PE and Health 6 Term 1 Week 1 - 2 Interdependence of The Different Health Dimensions

Key wellness & self-care strategies mentioned

• Exercise for 30 minutes (e.g., jogging, team sports)
• Talk about feelings with a friend and use shared problem-solving for emotional support
• Join clubs / community groups to build social connection
• Eat a healthy breakfast and maintain a balanced diet regularly
• Stay hydrated: drink eight glasses of water
• Sleep and rest: get 8 hours of sleep / ensure enough rest
• Journal writing to reflect on thoughts and feelings
• Spend time in nature: take a walk in nature
• Reading and relaxation habits: read a book, listen to music to relax
• Meditation: meditate for 5 minutes
• Help others (e.g., help a friend) and practice healthy hygiene (e.g., wash hands before eating)
• Mindful lifestyle choices: avoid cigarette smoking, alcohol, and dangerous substances
• Practice creativity and learning: try a new hobby, learn new cultures, use imagination
• Build emotional resilience: accept/copy with feelings, learn from mistakes, and express emotions in helpful, productive ways

Productivity / learning habits

• Completed homework
• Be a lifelong learner (continuously want to learn and improve skills)

Health dimensions covered (interdependence for holistic wellness)

Holistic wellness emphasizes that health dimensions are interconnected and must be addressed as a whole.

• Physical health: body function and energy for daily tasks and emergencies
• Mental / intellectual health: thinking, analyzing, imagining; coping with stress; productive contribution
• Emotional health: accepting and coping with self/others’ feelings; self-understanding and self-acceptance
• Social health: getting along with others; responding well in social situations; respectful communication and cooperation
• Moral & spiritual health: values, faith, alignment with a higher power; peace through faith/community
• Occupational/vocational wellness: enjoyment, purpose, responsibility, and future goals
• Cultural/creative wellness: creativity and learning different cultures/traditions
• Financial wellness: managing money (saving, smart spending, money basics)
• Environmental wellness: caring for surroundings (recycling, saving resources, enjoying nature)

Classroom/learning activities used to build the wellness concept

• Self-check activities: stand up/sit down based on “I do / I don’t” statements (personal experience)
• Healthy vs unhealthy sorting: determine whether activities are healthy or “not unhealthy”
• Matching/word-definition tasks: identify dimensions using clues and complete fill-in-the-blanks
• Group activity (10-year community poster):
  1. Brainstorm as a group
  2. Create a poster/drawing showing wellness dimensions in the future
  3. Work together and explain the output
• Discussion prompts:
  • Can you focus only on one or two dimensions?
  • Are health dimensions related?

Presenters / sources

• World Health Organization (WHO): definition of health used in the video
• PE and Health (Grade 6) Term 1 Week 1–2: Interdependence of Health Dimensions: program/video source (no individual presenter named in the subtitles)