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Teaching health or physical education, we as the teacher have the advantage of being able to adjust our lessons around practical and theory based lessons, as we know holding the students attention for prolonged periods of time can be a difficult task. The key to keeping the students attention is by utilizing activities and resources which keep the students interactive and hands on. By carrying out fitness testing, the students get the chance to get out of the classroom and be active because "Australian primary school children spent less than two hours a day outside on average and, therefore, 22 hours a day inside" (Pownall, 2012) which is why it is pivotal to get the students outside of the classroom for physical activities. We need to emphasize importance of keeping fit and active and making healthier choices for themselves, so when they take experiences outside of school into their own hands they choose the active/healthier options ie: taking stairs in comparison to a lift or escalator. They also get the chance to learn about nutrition and how it leads to a healthier lifestyle. it provides more of an incentive to teachers to try and combat obesity and provide the students with awareness and information on how they can make healthy changes. Its important for the students to learn about healthy eating during health, as it is information which can ultimately be beneficial to their future health and well-being, it can also give the students a sense of achievement and ownership for their work they put in not just during class but their eating choices at home. When the students are at home they will learn to make healthier decisions in terms of what types of food they know they should be eating and how much. The idea about teaching students the importance of Healthy Eating and Fitness from a young age, is so that they learn the benefits of keeping fit and healthy, leading to a longer, stronger and healthier life.

Through the use of the suggested learning tasks and learning resources for the topic of healthy eating and fitness, this is the suggested lesson schedule for teachers.
 * Advised Teaching Plan **
 * Week 1: The first lesson we suggest that teachers, implement the [|nutritional information journal] into the students weekly health lesson as their topic, as it can be an ongoing lesson each week. The students must be split into different groups where they must bring a different fruit and vegetable to record in the food diary each week (must be a different fruit and vegetable every week) Which will be ongoing for 8 weeks. Students will need to be organised by the teacher so that, students take it in turns bringing fruit and vegetables in to class.
 * Week 1: The practical Physical Education lesson will be primarily focusing on fitness components of different team games suggested in the Learning Tasks. The lessons of [|group sport activities] will change each week, so that kids develop an understanding for different fitness needs for different games and sports.
 * Week 8: The students will now have 8 different fruit and vegetable entries in their diary. They must now research different healthy eating recipes which include the fruit and vegetables they have entered in the journal. With help of the learning resources and construct their very own healthy eating cookbook for their group.
 * Week 9: Depending on schools resources, the following week students can choose one recipe from their own cookbook and make a selected meal with the help of their group. (Adult helpers will be needed and the arrangement of ingredients will need to be organised)

There are many resources available to teachers to assist in advising the students. Some of the resources offer information on the topic and some even suggest activities which can be used as apart of your lesson. The resources are listed below.
 * Teachers Resources **


 * Healthy Eating Resources **
 * Fresh for Kids- Great resource not just for teachers but students as well. Teachers have access to many activities and worksheets, which relate to nutrition but more in particular fruit and vegetables. Very suitable for students and teachers.
 * Better Health Channel- Better health channel is a very informative website for teachers, the site contains numerous articles on food and nutrition as well as weight loss.
 * Nutrition Australia- Nutrition Australia has an abundance of information on nutrition which aims to promote healthy living. It also contains pictures as well as resources and fact sheets for teachers and children.
 * Healthy Kids - Healthy Kids is another great teacher and student resource for nutrition as well as physical activity. This site contains worksheets and activities for teachers and also provides teachers with more information on nutrition.


 * Fitness Resources **
 * Kids Health- Great resource for teachers and the students. Provides safe exercises and activities for children regarding fitness. The site also has BMI tools as well as health eating recipes and ideas.
 * Live Life Well @ School- Offers support and guidance for teachers as well as professional learning opportunities, through their learning workshops.

References:

Pownall, A. (2012, April 21). Outdoor fun for schoolkid fitness. //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The West Australian. //Retrieved from: []

Johansen, M. (2011) Kitchen garden gives food for thought (image). //The West Australian. Retrieved from:// []