Year 6 Health and wellbeing: stamina, strength and flexibility refined worksheet

“Active, fit and healthy” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 6 PE unit “Health and wellbeing: stamina, strength and flexibility refined”, for children aged 10 to 11, and takes about 24 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 25 to 27 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Active, fit and healthy

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 6 · PE · about 24 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can choose an activity that matches my fitness goal, and warm up gently first.

A Look back3 min

1.
A session goes warm up, then something in the middle, then cool down. Circle what goes in the middle box.
Main activitySit stillShower only
2.
Name one activity that builds stamina.
3.
Sam finishes his main activity. Why should his cool down be gentle? Write one reason.

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ali wants to get better at balance. Which activity should he choose? Balance needs slow, steady control, so the choice must match that goal.

A tidy back garden with orange cones on short grass, a soft ball, and a fence

Watch me

Goal: better balance.

Balance needs slow, controlled movement, not sprinting.

So a slow one-foot stand fits the goal.

Now you

1.
Mia wants to improve her flexibility. Circle the activity that fits best.
Slow reaching stretches, held gentlyFast sprints on the spotJumping jacks for ten minutes
2.
Kit wants to build stamina. Circle the activity that fits best.
Slow standing balanceGentle arm circlesSteady jogging on the spot for several minutes

C Your turn8 min

Safety first: clear space, a soft ball, away from windows, and a grown-up watching. Work slowly and stop if you feel unwell.

Four orange cones in a line across a patio with a skipping rope coiled beside them

1.
Number these warm up steps from first to last. Start by walking, and get faster just before the main activity.
1. Build to a faster pace until you breathe a little harder
2. Start your main activity
3. Gentle walk on the spot for two minutes
4. Slow arm circles and leg swings
2.
Join each skill to the coaching point that helps it most.
BalanceFlexibilityStaminaStrength
Keep a steady pace for longerPush against resistance with controlHold steady, look at a fixed pointReach slowly and hold without bouncing
3.
Hop on one foot for 10 seconds, three times, counting each hop. Write each count. Try 1 Try 2 Try 3
4.
Why do you warm up gently before a main activity? Circle the best reason.
To raise your heart rate and prepare your musclesTo make you tired before you startTo replace the main activity

Say it out loud: Say it out loud: pick one goal, then name the activity and coaching point that fit it.

D Spot the mistake3 min

A soft ball resting on short grass beside a plant pot and a folded towel

Kit says: “A workout only counts if you end up gasping and exhausted.”

1.
Write one sentence to tell Kit what is wrong with that idea.

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Plan a short home session for a goal you choose. Name the warm up, the activity and why it fits your goal. Tell your grown-up.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Active, fit and healthy · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Main activity

2. Look for: Names a long, steady activity such as jogging, skipping, cycling or swimming.

3. Look for: Says a gentle cool down lets the heart rate and breathing slow down gradually.

B

1. Slow reaching stretches, held gently If your child picks the sprints or jumping jacks, they have picked a heart and lungs activity. Ask what flexibility needs: slow reaching, held gently.

2. Steady jogging on the spot for several minutes If your child picks the balance or arm circles, they have matched the wrong component. Ask: what does stamina need? Long, steady effort.

C

1. 1 Gentle walk on the spot for two minutes · 2 Slow arm circles and leg swings · 3 Build to a faster pace until you breathe a little harder · 4 Start your main activity If your child puts the main activity first, the warm up has been skipped. Ask what the body needs before hard work.

2. Balance → Hold steady, look at a fixed point; Flexibility → Reach slowly and hold without bouncing; Stamina → Keep a steady pace for longer; Strength → Push against resistance with control If your child joins Flexibility to the steady pace, ask what a stretch needs. Reach slowly and hold without bouncing, because bouncing can strain muscles.

3. Look for: Three numbers, one for each of the three tries, written in the boxes. If your child leaves a box blank, ask them to try again and count out loud. Each try needs its own number.

4. To raise your heart rate and prepare your muscles If your child picks the tiring reason, the old idea is back: a warm up builds gently. Ask what the body needs before hard work.

D

1. Look for: Says the activity should match the goal, and that gasping or exhaustion is not needed for it to count. If your child only writes no, ask what the workout is for. A good answer names the goal and says exhaustion is not needed.

E

1. Look for: A plan with a gentle warm up, one activity matched to a named goal, and a reason why it fits.

Words to use

Say“What was your goal today? Which activity fitted it best, and why?”

Instead of“Push harder so they get out of breath, because that is the only thing that counts.”

After the sheet

Set up a clear space with a soft ball, away from windows, and do a two-minute gentle walk on the spot together. Each of you picks a goal, like balance or stretching, then chooses one matching activity.

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 breath challenge(with a plan)
Stretch Gently, Keep Going(with a plan)
Strength for everyone(with a plan)
Fitter Together(with a plan)
Beating My Own Best(with a plan)

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