Leisure Time - Health and Understanding series

Blake Education

This series looks out for our need for an active lifestyle, how health needs change as people grow, how we can develop and build relationships with others, and the personal health choices students must make for themselves in order to enjoy good health.

Health and Understanding is endorsed by The Centre for Hormone Research, a joint department of the The Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.

Suitable for independent reading, guided reading and library reference. This series includes;

• 24 Student Books
• 3 Teacher Guides
• 3 Big Books

Leisure time gives you the chance to relax, unwind and have fun. It is also a time where you can make sure you get enough physical activity to keep your body and mind fit. But using leisure time for physical activitiy does not necessarily mean seating it out at the gym.

There are thousands of ways you can use your leisure time to help keep you physicall and mentally fit. At the same time, you will discover new friends, strengthen existing friendships and have a great time. What easier way is there to prepare your body for what life throws at you in the future?

Health and Understanding is a literacy-based series written for students in the last three years of primary school. This series provides teachers and students with the opportunity to explore a range of health topics that are involved in, and required for, a healthy lifestyle.

This series looks out our need for an active lifestyle, how health needs change as people grow, how we can develop and build relationships with others, and the personal health choices students must make for themselves in order to enjoy good health.