--- title: "Y6 Keeping Healthy" url: "https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-10-13-08-15-10-y6-keeping-healthy" school: "Brookside Primary School" --- # Y6 Keeping Healthy ![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/blog/IMG_20231009_144243.jpg) 13 October 2023 [Mr Whitcombe](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/author/DavidWhitcombe) [Year 6](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/category/year-6) This week, Y6 have been looking at keeping healthy. In particular we have focussed on diet, exercise and the structures and functions of the heart. We can describe the effects of exercise on the body. We identified the key food groups and looked at which ones should not make up a large part of our diet. We looked at the effects of overeating on the body. We worked scientifically by examining the effects of various types of exercise on our body. We also "Blew up balloons with yeast!". This experiment showed us the impact of consuming too much sugar in our diet (the yeast reacts with sugar to release carbon dioxide which, in turn, inflates the balloons to varying degrees). We even had time to make a working heart model which demonstrates how the heart acts as a pump to send blood around the body. ### Y6 Keeping heathy [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-keeping-heathy/IMG_20231009_144153.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/y6-keeping-heathy/IMG_20231009_144153.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-keeping-heathy/IMG_20231009_144229.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/y6-keeping-heathy/IMG_20231009_144229.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-keeping-heathy/IMG_20231009_144243.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/y6-keeping-heathy/IMG_20231009_144243.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-keeping-heathy/IMG_20231009_145321.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/y6-keeping-heathy/IMG_20231009_145321.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-keeping-heathy/IMG_20231012_160745.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/y6-keeping-heathy/IMG_20231012_160745.jpg) [Year 6](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/tag/year-6) [Science](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/tag/science) [PE & Sport](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/tag/pe-sport) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_7272%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-10-12-12-25-28-year-1-trip) Previous ### [Year 1 trip](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-10-12-12-25-28-year-1-trip) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/100x100c/blog/thumbnail_IMG_8185.jpg)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-10-13-10-31-02-4-digit-addition) Next ### [4-digit Addition](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-10-13-10-31-02-4-digit-addition) ### School Life - [Brookside Blog ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog) - [News](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/news) - [Events](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/events) - [Photograph Galleries ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/photo-galleries) - [School Council](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/school-council) - [After-School Clubs ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/after-school-clubs) - [KIDZ Club](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/kidz-club) - [Calendar](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/calendar) - [Newsletters](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/information-for-parents/newsletters-2026-2027) - [Mental Health ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/mental-health) ##### Location Rostherne Avenue Great Sutton Cheshire CH66 2EE ##### Contact Us 0151 558 1123 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/brooksideprimary/) © Copyright 2014–2026 Brookside Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)