{"id":60318,"date":"2026-09-10T17:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/?p=60318"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:22:43","slug":"the-digestive-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/the-digestive-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The digestive system"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Today we watched a demonstration of the digestive system using tights, a sandwich bag, food and water. Not forgetting the bag and draw to catch the excretion!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1080\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.birkwood.org.uk\\\/website\\\/the-digestive-system\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:49611673}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1080px; height: 159px;\" data-original-width=\"1080\" data-original-height=\"159\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 279px; height: 159px;\" data-original-width=\"279\" data-original-height=\"159\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/the-digestive-system\/the-digestive-system1\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"275\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"155\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"60319\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,452\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"the digestive system1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system1.jpeg?fit=300%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system1.jpeg?fit=720%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system1.jpeg?w=275&#038;h=155&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system1.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system1.jpeg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system1.jpeg?resize=720%2C407&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system1.jpeg?resize=768%2C434&amp;ssl=1 768w\" width=\"275\" height=\"155\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"155\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"the digestive system1\" alt=\"the digestive system1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 155px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 298px; height: 159px;\" data-original-width=\"298\" data-original-height=\"159\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/the-digestive-system\/the-digestive-system2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"294\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"155\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"60320\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system2.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,422\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"the digestive system2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system2.jpeg?fit=300%2C158&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system2.jpeg?fit=720%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system2.jpeg?w=294&#038;h=155&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system2.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system2.jpeg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system2.jpeg?resize=720%2C380&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system2.jpeg?resize=768%2C405&amp;ssl=1 768w\" width=\"294\" height=\"155\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"294\" data-original-height=\"155\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"the digestive system2\" alt=\"the digestive system2\" style=\"width: 294px; height: 155px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 211px; height: 159px;\" data-original-width=\"211\" data-original-height=\"159\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/the-digestive-system\/the-digestive-system3\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"207\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"155\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"60321\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system3.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"the digestive system3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system3.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system3.jpeg?fit=720%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system3.jpeg?w=207&#038;h=155&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system3.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system3.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system3.jpeg?resize=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-digestive-system3.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"207\" data-original-height=\"155\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"the digestive system3\" alt=\"the digestive system3\" style=\"width: 207px; 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