Building Resilience and Self Esteem through Boxing

Description

Women’s Boxing Wales: Past, Present and Future (WBW) is a sporting heritage project, which documents the experiences of female participants in Welsh boxing. The purpose of the project is to celebrate the contributions they have made to the rich history of boxing in Wales and draw attention to the challenges and barriers that female participants face in the sport. The archive published on People’s Collections Wales includes images and interviews with boxers (amateur and professional), boxing coaches, historians and journalists.

This resource can support learners to:

1. Understand how boxing enables individuals to build confidence and self-esteem, and to develop and maintain positive habits that support emotional well-being, identity and community.

2. Reflect on the way they express and process their emotions through physical action and activity.

Curriculum for Wales

Age: 8-16 / Progression Step: 3, 4 & 5

Health and Wellbeing

• Developing physical health and well-being has lifelong benefits 
• How we process and respond to our experiences affects our mental health and emotional well-being.
• Our decision-making impacts on the quality of our lives and the lives of others.
• How we engage with social influences shapes who we are and affects our health and well-being.

Humanities

• Enquiry, exploration and investigation inspire curiosity about the world, its past, present and future.
• Events and human experiences are complex, and are perceived, interpreted and represented in different ways.
• Informed, self-aware citizens engage with the challenges and opportunities that face humanity, and are able to take considered and ethical action.

Learning Activity Pack

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