Year 5 Health and wellbeing: stamina, strength and flexibility worksheet

“Three kinds of fitness” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 PE unit “Health and wellbeing: stamina, strength and flexibility”, for children aged 9 to 10, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 28 to 30 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Three kinds of fitness

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · PE · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can name the three kinds of fitness and explain how everyday play and activity can build them.

A Look back3 min

1.
Circle the step that fits the empty box in the chain.
warm upsit downeat a big meal
2.
Write one thing you could do in a cool down.
3.
Write one game you play that makes you breathe hard.

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ruby cycles to the park and back without stopping. Which type of fitness is she building?

Watch me

Riding for a long time without stopping tests how long you can keep going.

Keeping going for a long time is stamina.

So Ruby is building stamina.

Now you

1.
Mia holds a plank still for 30 seconds. Which type is she building? Circle one.
staminastrengthsuppleness
2.
Priya sits on the floor and reaches slowly towards her toes without bouncing. Which type is she building? Circle one.
staminastrengthsuppleness

C Your turn8 min

Clear a space away from windows and breakables. A grown-up watches you.

Three upturned cups used as cones on a garden patio, with a soft ball beside them

1.
Put these steps in the right order. A warm up starts by raising your pulse. Write 1 to 4 in the boxes.
1. Start your main game
2. Stop and cool down slowly
3. Walk on the spot for 2 minutes
4. Do gentle arm circles for 1 minute
2.
Join each type of fitness to its coaching point.
StaminaStrengthSuppleness
Reach slowly and hold, do not bounceHold a straight line in a press-upJog steadily and keep your breathing even
3.
Count how many jumps you do in 30 seconds. Do this three times and record each count on the tally. Then write your best count:
4.
Ola holds her breath when she does squats. Circle the coaching point that helps most.
Keep breathing steadily as you moveHold your breath to go fasterLook at the ceiling only

Say it out loud: Which of your three jump counts was best? What did you change to beat your first try?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A grassy park with a soft ball on the grass and a plastic water bottle on a bench

Kit says: “Playing tag in the park does not count. You only get fitter by working out in a gym.”

1.
Why is Kit wrong? Write one reason.

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Design your own 10-minute circuit at home. Name one stamina, one strength and one suppleness activity. Say why each one builds its type.

How did it feel?2 min

Which of the three types felt hardest for you today? Tell your grown-up why.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Three kinds of fitness · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. warm up If your child circles sit down, ask what the body needs before a game. A warm up gets the heart and muscles ready for hard work.

2. Look for: A slow, gentle activity such as walking or a held stretch. If your child names a sprint or a game, ask whether it slows the heart down or speeds it up. A cool down is gentle.

3. Look for: Names an active game or sport that makes you breathe harder.

B

1. strength If your child circles stamina, ask whether the plank is a long run or a hold that works the muscles hard. Holding still against your own weight builds strength.

2. suppleness If your child circles strength, ask which word means how far the joints and muscles can stretch. That word is suppleness.

C

1. 1 Walk on the spot for 2 minutes · 2 Do gentle arm circles for 1 minute · 3 Start your main game · 4 Stop and cool down slowly If your child puts the main game first, ask what the body needs before it works hard. Warming up comes before the game.

2. Stamina → Jog steadily and keep your breathing even; Strength → Hold a straight line in a press-up; Suppleness → Reach slowly and hold, do not bounce If your child joins stamina to reach slowly, ask which one happens over a long time and which one asks the joints to stretch.

3. Look for: three counts written on the tally, and a best count that matches the highest of the three

4. Keep breathing steadily as you move If your child circles hold your breath, ask what the muscles need to keep working. Steady breathing brings oxygen to them.

D

1. Look for: Says active play such as tag builds stamina, strength or suppleness, so a gym is not needed. If your child agrees with Kit, ask them to play tag for two minutes. Ask whether their heart beat faster.

E

1. Look for: three activities, one each for stamina, strength and suppleness, each with a reason linked to its type

Words to use

Say“Which part of your body worked hardest today, and how did you know?”

Instead of“Tell them they must go to a gym or lift heavy weights to get fitter.”

After the sheet

March on the spot for one minute to warm up. Then set a timer for 30 seconds and count how many times you can stand up from a sturdy chair. Repeat next week and compare the counts.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Heart and Blood Check(with a plan)
Stamina, Pulse and Rest(with a plan)
Strength Is About Control(with a plan)
Stretching further(with a plan)
My personal best(with a plan)

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