Unit 2 Development from conception age 16 years – Practice Evidence Record Diary
Children’s Physical Development
Planning
The children’s physical development is a key factor, and a contributor to the success of a child. When planning activities the teachers always ensure that there is some physical activity incorporated within the activity, for example science lessons where the children are learning about the body and muscles, teachers may get the students to stand up and move about teaching them how the human body works (skeletal system) but also including physical activity.
The planning is very efficient, especially for PE lessons as this lesson is all about physical development. The lesson is broken down into parts, the teacher would first start with a warm up to get , the children active, after concluding the warm up the teacher would run through some stretches and ask children which stretches help certain muscles. After running through the stretches, the targets/objectives of the lesson are given and explained (what the children have to learn and what they should have accomplished by the end of the lesson).
After the main part of the lesson concludes the teacher runs through the plenary, this is the time when the children reflect and give feedback on what they have learnt in the lesson and what they felt was fun about the lesson. This is a good way for the children to reflect and give their opinions on what they found good about the lesson.
Considerations when providing activities
The main consideration that should be made and carefully thought is the end goal. That is the is the main focus of any
