The document discusses the human body systems and the importance of food. It covers the types of nutrients needed from food like carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals, and vitamins. These nutrients are necessary for energy, growth, storing energy, strong bones, and overall health. The passage also provides an overview of the digestive system to break down and absorb food, the respiratory system to intake oxygen, the circulatory system to transport nutrients and oxygen throughout the body, and the locomotor system which uses nutrients and oxygen to enable body movement through bones and muscles.

1. Thursday, 22nd September
UNIT 1: How our body works
TYPES OF FOOD
Dairy products
Fruit
Vegetables
Pulses
Fish
Cereals
Meat

2. Tuesday, 27th September
Why do we need food?
Food contains nutrients. Our body needs
nutrients to be healthy, to grow and to
move. We need…
CARBOHYDRATES to get energy:
Rice, bread, potatoes, pasta…
PROTEINS to grow:
Eggs, meat, pulses, dairy products…
FATS to store energy:
Butter, oil….

3. MINERALS to have strong bones:
Dairy products
VITAMINS to be healthy:
Fruit and vegetables.

4. Thursday, 29th September

5. Thursday, 6th October
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
1st The teeth chew the food
in the mouth.
2nd The chewed food goes down
the gullet.
3rd The chewed food mixes
with gastric juices in the
stomach.
4th Nutrients pass into the
blood in the small intestine.
th
5 Solid waste forms in the
large intestine.

6. Monday, 10th October
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
We need oxygen from the air to live.
1st The nose cleans the air
we breath in.
2nd The windpipe divides into
two bronchi.
rd
3 Oxygen passes into the
blood in the lungs.

7. Monday, 17th October
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
It carries nutrients and oxygen all over
the body. It is made up of the heart and
the blood vessels.
Heart blood vessels
LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
It makes our body move.It is made up of
bones and muscles. It uses nutrients and
oxygen.
bones muscles