Hydration and everyday performance explores how water supports the body and activity. Students build practical knowledge by recognising influences, practising safe strategies, using reliable information and making respectful plans.
Example
A real-life situation connected to hydration and everyday performance can be understood more clearly by considering options, support and likely consequences.
Key terms
Hydration:
Having enough fluid in the body
Dehydration:
Not having enough fluid
Performance:
How well someone can do an activity
Questions
1. This week’s key Health & PE idea is:
how water supports the body and activity
ignore reliable information
make a choice without thinking
assume everyone has the same needs
2. Which term means “Having enough fluid in the body”?
Hydration
Dehydration
Performance
Strategy
3. Which term means “Not having enough fluid”?
Dehydration
Hydration
Performance
Support
4. Which term means “How well someone can do an activity”?
Performance
Hydration
Dehydration
Wellbeing
5. What is a helpful first step when learning about hydration and everyday performance?
Use accurate information and consider a realistic situation
Copy a rumour
Avoid asking for help
Choose without thinking
6. Why can a trusted support person be useful?
They can listen, help think through options and connect someone to support
They make every decision for you
They replace respectful communication
They make information unnecessary
7. Which choice is most respectful?
Consider your safety, needs and the rights of others
Pressure someone to agree
Ignore a clear boundary
Share private information
8. What makes health information more reliable?
It comes from a trustworthy source and can be checked
It is the most popular post
It makes a dramatic promise
It has no author or evidence
9. If a strategy does not work straight away, what is a sensible response?
Reflect, adjust the plan and seek support if needed
Give up immediately
Hide the problem
Assume help is unavailable
10. Why might people make different healthy choices?
Their needs, culture, access and situations can differ
Everyone has identical circumstances
Only one choice can ever be healthy
Evidence never matters
11. How do key terms help with this topic?
They make a health explanation clear and precise
They remove the need for empathy
They make support unnecessary
They only matter in a quiz
12. Which response best applies how water supports the body and activity?
Choose a safe, respectful action and explain why
Ignore likely consequences
Follow pressure without thinking
Avoid all planning
13. What should someone do if a situation feels unsafe?
Move toward safety and seek help from a trusted adult or service
Keep it secret no matter what
Take a bigger risk
Handle it alone without support
14. Why is reflection useful after a health decision?
It helps people learn what worked and what to change next time
It changes the past
It removes the need for support
It makes choices unimportant
15. What makes a plan realistic?
It has small steps, considers barriers and includes support
It depends on being perfect
It ignores available help
It has no next action
16. Why should advice about health be checked?
Advice can be inaccurate or unsuitable for a person’s situation
All advice online is always correct
Checking makes choices worse
Evidence cannot help
17. A friend shares a concern. What is a respectful response?
Listen without judgement and help them seek suitable support
Tell others their private information
Pressure them to act immediately
Dismiss their feelings
18. How can hydration and everyday performance affect a community?
Choices and environments can influence people’s safety, inclusion and wellbeing
It only affects one person
Communities cannot improve health
Support systems do not matter
19. What should a strong conclusion include?
A clear choice, its likely effects and evidence or reasons
Only a slogan
No consideration of others
A random answer
20. The most important outcome of this topic is to:
use knowledge and support to understand how water supports the body and activity
avoid reflection
ignore safer choices
memorise unrelated words
21. Why can asking for help show strength?
It can connect someone with support, information and safer options
It means someone has failed
It makes a problem worse
It removes personal choice
Answer key (parent copy)
1. how water supports the body and activity
2. Hydration
3. Dehydration
4. Performance
5. Use accurate information and consider a realistic situation
6. They can listen, help think through options and connect someone to support
7. Consider your safety, needs and the rights of others
8. It comes from a trustworthy source and can be checked
9. Reflect, adjust the plan and seek support if needed
10. Their needs, culture, access and situations can differ
11. They make a health explanation clear and precise
12. Choose a safe, respectful action and explain why
13. Move toward safety and seek help from a trusted adult or service
14. It helps people learn what worked and what to change next time
15. It has small steps, considers barriers and includes support
16. Advice can be inaccurate or unsuitable for a person’s situation
17. Listen without judgement and help them seek suitable support
18. Choices and environments can influence people’s safety, inclusion and wellbeing
19. A clear choice, its likely effects and evidence or reasons
20. use knowledge and support to understand how water supports the body and activity
21. It can connect someone with support, information and safer options