Dental Week

For ‘Dental Week’ in Key Stage 1 we have been very busy learning how to keep teeth healthy and how our choices in food effect our teeth. We have all been challenged to help our adults plan and pack our lunches this week, swapping sugary treats for healthy ones and including at least one dairy product. Children who were having hot school dinners were challenged to also swap a sugary pudding for something healthier, such as a smoothies, a piece of fruit or a yogurt. Pupil Council have been checking lunches and hot dinners and awarding children who have been making healthy choices with stickers. Year R have been learning about why we need teeth and how to look after them. A dental nurse named Lisa came to visit Year R and showed us some interesting tools and equipment we will see when we visit the dentist. Year R children have also just begun to brush their teeth at school and will continue throughout the year! Year 1 have been creating information posters to teach people how to make healthy food choices. They have been looking at the different parts of the mouth and what they do. Year 1 have been brushing their teeth at school too this year. Well done Year 1! Year 2 have been reading a fictional newspaper article about a school called ‘Mount Miserable’ whose Head Teacher, Mr. Plaque, encourages the pupils to have as many fizzy drinks and sugary snacks as possible. Our Year 2 children have written Mr. Plaque a letter explaining why these choices are harmful to teeth and made some suggestions to change and become a healthy school, like Oakwood! A very big 'thank-you' to Sainsbury's Lordshill for donating toothpaste and helping us keep our teeth clean and healthy!