Skip to content
Oak National Academy
Oak National Academy
Teachers
Pupils
New
New
Year 6

Monitoring and improving lifestyle choices

I can record and monitor lifestyle choices over a period of time.

Download all resources
arrow-right
Share activities with pupils
arrow-right
New
New
Year 6

Monitoring and improving lifestyle choices

I can record and monitor lifestyle choices over a period of time.

Download all resources
arrow-right
Share activities with pupils
arrow-right

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Lots of factors contribute towards a healthy lifestyle, including diet, physical activity levels and sleep patterns.
  2. A lifestyle journal is similar to a diary and can be used to track daily habits and activities.
  3. A lifestyle journal can be used to log physical activity, diet and sleep patterns.
  4. Analysing the data collected in a lifestyle journal can highlight areas for improved health goals.

Keywords

  • Lifestyle - A person’s lifestyle is the way they choose to live.

  • Physical activity - Physical activity means moving your body. It includes activities like walking, dancing, playing sports and doing housework.

  • Journal - A journal is a type of diary that can be used to record thoughts and ideas or used to keep track of activities and habits.

  • Analyse - To analyse something is to look at it carefully in order to explain or interpret it.

  • Data - Data is information collected during an investigation. It may be numbers, symbols, pictures or text.

Common misconception

Pupils may think that being healthy can be achieved through physical fitness, not taking into account anything else.

Explain that a range of different factors contribute to a healthy lifestyle, including eating a balanced diet, getting a good amount of sleep and taking part in activities that help our mental well being.

During the lesson, pupils will create a lifestyle journal to keep track of things that could affect their health and well being. If possible provide time in the following days for pupils to fill this in, or send it home with them so they can complete it in conversation with their families.
Teacher tip

Equipment

None required

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

Skip lesson video

Loading...

Starter quiz

Download starter quiz

6 Questions

Q1.
Your lifestyle is …
the way you style your hair.
the outfits you choose for each day.
the decoration you choose for your bedroom.
Correct answer: the way you choose to live.
Q2.
Which drink would be the best choice to drink with most meals as part of a balanced diet?
milkshake
Correct answer: water
cola
lemonade
Q3.
Which of these activities are not exercise?
going for a walk
playing netball
Correct answer: playing computer games
Correct answer: reading a book
dancing
Q4.
All of the food a person eats regularly is called their .
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: diet, diet.
Q5.
What is a balanced diet?
An image in a quiz
a diet that has equal amounts of different types of food
a diet where all food is measured on scales
Correct answer: a diet with the right proportions of different types of food
a diet that doesn’t contain any foods that contain fat
Q6.
What does it mean to analyse data?
to copy them into a table or other diagram
to input them into a computer
to collect them together in one place
Correct answer: to look at them carefully to understand or explain them

Exit quiz

Download exit quiz

6 Questions

Q1.
Which statement about healthy lifestyles is correct?
Any lifestyle is healthy so long as you do lots of exercise.
Exercise isn’t important for a healthy lifestyle if your diet is balanced.
The amount of sleep you get does not have an impact on your health.
Correct answer: A healthy lifestyle is made up of lots of factors, including your diet.
Q2.
A lifestyle , which is similar to a diary, can be used to track our daily activities and habits.
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: journal, log, record, notebook, planner
Q3.
Which of these things might you track in a lifestyle journal to help you reflect on how healthy your daily choices are?
An image in a quiz
the clothes you picked to wear each day
Correct answer: the time you go to bed and get up
Correct answer: the meals you have eaten in a day
the weather and temperature on each day
Correct answer: the physical activities you have done
Q4.
Analysing the data collected in a lifestyle journal is useful because …
An image in a quiz
we can compare how healthy we are with our friends.
we can find ways to save money.
Correct answer: it can help us find changes to our lifestyle that will make us more healthy.
it will help us answer questions in lessons at school.
Q5.
Laura has been keeping a lifestyle journal for three days. What changes could she make to make her lifestyle more healthy?
An image in a quiz
increase her time spent on computer games
Correct answer: increase the time she spends exercising
decrease her time spent in bed
decrease her time spent outside
Q6.
Lucas has been keeping track of the food he eats in his lifestyle journal. What could he do to make his diet more balanced?
An image in a quiz
reduce the amount of foods that are high in sugar
increase the amount of carbohydrates in his diet
Correct answer: eat more fruit and vegetables to provide more nutrients

Additional material

Download additional material
We're sorry, but preview is not currently available. Download to see additional material.