As part of our inquiry Team Magma have been learning all about our brains, how important they are, how we can look after them and how we can grow them.

This will help us find out about:

The components of a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

After learning about their brains, and other aspects of our well being (diet, physical,emotional,rest) the children will think about:

How their actions affect their health and well-being

One of the activities involved Rm 4 and 5 children using their creative and cooperative skills in order to design and build a brain building machine. They had to think about the different areas of the brain and the best activities/parts to build each area.

The children also kept a diary for a week to see how balanced they are being out of school and to reflect on any changes they might need to make.

We were lucky to have two parents come and talk to our team about becoming a well balanced person. Robin spoke to us about a healthy diet and Lisa spoke about using positive thoughts (growth mindset - check out the attached PDF for some information about developing young minds that you might find useful) and commitment to achieve goals through exercise. The children then put their positive thoughts into action and took action by participating in the Team Magma Multisport event.