Guidance

Teacher training: physical health and fitness

Practical training materials for primary and secondary schools to use to train staff to teach about physical health and fitness.

Applies to England

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This training module supports the physical health and mental wellbeing section of the statutory relationships, sex and health education curriculum.

The module contains key knowledge and facts to help teachers understand what they must teach. It includes information on:

  • active and healthy lifestyles
  • the benefits of physical activity
  • the risks of an inactive lifestyle
  • mental wellbeing and activity
  • blood, organ and stem cell donation

These slides should be adapted to suit individual school context. This can include adding your own videos and resources to make your teaching training sessions more visual and interactive.

When planning your curriculum, consider how you will link these topics.

Physical health and fitness is related to:

Published 19 November 2020