Concluding the Unit on Healthy Choices

This week, we officially closed the unit and ended it with a reflection on our lifestyle and coming up with suggestions on lifestyle changes. Grade 1s came up with posters showing effects of healthy and unhealthy choices to our body. They worked together in teams. They shared responsibilities and were very enthusiastic to bring up their ideas. Their posters came out well. The messages they wanted to share to the audience are all clear and evident.

After asking their family members about their lifestyle, Grade 1s came up with some suggestions for the family to adapt or apply. These suggestions were chosen by them based on their understanding of what healthy hoices are and what unhealthy choices can do to us. They will go home today to share them with you. Please take time to look at them and reflect on them with your child.

Encouraging an Active Lifestyle

This week, Grade 1s learned about the difference between active lifestyle and sedentary lifestyle. We had a sound sharing of ideas about factors why some people live a sedentary lifestyle. These possible reasons came up: People are lazy to exercise. People especially adults became so busy with work. People prefer doing things fast for example, they buy ready-cooked foods,ride cars even for short distance, and others. To help encourage them to start living an active lifestyle again, our Grade 1s came up with simple stretching or warm up routine for the adults to follow. They worked in groups, planned steps for their simple routine and practised together. In the end, they presented their final output in fornt fo their classmates. Feedback and comments were shared too afterwards.

Nutrients from Food we eat

This week, Grade 1s explored the different nutrients that we get from food. They looked into the different vitamins and minerals and other nutrients and shared information on how that specific nutrient helps our body to be strong and healthy. They also looked at their food choices and tried to plan a balanced healthy meal. Aside from that, they reflected on their active physical activities and checked if their activities match with the amount recommended by the experts. Next week, we will move into the types of lifestyle: active and sedentary, as well as look into the different health-related diseases.