AoLE
(Y2 Summer)
Health & Wellbeing
Pupil Voice
When we came into the classroom there were lots of new and exciting things spread around the room giving us clues to what we could be learning about. We spent time exploring the items and talking what we could use them to find out about. After discussions we thought of our pupil voice questions / things that we wanted to find out more about.
We started by saying what we thought was marvellous about us, and sharing it with our friends.
Our Bodies
We explored our marvellous bodies, looking at both the internal and external body parts. To start we placed the internal organs where we thought they go, based on our existing knowledge...
Then after researching the internal body organs and finding out about what they do and where they are in our body, we revisited the task and used what we had found out to put the organs in the correct place.
Our next challenge was to look at the external body parts. Working in groups we drew around someone and then had 10 minutes to label as many body parts as we could. Once we had finished we looked at everyone's posters and agreed / disagreed about the body parts and their names. Great collaborative work!
We finished up learning about our bodies by recapping what we found out using the Welsh names for the body parts. We then labelled one of our friends to show we knew the correct names. Da iawn!
Our Senses
To explore our senses we looked at each sense separately:
For the sense of touch we took off our shoes and socks and went on a 'feely' walk in and around the school using our feet to feel the different textures. We had great fun - especially because we could go outside with no shoes on!
For sight we went on a colour walk around the school. We created a tally chart of the colours that we saw and used what we saw to create a poem.
For sound we did a listening walk around the school. It is amazing what you can hear when everyone is silent!
For smell we went to the nature area and created smelly pots.
For taste we did a food tasting session. If we didn't want to taste something we were encouraged to use our other senses to explore the food instead.
Healthy Living
We talked about the things that are important to live a healthy life and created posters to promote this.
30 Days Wild Challenge
We took part in the Woodland Trust 30 days wild challenge. This consisted of daily challenges involving nature and the outdoor environment. We participated in outdoor yoga, wild walking, reading stories outside, taking our own 'wild' photos and lots of other fun activities.
Nurse Visit
One of our parents is a nurse and arranged for the children to take part in a workshop that involved learning basic CPR, talking about making good food choices, how to find your pulse and the affect exercise has on our bodies. The children were 100% engaged and thoroughly enjoyed the session.
Ambulance Visit
We had a visit from a paramedic who brought an ambulance to school. They told us about their job, and what happens when you call an ambulance. We were then able to go and explore the inside of the ambulance. This visit was so beneficial as it removed a lot of the children's concerns and anxieties about what the inside of an ambulance looks like! They had so many questions!
Exploring Our Feelings
Using the story The Colour Monster we explored different types of feelings. We talked about what makes us feel a certain way, how to help people who are feeling sad / angry / worried and then we designed our own colour monster.
Health & Wellbeing Week
We finished our topic by celebrating our Health and Wellbeing week, talking about how to be safe around medicine, healthy eating, body safety with NSPCC's Pantasaurus, and the differences and similarities between boys and girls.
Marvellous Me?
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