Physical and Health Education (PHE) Curriculum Primary 5

Year 5 NERDC Physical and Health Education PHE Curriculum Primary 5. Creative Rhythmic Activities, long jump, High Jump – Schemeofwork.com 

THEME 1: BASIC MOVEMENT

Week 1

Topic: Creative Rhythmic Activities Measuring Physical Fitness Components (Endurance, Strength and speed)

Performance objectives

1. Explain rhythmic activities
2. Mention any two types of rhythmic activities
3. Perform any two types of rhythmic activities
4. Mention some physical fitness components
5. Identify activities for measuring endurance, strength and speed
6. Explain how endurance, and speed are measured
7. Measure their endurance strength and speed levels

Contents

1. Marching
2. Galloping
3. Hopping
4. Physical Fitness components:
   • Endurance;
   • Press up.
   • Minute run, walk-bench step on and off.
   • Squat thrust
   • Strength;
   • Pull ups
   • Sit ups
   • Speed:
   • 50 meters dash

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Explains rhythmic activities
2. Demonstrates marching, galloping and hopping
3. Discusses the activities for measuring:
   • Endurance
   • Strength and
   • Speed
4. Demonstrates the measurement of endurance, strength and speed
5. Supervises pupils’ activities

Student’s Activities

1. Listen to the teacher
2. Watch the teacher’s demonstration
3. Practice the activity
4. Measure their physical fitness levels

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Video clip
2. Drum sets
3. Flute
4. Drumming sticks
5. Charts
6. Mats
7. Benches
8. Pull up bars
9. Track
10. Stop watch etc

Evaluation Guide

1. Explain rhythmic activities
2. List two rhythmic activities
3. Perform any two types of rhythmic activities
4. Mention any three physical fitness components
5. Identify activities for measuring endurance, strength and speed
6. Describe how endurance, strength and speed are measured
7. Measure other pupils’ endurance, strength and speed correctly

SUBJECT:     PHYSICAL & HEALTH EDUCATION         CLASS LEVEL: PRIMARY

THEME 2: ATHLETICS

Week 1

Topic:    Field Events      

Performance objectives

1. Mention the basic skills of long jump
2. Perform the skills in long jump
3. Mention the basic skills of high jump
4. Skills in high jump

Contents

1. Long jump:
   • The approach run or run up.
   • The take off
   • The flight
   • The landing
   • Recovery
2. High jump skills:
   • run up
   • take off
   • Flight
   • landing
   • Recovery

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Explains the skills involved in long jump
2. Demonstrates the skills in long jump
3. Supervises and corrects demonstrations by pupils
4. Explains the skills in high jump
5. Demonstrates run up, take off, flight, landing and recovery skills
6. Supervises pupils demonstrations
7. List skills on the chalkboard

Student’s Activities

1. Listen to teachers explanations
2. Watch and practice the skills
3. Practice the different skills

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Charts
2. Take off board
3. Long jump pit
4. Video clip
5. Measuring tape
6. Cross bar stand
7. High jump pit landing foam
8. Chalkboard

Evaluation Guide

1. Mention any three skills in long jump
2. Perform the long jump skills
3. Mention any three skills in high jump
4. Perform the skills in high jump

SUBJECT:     PHYSICAL & HEALTH EDUCATION         CLASS LEVEL: PRIMARY 5

THEME 3: GAMES AND SPORTS

Week 1

Topic:    Ball Games

Performance objectives

1. Define ball games
2. State the facilities and equipment used to play Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis         
3. Play Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
4. State the advantages of playing Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
5. Mention safety measures in participating in Ball Games

Contents

1. Definition of Ball games
2. Facilities and equipment used in Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
3. Skills for playing Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
4. The advantages of playing Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
5. Safety measures in playing Ball games

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Explains what ball games are
2. Discusses the facilities and equipment used in Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
3. Demonstrates skills for playing Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
4. Leads pupils to discuss the advantages of playing Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
5. Leads pupils to identify safety measures when playing the games

Student’s Activities

1. Participate in class and group discussions on the facilities and equipment used in ball games
2. Play Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
3. Discuss safety measures to put in place when playing ball games
4. Discuss the advantages of playing ball games

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Chart
2. Picture
3. Video Clips
4. Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
5. Volleyball court
6. Basketball court
7. Football field
8. Tennis Court
9. Table Tennis board (please improvise where appropriate)
10. Nets
11. Whistle etc

Evaluation Guide

1. State what ball games are?
2. Mention the facilities and equipment used in playing Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
3. Play Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis skillfully in teams
4. State at least three advantages of playing Volley Ball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Tennis
5. Mention at least five safety measures when playing the ball game

SUBJECT:     PHYSICAL & HEALTH EDUCATION         CLASS LEVEL: PRIMARY 5

THEME 4: HEALTH EDUCATION

Week 1

Topic:    Nutrition

Performance objectives

1. Mention sources of food nutrients
2. List three nutritional diseases
3. Describe the characteristics of nutritional deficient persons
4. Describe the effect of family size on nutrition

Contents

1. Sources of food nutrients
2. Nutritional deficiency diseases:
   • Kwashiorkor
   • Rickets
   • Pellagra
   • Scurvy
3. Characteristics of these deficiency diseases
4. Family size and its effect on nutrition
5. Teacher’s Activities
6. Leads pupils to list the sources of food nutrients
7. Guides the pupils to list the kinds of nutritional deficiency diseases that are common in the society
8. Guides the pupils to list the effect of large family size on the nutrition of family members

Student’s Activities

1. With the help of the teacher mention the sources of food nutrients
2. Discuss the effect of large family size on the nutrition of the family
3. List nutritional deficiency diseases and the characteristics of nutritional deficient person

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Samples of food items
2. Charts/photo graphs showing different kinds of foodstuff
3. Photographs showing people suffering from nutritional deficiency diseases

Evaluation Guide

1. Mention sources of food nutrients
2. Mention three nutritional deficiency diseases
3. Mention the effects of family size on the available nutrition
4. List some characteristics of nutritional deficient persons

Week 2

Topic:          Drug Education

Performance objectives

1. List ways drugs can be taken into the body
2. Differentiate between alcohol and tobacco
3. State reasons why people drink or smoke
4. Differentiate between the effects of alcohol and tobacco on human body
5. Explain the effects of drug abuse on an individual
6. List effects of drug abuse on the family
7. List 3 effects of drug abuse on the society
8. Define herbal medicine
9. Differentiate between NAFDAC registered and listed herbal medicine

Contents

1. Drug use and their consequences
2. Ways of taking drugs:
   • Through mouth
   • rubbing on skin
   • injecting
   • inhaling
3. Alcohol and tobacco:
   • Description of alcohol
   • Types of alcoholic drinks and tobacco
   • Reasons for drinking or smoking
   • Effects of smoking
4. Effects of drug abuse on:
   • Individuals
   • Family
   • Society
5. Herbal Medicine

Teacher’s Activities

1. Uses charts to explain ways drugs can be taken into the body
2. Uses posters to explain to the pupils the differences between alcohol and tobacco
3. Leads pupils to discuss reasons why people drink and smoke
4. Discusses the effects of drug abuse on individuals, family and society
5. Explains the meaning of herbal medicine
6. Teacher guides the pupils to identify NAFDAC listed and registered herbal medicine

Student’s Activities

1. Listen to the teacher and ask questions
2. Participate in classroom discussion and group activities
3. Answer teacher’s questions
4. Define herbal medicine
5. Differentiate NAFDAC listed and registered herbal medicines

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Charts showing various drugs
2. Posters showing different alcohol and tobacco
3. Posters showing different herbal medicines
4. NAFDAC symbol for registered and listed herbal medicine
5. Samples of herbal medicine

Evaluation Guide

1. State the ways drugs can be taken into the body
2. Differentiate between alcohol and tobacco
3. State at least one reason why people drink or smoke
4. Differentiate between the effects of alcohol and tobacco on human health
5. Explain the effects of drug abuse on an individual
6. List at least three effects of drug abuse on the family
7. List at least three effects of drug abuse on the society
8. Define herbal medicine
9. Explain the symbols for NAFDAC registered and listed herbal medicines

SUBJECT:     PHYSICAL & HEALTH EDUCATION         CLASS LEVEL: PRIMARY 5

THEME 5: PATHOGENS, DISEASES AND PREVENTION

Week 1

Topic:    Diseases

Performance objectives

1. Differentiate between sickness and illness
2. Differentiate between signs and symptoms
3. Distinguish between communicable and non- communicable diseases

Contents

1. Differentiate between sickness and illness
2. Signs and symptoms
3. Communicable and non- communicable diseases

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Leads pupils to identify the differences between:
   • Sickness and illness.
   • Signs and symptoms.
   • Communicable and non- communicable diseases

Student’s Activities

1. Take part in the discussions and group activities

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Pictures
2. Flip Charts
3. Posters

Evaluation Guide

1. Differentiate between sickness and illness
2. State the difference between signs and symptoms
3. Distinguish between communicable and non- communicable diseases

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