Sports this term

This term is going to be fun filled with plenty of sports and physical activity. 
We have our dance fever coaches. We are learning hip hop, the samba, and the waltz. Dancing is a great source of fitness, and we get really puffed keeping up with the beat. 
We also practice Just Dance clips on rainy days instead of doing fitness outside. You can view these on our class site.
In kiwi sports we are learning hockey skills. It's pretty tricky moving the small ball around with a hooked stick, but as always we are learning quickly thanks to our great coaches. 

We'll also be practicing our athletics skills as the inter-school athletics tournament is coming up. Last year Glenbrae school competed and did really well in sprinting, shot put, and discus... This year we might even have some champion jumpers. 

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! 

Asthma Presentation

Yesterday we had a very special show from an energetic man named Chris.
Chris was wearing a bright blue suit and was really fun to listen to. He told us all about Asthma and how we can look after ourselves if we have asthma. 
He said that we have triggers, things that make the asthma worse, and for different people different things trigger our asthma. The triggers he talked about were: 

• Viruses 
• Smoke 
• Animal Fur 
• Cold Air 
• Pollen 
• and Dust Mites

By knowing what triggers our asthma we can stay away from them and prevent an asthma attack. 

Chris also told us all about the way to use our inhaler, or puffer. By placing a blue spacer in on the end, then taking 6 regular breathes through the spacer. 

We all learned a lot about asthma yesterday. Thank you Chris.