This week during Living and Learning, we’ve learnt about the importance of hydration.
Our body is nearly two-thirds water, so drinking enough fluid to stay hydrated is important. Water is essential for life, and it is important to get the right amount of fluid to be healthy.
We can get fluids from many different liquids:
- Water is a great choice because it hydrates us without adding sugar or potentially damaging teeth.
- Milk is a useful source of nutrients like protein, B vitamins and calcium, as well as being a source of water.
- Fruit/vegetable juices and smoothies provide water plus some vitamins, minerals, fibre and natural plant substances from the fruit. However, they are also high in sugars!
Hydration is especially important this time of year because of the warmerweather (which we’ve been very lucky with lately!) We’ve been bringing our water bottles out with us during lunch times for this reason.
We then did a Kahoot quiz to test our knowledge…
See how you get on with these questions!
Help at home by tracking how much water you have in a day. Children should have around 1 litre of water!