From the 1/2 Classrooms

This term the Integrated Studies topic is Identity – Growing Older and Wiser.

The rationale behind this unit is for the students to understand how they grow and change and as they do, how they can help themselves to be the best they can be. A focus on the unit is Healthy Food. Students considered the following questions:

·         Why is it so important to eat fruit and vegetables?

·         How could I help everyone in my family to eat healthy food?

·         What might happen if I ate too much junk food?

Last Friday, all the students in Year 1 and 2 participated in four activities to enjoy a Healthy Day at school. The students were encouraged to recognize situations and be given opportunities to promote their own health, safety and wellbeing.

The four activities were:

Healthy Foods

Students were encouraged to consider how they can make healthy food choices at school and at home. Students looked at a variety of food groups to discuss and sort.

Allen - I like learning about healthy foods. 

Keira - Broccoli is healthy for you.

Lennox - I love strawberries. 

Fruit Salad

Students made their own bowl of fruit salad. Thank you to all the families that contributed a piece of fruit. The students thoroughly enjoyed cutting up, smelling and eating their bowl of fruit salad. Fruit salad, yummy, yummy!!

Noa - It was really fun cutting the fruit and making the fruit salad. Best of all was eating the fruit salad.

Dilan - I have never cut in my life so I kind of enjoyed cutting the fruit because it was my first time. 

Sienna - Oranges are healthy for you.

Sebastian - Fruit salad is yummy. 

Dancing

Students were encouraged to get up and groove in a dance routine. The importance of stretching, active movement, drinking water and keeping hydrated during exercise was explained.

Nadia - It was fun dancing and exercising. 

Isabelle - I just feel great about it and I want to do it every day. 

Una - Dancing makes me happy. 

Darcy - I love dancing. 

Growing Beans

Students discussed the life cycle of a bean, the importance of bees and what plants need to grow. Students will observe how their own bean grows and changes over time. Thank you to all the families for contributing a jar for this activity.

Ayesha - It was fun and really cool and I liked it. Mine is already starting to grow. 

John - It was fun to put the beans in the jar. Some of them are starting to grow. 

Liam - First they are a seed and then they grow into a plant. 

Helena - The bean activity was really cool. 

The students and teachers had a fabulous healthy day!

Prepared by the Grade 1/2 teachers