This week in Science, the children have been exploring ‘Why exercise is important and what the effects of exercise are on our health / lives?’ The children were asked to explore different ways to stay healthy. The children decided that you can be healthy by: eating a balanced diet, getting lots of sleep, drinking lots of water, doing activities that you enjoy (e.g. swimming etc) and exercising. The children discussed how/why exercise is important for our bodies. They took part in physical activity where they had to complete 5 different exercises (star jumps, sit ups, speed bounce, burpees and squats) for just one minute and counted how many they did of each exercise. They had to decide which parts of their bodies the exercises worked out and how the exercises made them feel afterwards. A tiring experiment for sure.