Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds
Our themed week, Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, has been filled with visits and visitors providing a variety of experiences for the whole school.
We would like to thank the following for their support with our themed week:
- Heart Research UK
- d:side (drug education)
- Betty Sutherland tai chi
- White Rose martial arts
- Chapel Allerton squash and tennis club
- Leeds United
- Molly Cawthorn (Leeds United ladies)
- Leeds Rhinos
- Tesco Seacroft Farm to Fork trail
- Jhardine Farrell who delivered ‘respecting everybody’ circle times
- Leeds anti-social behaviour team
- Year 6 for taking over PE lessons for the rest of the school
- Mr Catherall for introducing the teachers to our new whole school sport, tchoukball
- parents/carers who talked about their health related job to different classes
- Public health resource centre for the loan of resources and providing health related leaflets
Finally, thank you to all staff and pupils who have fully engaged with all the learning throughout the week. Take a look at the Class News sections of the website to find out what each class have been doing. We have enjoyed a fun-filled week.
For further information about healthy bodies and healthy minds have a look at the Kids health website and Leeds Let’s Change for advice on more local health issues.
And an extra note from me, Mr Roundtree: I’d like to also thank Mrs Taylor for continuing to organise wonderful, packed themed weeks around being healthy or staying safe. She puts an incredible amount of effort into ensuring our pupils enjoy some wonderful learning opportunities from staff and visitors.
Better than?
On Wednesday, we had a visit from Jhardine Farrell, who talked to us about our perceptions of people. It was a great, interactive session which challenged children’s images of people. I was so impressed with the mature conversations the children engaged in. Some of their responses are listed below:
“We are all different but we are all equal.”
“We should all be treated the same.”
“No one is better than anyone else.”
“Don’t judge a book by its cover.”
“Some people may think they are better than others but inside we are all the same.”
It was great to hear so many thoughtful, respectful comments. We just need to ensure that we remember this whenever we meet new people, walk past people in the street, see a new person at school, get a new neighbour, etc.
The Challenge Cup
We were lucky enough to get a class photo with the Challenge Cup yesterday after the assembly from Leeds Rhinos.
Ronnie the Rhino and the Challenge Cup!
Yesterday, we had a fun-packed assembly from two Leeds Rhino Coaches who recapped some very important messages about how to have a healthy lifestyle. They introduced us to their friend Ronnie the Rhino – who had successfully changed his unhealthy lifestyle by eating a more balanced diet and doing lots more exercise. We were also very lucky as Ronnie had brought in The Challenge Cup which the Leeds Rhinos won recently.
Takeover Day!
Today is Takeover Day which means the children are doing lots of the jobs adults usually do in school (or at least helping them). In Year 5 this has meant that some children led a DT lesson; some children led the weekly tests; some children served school dinners; children chose the certificates and presented them in assembly.
Zack’s marvellous Mathletics achievement!
Yesterday was a great day for Zack! He was the first person in our class, and possibly the school, to break into the top 100 UK students on Mathletics. Each time you play a game or complete an activity, you get a certain number of points. These points are added up over the course of a week and the students with the best scores go up on the leaderboard. Unfortunately, we’ve not (yet) managed to get on to the leaderboard for the top UK classes. I’m hoping to see us up there soon!
d:side
We had a visit from d:side this morning to talk to us about the dangers of solvents and solvent abuse.
Leeds United player visits Year 5
This afternoon, Molly Cawood, a professional footballer at Leeds United, visited the class to talk about her experiences of being a professional footballer and how she makes sure she stays fit and healthy.
Tai Chi
We’ve been learning about Tai Chi this morning.
Did you know that Tai Chi means Supreme Ultimate Fist? It is a Chinese martial art which focuses on defence. It is a graceful form of exercise involving slow, precise movements.
Heart Research
This morning, we’ve had a visit from at Heart Research UK who has taught us about the heart and the important job that it does in our bodies. We also learnt about how to take care of our heart.
Did you know…?
- The heart is a muscle and is about the same size as a clenched fist.
- The average heartbeat of an adult is 70 beats per minute.
- The blood cells in our body travel about 20,000 miles every day. That’s the equivalent of travelling from Leeds to Honk Kong and back again!
- The average heartbeat of a baby is between 130 and 150 beats per minute.
- Blood travels through the arteries at about 30 mph.
- Blood carrying oxygen travels through the body in arteries. Blood carrying blood without oxygen is carried through the body in veins.
