Year 6. Unit 1. Nutrition: The digestive system

• Nutrition is a combination of processes which supply our body with substances and the energy we need to live. 

• The four processes involved in nutrition are:

1. Digestion
2. Respiration
3. Circulation
4. Excretion

Let's watch these lovely videos about how digestion works!

Some facts you should know about digestion:

• The digestive system breaks down food into nutrients that our body can use.
• It normally takes 24 to 48 hours to digest food (in total, from eating to passing through the anus).
• Digestion begins in the mouth.
• The mouth, stomach and small intestine digest food.
• Faeces leave the body trough the anus.

• Finish exercises 1, 2 and 3 of your activity book.
• Use the information provided in the classroom's presentation (that is also included here in the blog).
• Watch the videos and...
• Have fun! :)

Clue for exercise nr. 3