mins fast walk each day and you can slow down the chances of you having amnesia.

Using the outside

In 1911 Margaret Mc Millan and her sister established an open-air nursery for poor children in Deptford, England. With a strong emphasis on children’s health and well being, Mc Millan’s theoretical and practical education of young children incorporated exercise and fresh air at the heart of children’s play ventures.

Margaret was not alone she is one of many theorist that have promotes outdoor exercise and learning:

Rousseau, Johann, Froebel, Susan Isaac and Tina Bruce to name but a few.

Your turn - Let's go outside!

Write this in a bit of paper/post-it:

My favourite activity outside is to:
My favourite physical activity is________________ because _________. When I practice it, it makes me feel __________.

Go for a walk (even if just a small one around the area), and send a picture of the paper/post-it outdoors.