Mission 1 - Autumn Term
This half term we are focusing on Healthy Eating choices. 

Our mission is to learn and practice a song about Vitamins ready for us to share it with all classes.

Our Aim is to encourage our school community to eat a balanced and varied diet, including foods that help us to live our best lives keeping us strong and healthy

What missions did we complete last year?  

Autumn 1

For our first half-term, our mission team concentrated on Hygiene. The Wellbeing warriors performed an demonstration investigation in each class in school to see how effective our handwashing was using a special gel and UV torches. It was a surprise how much we missed! We have been more careful since to help stop the spread of germs.

Autumn 2

During this half term, we delved into Personal Relationships and shared important anti-bullying videos  and activities with all classes in school. We also created anti-bullying posters which we put up around the school.

Spring 1

During this half-term we have been looking at Substance Use. For this theme we discussed our 'smoke-free' school principles and had a close look at energy and sports drinks. We studied the caffeine content of a variety of popular drinks and told our classes the results, giving them some information about the dangers of consuming too much of these substances.

Spring 2

Our focus this half-term has been Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health. Pupils from Y3–6 completed two wellbeing surveys – SHRN and HAPPEN. These helped us think about what we do well to keep our bodies and minds healthy but also gave us some ideas about how to improve, such as getting a good night's sleep, reducing our screen time and spending time with our families.

Summer 1

This half-term we have considered the importance of Food & Fitness. We have questioned what we have put in our bodies in terms of food and sang songs about getting our '5 a day'. We are in discussions with Mrs Morteo about healthy snacks at break times and this may look a little different next year. We understand the importance of eating enough fruit and vegetables to stay healthy and fight disease.

Summer 2

For the last half-term of the year we investigated the benefits of buying Fairtrade products. We looked at ethical choices and learned that fair trade farms do 4 things:

Do not allow children under the age of 16 to work on their farms.

Do not allow the use of harmful chemicals that could cause injuries, including burns to their workers.

Pay a fair price to the farmers for their work.

Contribute to Fairtrade community projects such as access to clean drinking water, health care and schools.

We will be buying more Fairtrade produce in the future!