Should St James' children wear sunhats during the summer terms?

L.I: WALA writing to persuade. We are learning to justify our opinion by providing supporting evidence.

Horton Hears a Who writing group justified their reasons why St James' children and adults should wear sunhats during the summer terms.

Sunhats protect people from the harsh rays of the sun which protects their skin.

Firstly, wearing sunhats is important because it stops your face getting sunburnt.

Secondly, wearing sunhats protects your neck and shoulders.

Furthermore, wearing sunhats stops people from getting skin cancer.

Finally, wearing sunhats is very important for everybody because they protect our heads and shoulders from getting badly burnt.

L.I: WALT make food choices which assist our bodies to develop and grow in a balanced and healthy way.

What would I expect to find in my lunchbox? -

Room 4 were inquirying about healthy food options for school lunch boxes. We agreed a balanced selection of foods would be perfect. Foods from the food pyramid categories - 'eat lots', and 'eat some'. There was discussion about whether, 'eat little' would be a perfectly good option for our lunchboxes because the amounts eaten would be small. However, others thoughts considered this category to be only treat foods which shouldn't be had during the day but as a treat for the whole family now and again. 'Protein, carbohydrates, fruit and vegetables' were the categories we selected food from for our school lunch boxes.

Some of the ideas for our school lunchboxes were as follows: cold meats, fruit - (strawberries, pineapple, apples, and oranges), raw vegetables, dried fruits, cheese, yogurt, nuts, mueslie bars (without chocolate coating the bar), sandwich (with different fillings - chicken, ham, peanut butter and marmite, and vegetables).

WALT give detailed descriptions in my writing. Have I included amazing adjectives, vivacious verbs, mighty metaphors and scintillating similes?

WALT give detailed descriptions in my writing. Have I included amazing adjectives, vivacious verbs, mighty metaphors and scintillating similes?

Room 4 were wondering about the Digestive System

L.I: WAL about ‘finding out’ for our second deep conceptual understanding “How does the digestive system transform food into energy for our bodies to use?

Here are some of our wonderings.

How does energy help you move? Suede

What is the most important part in the digestive system? Georgia and Amelia

Why does the left over food get stored in your stomach? Bronte

Why is the small intestine bigger than the large intestine? Scott

How does the good part of your food get into your blood stream? Hayes

How do bright coloured foods turn into brown waste as it goes through the body? Tim

How long does it take for food get down to your rectum? Ashleigh

L.I: We are learning about how the digestive system transforms food into energy for our bodies to use

L.I: WAL about healthy food option. Lewis

Food by Ashleigh Richards

Our Big Question this term is: How do your food choices impact on your body and health? Our tuning in looked at 'The Food Pyramid'

The Middle Team got together to start our Inquiry - tuning in. We each brought along two pieces of food - an unhealthy food item and a healthy food item. Our first data collection was to decide where to put the food items.

Here is a photo showing where the Middle Team added their food items to the 'Food Pyramid'.

We had some wonderful discussions and reflections as to whether some of the placed food items should stay where they were.

How to hold a shot put for beginners.

Discus technique

How to run the hurdles correctly.

L.I: WALA the skills of track and field: shot put, discus and hurdles.

The middle team had a look at three areas of athletics - track and field (shotput, discus and hurdles). The purpose of this learning was to increase our skill base knowledge in these three areas so we would be better skilled for the St James' Athletics Day. During the video watching, we could gather the facts through note taking, followed by sharing with a partner our new information.