Healthy breakfasts

This week Erin from Project Energize came into Room 16 to talk to us about making good breakfast choices. We talked about how we feel when we are hungry and all agreed it made us tired and grumpy and made it hard for us to learn. 

We learnt that we do not want too much sugar at breakfast time as it will give us lots of energy straight away but then we will quickly lose all the energy, making us tired before morning tea time. It is also bad for our teeth and in Room 16 many of us are growing our grown up teeth so we need to make sure we look after them well! We also learnt that we do not want too much fat either as too much fat can build up around our heart and make it hard to beat properly. 

We were all surprised to hear that some breakfast choices are actually really bad to eat all the time like Nutri-Grain and Coco Pops as about 1/3 it is sugar. As we have been learning all about fractions in Room 16, we know that 1/3 is quite a lot. Also some breakfast choices like natural muesli actually have sugar added to it so they look healthy but are not as healthy as Weet-Bix or porridge - but natural muesli is still better than toasted muesli. 

It was also interesting to learn that it is important to eat enough so that you are full until morning tea. Cornflakes with milk for example is not enough food by itself and should be topped up with either fruit, yogurt or something else to eat like toast. 

It is said that 'Breakfast is the most important meal of the day' as it starts our day properly for learning and we all like learning in Room 16.

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