It was a busy end to our being healthy themed week with lots of visitors to support this key aspect of Living and Learning.
Matt, from Leeds Well School Partnership, visited to deliver an assembly all about being healthy. There were key messages about being active, sleep and healthy eating. We also got to hear our two winning entries that have now been published in a book titled Move Well looking at children’s relationship with physical activity and sport. Well done to Florence and Soham.
Catering Leeds, who provide our school meals, came to deliver their Bushtucker trial workshop all about healthy eating. Here, the children were able to taste blind taste and blind feel different fruits and vegetables. There were lots of new foods to explore.
Foot tech, who support our PE curriculum, came to deliver some of the games which we’ve enjoyed this year in a fun and active way.
Our final visitor was Hazel from D:side, a health charity. We started by thinking about the three main things that we need to put in our body – food water and air. We also looked at different parts of our body and what their job is. Finally, we thought about our emotions and used this car wash activity to share compliments to our friends while they walked down the ‘car wash’.
Another way we’ve thought about our emotional health is mindfulness and ways we can calm our mind. The children enjoyed using their glitter bottles to watch the glitter settle just like our emotions. We hope the children enjoy using these at home.
In our circle time, the children shared the ways they are going to improve their health following our learning.
I’m going to play outside more.
I’m going to drink more water.
I’m going to have less screen time and TV time.
I’m going to go to bed earlier.
I’m going to eat less sweets and chocolate.
I’m going to be more active on my way to school.
I’m going to try new foods.
I’m going to make sure I keep my body clean.
Help at home: support your child to complete the online health questionnaire homework to share your child’s views on health at school.