We are what we eat

Hello everybody!

The first two months of 2023 have flown by! In Lower Primary, we have been busy becoming independent and responsible learners.

We are currently working on our new unit of enquiry ‘We are what we eat’. In We Are What We Eat, we are learning about the vital role of food in sustaining human life. To kick off our project we talked about the different food groups and how to balance them together to have a healthy diet. The children built a food pyramid showing a few examples of food items belonging to each group. The class became more aware of what they eat and they are becoming more responsible about their food choices.

The following step of our project was to discover how we enjoy and taste food. We explored our sense of taste, and to showcase what we learned about it, the class made a model of the tongue and its taste buds. We used an art technique called marbling. Our display is hanging proudly by the school reception!

After this cool activity we studied our teeth. We let the children discover the different types of human teeth, they crafted a set of teeth using plasticine and they labelled them accordingly.

Currently we are investigating the issue of world hunger and how we all can make a difference. Together we explored ‘The Global Goals for sustainable development’ issued by the United Nations.

For Numeracy Yr1 has been busy learning about time, recognising coins denominations, number bonds and subtraction to 20 using the number line. Meanwhile, in Yr2, we have been busy with the concept of giving change and beginning to understand the concepts of multiplication and division.

Our literacy program continues to help the children to become better writers and better readers. Our Lower Primary students enjoy learning with the Daily 5 routines.

During our swimming sessions everybody has been making lots of progress. Swimming is a fantastic way to be fit and a life saving skill! We are very proud of our young swimmers.

We would like to use this space to welcome our new amazing interns Ms. Julia and Ms. Laura, they come from the University of Girona in Spain.

This past two months we have celebrated a few birthdays! Congratulations to Cici, Andrew, Adam K, and Leon!

Lower Primary Team

Ms. Julieta & Ms. Cristi