Alec Caravan

On Thursday we are going to visit the Alec Caravan.   The title of our visit is “Meet the Brain.”

The learning intention of our visit includes:

• Understand that the body gets energy from food, water and oxygen and that exercise and sleep are important to our health

• Name major internal body parts – heart, blood, lungs, stomach, small and large intestines, liver,brain and know how food, water and air get intothe body and blood.

• Understand how the brain sends and receivesmessages through the nerves.

• Understand that medicines are drugs and the times that they can be helpful or harmful.

• Understand that nicotine and alcohol are drugs and begin to understand the ways in which they can be harmful to the body.

• Identify: qualities of friendship; reasons why friends sometimes fall out; skills for making up again.

Please discuss with your child what they have done and learned at the ALEC caravan at home as this will form our big writing for next Monday.