This
week, year 3 and year 4 have had a visit from the dental hygiene nurse who came
to talk to us as part of our healthy eating and teeth topic. We learnt on
Tuesday about the surprising amount of sugar that there is hidden in cereal
bars and savoury products that we eat. We examined packaging and even the
“healthy” bars had a lot of sugar in!!
Today,
we have learnt how to look after our teeth properly and how to clean them
thoroughly. We used disclosing tablets which revealed the good and bad
plaque on our teeth and gums. We examined our mouths in a mirror.
After that, we were shown how to clean them properly – brushing each surface of
each area in the mouth for an appropriate amount of time. It was great
fun but also very interesting as many children thought they had cleaned their
teeth well this morning!!!
