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Physical Education

Look After Your Body

Overview

Students learn the most common causes of sports injuries and practical steps to prevent and respond to them.

Learning Objective
Students understand common sports injuries, how to prevent them, and basic first response.

Resources needed

  • None

Lesson stages

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  1. 1 Ask: has anyone been injured playing sport? What happened?
  2. 2 Discuss the most common injuries: sprains, strains, blisters, cramp.
  3. 3 For each: what causes it? What prevents it? What do you do if it happens?
  4. 4 Teach RICE for sprains and strains: Rest, Ice (or cold water), Compression, Elevation.
  5. 5 Role play: student twists an ankle — partner responds correctly.
  6. 6 Discuss: how does a proper warm-up prevent injury?
  7. 7 Students design a one-page injury prevention guide for a younger student.

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Variations

  • Focus on one specific sport and its typical injuries.
  • Invite a community health worker to discuss injuries and first aid.
  • Compare professional athlete injury prevention routines.
More information

Teach: sprain, strain, cramp, blister, prevent, treat, RICE. Simple memorable frameworks like RICE work well across language levels.

Focus on two injury types only — sprain and cramp — for students who need simpler content.

Can students correctly apply RICE to a sprain scenario? Can they name three ways to prevent injury before exercise?

No resources needed. Cold water from any source can replace ice for the demonstration.

Students often think pushing through pain is brave. Teach clearly: pain is a signal to stop — playing through injury causes worse damage.

Injury prevention knowledge is a life skill. RICE is recognised worldwide as the correct first response for soft tissue injuries.

Activity details
Secondary Easy 20 minutes no prep Whole Class, Small Group Indoor & Outdoor
Topics
Injury Prevention Health Knowledge Body Care