The Yr 3 students visited the Home Economics Centre in B’Kara. There they participated in various activities to learn what a healthy breakfast consists of. They started off by watching a short sketch about the importance of breakfast in the morning and how to choose the healthiest cereal among the variety of cereals available.The students then made their own breakfast which consisted of weetabix with milk. They also decorated their breakfast with fresh fruit. In doing so, they participated in a contest for the best decorated breakfast.

Later, the students learned about the different food groups and participated in games about healthy food. After that, they invented a slogan to encourage people to eat healthily and have a healthy breakfast. Finally, the winners of the contest were given a book in recognition of their abilities.

Submitted by Ms Sharon Calleja, Class Teacher

During our outing to the B’Kara Home Economics Centre, the year 3.2 students learned about what a healthy breakfast consists of. They saw a short play about different types of breakfast and participated actively in discussions about which breakfast was the healthiest.

The students then took part in several learning activities and games about healthy eating. They also sang songs and learned about table manners. All the year 3 students ate a healthy breakfast which consisted of Weetabix with milk.

Submitted by Ms Sharon Calleja, Yr 3.2

Halloween is just around the corner.  Children love trick-or-treating, even if it means consuming too much sugar.  Therefore the Year 3.1 students prepared some healthy treats which can easily be made at home. 

Using clementines and celery they made small pumpkins.  Banana Ghosts were made using only 2 ingredients: bananas and chocolate chips.  Finally, they made some scary spiders with Pretzel sticks and cheese.

Our little cooks loved doing these treats as well as eating them 🙂

Submitted by Ms Miranda Cauchi, Yr 3.1

On the 13th of October the Year 3 students of Ms Miranda Cauchi and Ms Sharon Calelja, together with their parents, were invited to attend to a Healthy Breakfast session at the Home Economics Centre in Birkirkara. 

The students, together with their parents, watched a short play about the importance of  a healthy breakfast conducted by the Home Economics teachers.  A meeting followed for parents only.  In the meantime students were given a healthy cereal for breakfast.  Some students also added fresh fruit with their cereal. 

An important session was held for the students.  Among other things, students were introduced to the healthy plate, talked about table manners and other healthy habits and they also learned how to check the amount of sugar each packet contains by checking the nutrition label (e.g. less than 15g sugar per 100g).  Students enjoyed singing, dancing and playing the educational games.

As a success criteria students were asked to draw or write some sentences about the outing.  From their work one can clearly see that students learned a lot during this outing whilst having lots of fun.