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).

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

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.

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.

Here are some wonderings Room 4 have about energy.

The Middle Team Outward Bound

The Middle Team had the most amazing day with two Instructors from Linton Army Camp, who actually happened to be two of our awesome mums. The day was all about striving to reach our POTENTIAL both as Individuals and as Team participants. For some of us the challenge of completing the Individual outward bound obstacle course was enormous and for others, working in the small teams of 6 or 8 to complete our obstacle course was greatly challenging, especially as we had to communicate and work together to get our goal completed - for the common good of our small TEAMs. Did you know that TEAM stands for 'TOGETHER' 'EVERYONE' 'ACHIEVES' 'MORE'. How cool is that!

Here is a small video clip with a group working as a TEAM. Have a look and see how you think they went? What do you notice?

The SUPER 30 Fours Class Treaty

The SUPER 30 Fours have been having discussions about the importance of having our own Class Treaty.

To start our discussions going we looked at the Articles of The Treaty of Waitangi, a shared text called 'The Tree House Treaty, and a book called 'This is the House that Jack Built'. We collated all our individual thoughts together and decided what we wanted to have on our own class treaty and what were important for us all to work towards so our classroom can be the best place to be - where we feel completely trusted, respected and loved.

The SUPER 30 Fours Treaty

L.I: We are learning to:
1. Inclusively welcome new families/whanau in our class.
2. Treat others the way we want to be treated, and think, “What would Jesus do?”
3. Reverently invite Jesus into our prayer, our actions and ask Jesus to help when we are feeling sad, lonely or afraid. (Isaiah 43 1:4)
4. Listen actively to others and instructions.
5. Take responsibility for our own actions.
6. Strive for excellence in all areas of work.
7. Look after our property.

S.C: To do this we will:

• Use the Gospel Values of SUPER.
• Use the Five Finger Tool to solve unacceptable behaviour.
• Be an active risk taker and responsible learner.
• Make the right choice.
• Keep our desk, desk top and exercise books tidy.
• Focus on the speaker by stopping what we are doing and looking at the speaker.
• Listen to the message or instruction.
• Ask questions to clarify