Teeth brushing in Room 7

Twice a year we get toothbrushes delivered  to school as part of the Kids Can programme.
Our second toothbrushes arrived today and so we practiced brushing our teeth. 

We should brush our teeth for two minutes. That takes a lot longer than you might think... some of us struggled to brush our teeth for that long. 

Read our blogposts about our experience. 

What's really in our snacks?

Over this week we have been focusing our maths learning around reading the food labels on our most popular snack food. All of our packets told us how many grams of sugar was in a serving, but we wanted to know how teaspoons of sugar that was. We found out that 1 teaspoon of sugar is equivalent to 4 grams of sugar. 

This meant that we had to use our knowledge of four times tables to solve the problem. Some of the labels however could not be equally divided by four! Those ones we had to use fractions as well to solve the problem. 

1 teaspoon of sugar is equal to 4 grams

A 250ml cup of Whittaker’s Chocolate Milk has 30 grams of sugar.

How many teaspoons is that? 
7 ½ teaspoons

A Banana Calci-Yum has 21 grams of sugar in it. 

How many teaspoons is that?

5 ¼ teaspoons of sugar

A triple chocolate chunk cookie has 20 grams of sugar.

How many teaspoons of sugar is in it?

5 teaspoons of sugar

Once we solved the problem we measured the sugar out into a clear bags so we could all see, just how much sugar is in the food we eat. 

We know that too much sugar, is not good for our health. It can damage our teeth and is linked with obesity and diabetes. By knowing how much sugar is in the food we eat we can be more mindful about the food choices we make and remember that sugary foods are an occasional treat. Not something to be eaten all the time! 
Also, we need to remember to brush our teeth every day, so that we don't end up with big dentist bills! 

We know that too much sugar, is not good for our health. It can damage our teeth and is linked with obesity and diabetes. By knowing how much sugar is in the food we eat we can be more mindful about the food choices we make and remember that sugary foods are an occasional treat. Not something to be eaten all the time! 
Also, we need to remember to brush our teeth every day, so that we don't end up with big dentist bills! 

Looking after our teeth

We had a presentation today from a dental hygienist called Cynthia. She talked to use about two really important things we need to do for caring for our teeth. 

Firstly, sugar. We learned that sugar harms our teeth, and to avoid decay, and rotting painful teeth we need to eat healthy food and not eat or drink foods that are full of sugar. We learned that a bottle of coca-cola has 16 tsp of sugar, when we are only supposed to have 4tsp of sugar a day. Wow. Read our personal blogs to learn more about what we should and should not eat to protect ourselves from tooth decay. 

The second thing we need to do to look after our teeth is brush and floss them every day. We wrote some great tips on our blogs about brushing our teeth and making our own dental floss. 

Cynthia is running a short information evening next Wednesday evening to talk about the ways we can look after our teeth and save money on our dental care. Please come along and hear what Cynthia has to say. There's also going to be a hamper filled with healthy treats from Pak'n'Save for one lucky family, and details to win an electric toothbrush. 

Wednesday 19th August 

5.45pm 

Sausage Sizzle 

Some of the money saving tips Cynthia had were in the picture below: