Living and learning: healthy eating
Over the last two weeks we have been learning about healthy eating in living and learning lessons. We have looked at the eat well plate which is a brilliant way of representing how much of eat food type we need for a healthy balanced diet. There is a picture of the eat well plate below with some added hints to keep a healthy lifestyle.
We also talked about how we could swap certain foods to make our breakfasts healthier.
Here are some of our ideas.
Swap the cereal for porridge or a cereal without chocolate.
Use butter or jam instead of chocolate spread.
You could drink milk or juice instead.
Maybe you could add in some fruit, like a banana.
Help at home by looking at the Eatwell guide together and thinking about any improvements that could be made. This may be having an extra vegetable a day, trying a new fruit or vegetable, switching to brown bread or pasta or having a healthier snack after school.
Living and Learning: healthy eating
Our latest Living and Learning theme has been all about healthy eating.
This video helps to explain the importance of healthy eating as part of living healthily. The Eatwell Guide is a key document to show how much of what we eat overall should come from each food group to achieve a healthy, balanced diet. The bigger the section the more food from that group we should eat. The balance of foods from each group does not need to be achieved with every meal but we should aim for the balance over a day or even a week.
We used the Eatwell Guide as part of our reading fluency text too.
In our next Living and Learning session, we thought about the 5 a day message. Having at least 5 (ideally different) portions of fruit and vegetables keeps us healthy. These could be different types of fruit and vegetables.
A portion is about a handful.
Here were some tips for achieving your 5 a day.
You could have some banana on your cereal.
If you put some cucumber in your sandwich, that would be an extra portion.
You could add some sweetcorn or peas to your pasta for tea.
Have some fruit or vegetable sticks when you get home from school.
We also thought about our recent design and technology food preparation of overnight oats and how we used a variety of fruits (frozen, tinned, fresh and dried) in that recipe.
Help at home look at the Eatwell guide together and think about any improvements that could be made. This may be having an extra vegetable a day, trying a new fruit or vegetable, switching to brown bread or pasta or having a healthier snack after school.
More healthy eating ideas can be found by signing up to these Healthy Steps emails from Better Health (formally Change4Life).
Road Safety!
Hello!
Year 4 have been visited by Leeds City Council to receive a master class in road safety! The first session consisted of talking through the different ways that we can travel to school and how we can be safe on each mode of transport. For example, when travelling in a vehicle:
- Sit with a seatbelt on always!
- Don’t distract the driver.
- Be sensible.
The children learnt the Green Cross Code for when walking out and about:
- THINK
- STOP
- LOOK
- LISTEN
Each group then ventured out into Moortown to put it to good use! Here’s some of them in action…
Help at home by practising the Green Cross Code when you are out walking!
Living and Learning – I know the importance of having my ‘five a day’.
Our living and learning statement this week is ‘I know the importance of having my ‘five a day’.
As a school, we promote a happy and healthy lifestyle. In class, we have been discussing how, as individuals, we can maintain this lifestyle ourselves. This includes making sensible choices with our eating and drinking plus keeping an active body and mind. We realised that if we didn’t do these things, we might start to feel a bit low in our body and especially, in our mind.
Eating and drinking healthily doesn’t necessarily mean we can ONLY eating fruit, broccoli and peas but it means having a balanced diet. This means we can choose to eat lots of healthy things and then sometimes, we can have a treat! Aiming to have at least five pieces of fruit and vegetables a day means that our body is getting the important nutrients and vitamins that it needs. We also discussed that we should be drinking 2 litres of water a day to stay hydrated, especially as the weather is getting warmer.
In our lesson today, we discussed how our eating and drinking habits can be influenced by lots of different things such as;
- environmental issues,
- likes and dislikes,
- family and friends,
- adverts.
For example, wanting to have a cookie just because all your friends are having one doesn’t mean it’s the sensible thing to do if you’ve already had two!
The more healthy choices we make, the more our bodies will thank us for it later!
Help at home: Challenge your child and see how many different fruit and vegetables they can name!
Meet the weather!
Today, Year 2 were lucky enough to have another author event. Online, we listened to Caryl Hart and Bethan Woolvin introduce their new book ‘Meet the weather’. This is the third book in the series. We enjoyed ‘Meet the oceans’ in Year 1 so knew we’d like this book too.
Caryl Hart read the book to us and we enjoyed seeing all the wonderful illustrations by Bethan Woolvin. The book is a great introduction to all the difference types of weather and supports our science learning.
During the online event, we sang a weather song, listened to the story and did a draw along with Bethan.
Help at home by talking about the weather and seasons. What is the weather like today?
Herd Farm 2023
Hello all!
Year 4’s residential to Herd Farm was absolutely fantastic! For some of the children, it was their first time staying away from home but they all were incredibly mature and were having too much fun to worry about much else. After we arrived, we made our beds, had dinner and went for a moon walk. The children found some geocaches, which are hidden, by GPS.
They all completed three different activities; the giant swing, the zip-wire and bushcraft. The most nerve-wracking activity was the giant swing but nearly everyone overcame their fears and had a go, even if that meant just sitting on it. Some went to the very top!
The zip-wire was great fun because they could go down in pairs. They could share the nerves and the excitement. Who could get to the bottom first?! The trickiest part was having to run back up the hill to pass the rope back!
Finally, bushcraft consisted of three activities; foraging, den-building and fire making. We foraged for different plants that we could eat such as nettles, wild garlic and ‘Jack By The Bush’. We learnt that if we can’t identify it, we can’t eat it! The children then made dens in the woods with anything they could find and finally, we used flint to build a fire and roasted marshmallows. Look who also found an antler!
All of the staff were impressed at how enthusiastic and brave our class were. At each meal time, the children helped to set the tables. They sat and ate their amazing food and some helped to tidy and clear up too!
I hope the children managed to get a good nights sleep on Friday night – I know we did!
Miss Birch, Mrs Charlesworth, Miss Gilliland and Ms Canning
Coronation Celebration
On Friday, we celebrated the coronation by coming to school in red, white and blue. At lunchtime, we had an indoor picnic and afterwards we had an assembly all about our new King. In class, we then created a college of King Charles III using images that represented London.
Coronation Day!
Yesterday, we celebrated the King’s coronation!
We came to school dressed in the colours of the Union Jack: red, white and blue. At lunchtime, we came to the hall to have an indoor picnic. We then spent the afternoon making crowns, decorating bookmarks and making coronation collages!
King’s Coronation!
Today, we have celebrated the upcoming king’s coronation. The children looked very colourful in their red, white and blue clothes. We have enjoyed a delicious picnic lunch in the hall, an informative assembly about the coronation and some craft activities. We made crowns, bookmarks and a collage.
Help at home by talking about the coronation and enjoying the coronation weekend with family.
Summer 1: Week 3
This week, we’ve been very busy getting ready for the King’s Coronation this weekend.
This afternoon, we had lots of fun reading The King’s Pants by Nicholas Allan. Throughout the week, we designed a new pants for The King to wear on different occasions.
The King will wear my knickers…
FlM – when he sees a rainbows.
HB – when he goes to a party.
AS – on a school trip.
TH – when he comes to my house.
AM – to a wedding.
AP – at a tea party.
SL – at Christmas
HM – when he’s exploring.
AT – when he’s crowned King Charles.
Today, we enjoyed a picnic style lunch in the hall with our friends.
This afternoon, we thought about different questions we would like to ask King Charles.
SB – Do you watch TV?
HM – Why is it called a Coronation?
AM – Who’s your favourite brother?
TH – What’s your favourite thing to do?
LC – What’s your favourite teddy?
Literacy
This week, we used our imagination to write our own versions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They came up with some fantastic ideas!
HM – The Very Hungry Bee
SL – The Very Hungry Ladybug
JQ – The Very Hungry Stag Beetle
AS – The Very Hungry Spider
TH – The Very Hungry Ant
On Wednesday, the children were eager to check on how much the caterpillars had grown.
LN – They are spiky
LC – They are really big now.
AM – They are climbing to the top.
EC – They look might make a chrysalis soon.
Yesterday, we looked at different types of butterflies and talked about what they look like.
JQ – They have wings.
AP – They are symmetrical.
EC – They have lots of colours.
AS – They are beautiful!
LC – They have legs.
Help at home: The life cycle of a butterfly has four stages. Can your child remember the four stages? Draw a picture of the life cycle.
PE
Yesterday afternoon, we had our second Foot—Tech session. We continued to practise the three key skills: push, kick and throw.
Amazing writing!
Every morning, after the children have done their morning jobs, they do a morning activity. Yesterday, Miss Gaunt and I were blown away by their writing! Some of the children wanted us to take a photo of their writing to show you at home.
Help at home: Write a sentence about this picture.
We hope you have a fabulous long weekend with family and friends. See you on Tuesday.