How does physical health impact mental health?
Welcome! Your aim today, Thursday 19th May, is to produce an Activity Day for KS3 students at SSLP secondary schools focussed on exploring the relationship between physical and mental health.
These are the resources that you might need:
All the resources on this page were put together by Young Citizens for use exclusively by the SSLP.
Submitting your work
Please email your finished lesson plans and resources to k.barretta@sslp.education
Feedback and Evaluation
Please complete this form at the end of the day
Useful Links
What are the key messages, facts and figures you want to share with your audience? Here are some websites you might like to use to start off your research. Don’t feel you need to be restricted to using just these. However, do ensure anything you include is correct (so use official sites rather than Wikipedia etc).
Websites with general resources and information around sport and/or mental health
https://www.sportengland.org/campaigns-and-our-work/mental-health
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/p/physical-activity-and-mental-health
https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/take-action/resources-schools
Elite Athletes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0oBQPSicEM&t=23s (especially first 6 minutes – elite athletes and loneliness)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/27/simone-biles-withdraws-tokyo-2020-olympics-gymnastics-all-around-final – Simone Biles
https://www.sportingchanceclinic.com/post/emma-raducanu-s-rise-shows-that-prioritising-health-including-mental-health-pays-off Emma Raducanu
https://time.com/6077128/naomi-osaka-essay-tokyo-olympics/ Naomi Osaka