Written by children from Rowan Class.
Based on our project ‘How can we teach others to stay fit and healthy?’, we learnt what a healthy balanced meal is and how to stay fit. We also focused on our Vincentian Value, ‘We Build Relationships Based on Trust’ which was shown through adults teaching us the right knowledge, looking at the Romans and the support from each other.
We understood that our teeth are part of our digestive system and we need them to eat food (healthy food and sometimes the odd sweet/chocolate as long as it is in moderation). We also learnt what animals needed and looked at food chains. Mrs Young (a hygienist) came in and showed us how to save our teeth from bacteria and getting gum disease. She also showed us how to brush our teeth.
After we learnt about our digestive system, we also learnt the importance of going to the toilet and when we should speak to our parents by the colour of our faeces. As we considered the food that we were eating, we had to find out what made a healthy, balanced meal so we began by learning about the food groups, the importance of exercise and whether it was always this way for us. This brought us to the Romans where we found out that they gave us a lot of the good food we eat today such as meat and vegetables. They also helped us become a healthier society by creating sewage systems and roads. We also looked at how they were entertained and their exercise routines which was closely linked to fighters/gladiators. Fighters had to train and be healthy to become strong (they liked when gladiators had to fight until their death.)
We started to create our own workout routine for a warm up with Coach Nick to prepare us for sports day with inspiration from the Romans. We also decided to make our own music to our own national anthem where we used the school motto, “Caritas Christi Urget Nos – The Love of Christ Urges Us On To Care for Each Other and Strive for Excellence in Everything We Do” and we performed this before our sports day began.
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We decided we needed to understand how to make our own healthy, balanced meal so we went to Waitrose in Mill Hill with a budget of £5. We walked down there (as this helps us stay fit and helps our mental health), bought our meal and created it when we got back to school.
This brought us on to PSHE where we also learnt what else is good for our bodies, what keeps us safe and how to help others. We learnt about the risks and dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. We learnt what is illegal and how some drugs can help us such as medicines prescribed by the doctor. We also learnt about first aid and how to call 999 if we were in danger (or 111 when it is not an immediate emergency). We also learnt how we can contact ChildLine on 0800 1111 if we could not talk to a close and trusted adult around us.
To end our project, we used the book ‘The Couch Potato’ to write our very own story for Key Stage One on how to stay fit and healthy. We went and read it to them which they seemed to enjoy.
Amelie said, “I liked the project because before, I never knew what was healthy and what the food groups were but now I do.”
Annabella informed us that, ‘I learned how to keep my body fit and healthy and what is good for my bones.’
“My favourite part was creating our own music,” Alfred told us.
“My favourite part was checking my teeth,” said Chizara.
“I liked the trip to Waitrose but I didn’t like the walking there,” said most of the class.
“I think the project could have been improved if we did more work on the digestive system,” Adaeze enthusiastically said.
Zoe said, “I like how we get to sit together in PSHE and share our ideas. Sometimes you don’t need to write anything.”
