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Exercise

Exercise keeps your body and brain healthy. This quiz explores why we move, how to stay safe, and how to build active habits that fit your life.

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Fascinating Fact:

Setting simple goals can help you stay motivated, like walking a little further each week. Celebrating progress can make exercise feel more enjoyable.

In KS2 PSHE, learning about exercise is not just about sport, it is about everyday health. Pupils explore how movement supports the heart, lungs, muscles, energy levels, sleep, and mood. This topic also covers safe choices, such as warming up, drinking water, wearing the right footwear, and balancing screen time with active breaks.

Key Terms

  • Physical activity: Any movement that uses your muscles, such as walking, dancing, cycling, or playing.
  • Stamina: How long you can keep going without getting too tired.
  • Warm-up: Gentle movement that prepares your body for exercise and helps reduce injury risk.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What counts as exercise for KS2?

Exercise includes anything that gets your body moving more than usual, like brisk walking, running, swimming, games at playtime, dancing, or cycling. It does not have to be a team sport to help your health.

Why is exercise important for children?

Exercise helps children build strong bones and muscles, improve fitness, and support a healthy heart and lungs. It can also boost mood, help concentration in school, and support better sleep.

How can I exercise safely at school or at home?

You can exercise safely by warming up first, using safe spaces away from traffic or obstacles, and wearing suitable shoes. Drink water, stop if something hurts, and ask an adult for help if you feel unwell.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .
What happens to your breathing when you exercise?
You breathe faster
You breathe slower
You breathe the same
You do not breathe
When you exercise you will breathe faster so that you can get more oxygen into the body. With regular exercise you will start to increase your lung capacity which also has health benefits
2 .
What type of exercise helps make bones stronger?
Running
Climbing trees
Sit-ups
Press-ups
Running is good for improving the strength of your bones. Climbing, sit-ups and press-ups are good choices for improving the strength of your muscles
3 .
How often should you exercise?
Once a year
Once a month
Once a week
Once a day
It is important that children aged 5-17 do some form of exercise every day. It is recommended that this lasts for 60 minutes and can be a sport class, a swimming lesson or even running round with friends
4 .
If you wanted to exercise alone, which activity could you do?
Swimming
Badminton
Tennis
Hockey
We can exercise on our own doing activities like swimming, walking and running, where a partner or team is not required
5 .
Which team could you join to increase your exercise?
Debate team
Choir
Netball
Bird watching group
If you want to exercise with other people, it can be good fun to join a team such as netball, football or hockey
6 .
What should you do after you exercise?
Tell someone
Have a drink of water
Eat some sweets
Have a nap
When you exercise, your body starts to sweat and you should replace this by drinking some water to help stay healthy
7 .
How does exercise help the brain?
It teaches you to read
It removes germs
It improves your memory
It makes you count quicker
Exercise increases the bloodflow to the brain which helps people to concentrate better and improves their memory
8 .
What happens to your body temperature when you exercise?
It decreases
It increases
It stays the same
It freezes
Your body temperature increases when you exercise and this will make you feel warmer. You will also notice that you start to sweat - this is the body's way of cooling you down so you don’t get too hot
9 .
What happens to your heart when you exercise?
It beats slower and softer
It stays the same
It beats harder and faster
It changes colour
When you exercise you can feel your heart beating harder and faster. This is because it needs to pump more oxygen-rich blood around the body and to the muscles
10 .
What happens to your muscles when you exercise?
They stay the same
They get stronger
They get weaker
They get smaller
When you exercise you use your muscles and they get bigger and stronger the more you use them

 

Author:  Terri Brown
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