Active Planner: Plan Your Week and Try One Day

Each student designs a realistic week of physical activity on a sheet or in a spreadsheet, then tries a short session from that plan in class. It connects planning with data to real practice.

How to play

1. What counts as physical activity, and the WHO recommendation for teens: an average of 60 minutes a day of moderate-to-vigorous activity (4 min).
2. Fill in the weekly planner: day, activity, time, intensity and place, including getting around town and any sports already played (8 min).
3. Pick one day from the plan and design a 10-minute session with the equipment available (5 min).
4. Try the sessions in pairs, each doing the other's (10 min).
5. Adjust: what would you change to make the plan realistic, and how will you track it this week? (3 min).

Rules

• The plan is personal and isn't compared with anyone else's.
• Every session includes an easy start and finish.
• Tablets are only used during planning, in the bench area.
• Choose a doable intensity, not the maximum.

Variations

Adaptations

• Students with a disability or health condition: the plan includes activities suited to their situation, agreed with family if needed.
• Students who struggle with writing: use picture cards or dictate the plan.
• Students who are rarely active: the goal is one more active day than now, not the full recommendation.

Learning goals

• Know the physical activity recommendations for their age.
• Plan a realistic week of physical activity.
• Use digital tools to plan and track their own activity.

Equipment for a class of 25

• planning sheets: 28
• pencils: 28
• tablets: 7
• cones: 10
• jump ropes: 10

Teacher tip

Check the next week which parts of the plan actually happened; that's the most useful conversation. Some students have family responsibilities or no access to facilities, so value modest plans.

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