 The
Blue Dragon
Programme 3: Building Bodies
In this programme the focus is on healthy living. The story raises issues about what we need to do to stay healthy and happy.
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The animals continue on their travels, which take them to a mountain they have to climb to get to the other side.
On the way they meet a super-fit racoon called Rikki. He suggests that the friends are not very fit, so the animals get into training to enable them to get to the top of the mountain.
They have to think about exercise, the food they eat and making sure that they get enough sleep.
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The programme explores:
- ideas about the need to eat healthy food, exercise and sleep
- different kinds of exercise
- thinking about how to keep healthy
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Children need to develop an understanding that they can be responsible for their own personal health.
Most people need to engage in exercise that will make their heart beat faster for at least 20 minutes a day, such as playing outdoor games, walking the dog, or walking to and from school.
While no individual food is unhealthy, eating only chocolate would not provide the range of vitamins and minerals that the body needs to function properly, so being healthy means that people should, each day, eat foods from the five main food groups:
- fruit and vegetables
- bread, cereals and potatoes
- milk, cheese, yoghurt, fromage frais
- meat, fish, pulses, poultry
- foods containing fat or sugar
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Children could create their own fitness video by working in pairs or small groups videoing themselves or have the teacher video them. The video could then be shown to the rest of the class, who would follow the instructions given by the group on the video.
Children could create their own healthy activities for the classroom, which might include:
- drinking water through the day
- taking part in brain gym exercises
- stretching activities
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