What a fun filled week of learning about keeping healthy bodies and healthy minds. We’ve had a variety of visitors throughout the week and we’ve been out and about too. Year 1 have certainly been resilient and taken some safe risks as part of their learning. Take a look at what we’ve been doing…
Using the Eat well plate we learnt about the importance of eating lots of fruit and vegetable (5 a day). Did you know this could be fresh, frozen, dried, tinned or fresh juice. Ask your child how big a portion is.
We named lots of different fruit and vegetables, tasted some dried fruits and then learnt the bridge and claw cutting techniques to create our own Mr Potato Heads.
Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day. A healthy breakfast gives you energy to start your day and your learning. We loved our porridge and banana slices – hopefully there have been some requests to have this at home.
When learning about ‘healthy’ drinks, we found out that water and milk are the best drinks to have to keep us hydrated. We couldn’t believe the amount of sugar in some of these other drinks aimed at children.
Now time for some physical activity which also helped us to relax our minds – tai chi and karate.
We’ve been busy doing other physical activities too – dance at Allerton Grange and Year 6 took over our PE lesson.
D:side visited us on Tuesday and we met Q who had come to found out about humans. We learnt about parts of our body and their functions, healthy foods and the safe use of medicines.
A highlight of the week was our Farm to Fork trail at Tesco. Starting in the bakery we saw the process of making bread and we even brought some back to school to taste.
Next was the fish counter.
At the cheese counter, we tried two different types of cheese: Wensleydale and Cheddar.
We learnt about lots of different fruits and vegetables – some we had never seen before.
Finally we took a look inside the fridges and freezers. It really was freezing!
We’re looking forward to seeing all your homework to show how to keep a healthy body and healthy mind.