Food for Energy

We have been doing lots of fun activities to learn about the food pyramid, eating a balanced diet and where our food goes. Come and take a look at our inquiry wall.

Today we talked about the small intestine and its role in our body. We found out as food moves through the small intestine it is bathed in digestive juices. Many of these juices come from the small intestine. By the time food is ready to leave the small intestine, it has been broken down into nutrients which pass through the walls of the intestine and enter the blood. We found out the length of a child's small intestine is about 4.5m long. We went outside with our metre rulers and drew the length of the intestine then we lay down on the ground head to toe along the line to demonstrate the length.

We found out 4 friends was about the length of our small intestine!