Ask the Nurse
Flyers coaching · Reading & Writing Part 5 · Health and Wellbeing
Ask Nurse Kelly
❓ “Dear Nurse Kelly, I always feel tired in the afternoon, especially in maths. I don’t have breakfast because I’m never hungry in the morning. At lunchtime I eat crisps and a chocolate bar. What should I do? — Sleepy Sam, age 11”
💡 “Dear Sam, your body is like a car: it needs fuel. You should eat something small for breakfast, like a banana or some toast. You shouldn’t eat crisps for lunch because they have a lot of salt. Try a sandwich and some fruit. And drink water — six glasses a day!”
❓ “Dear Nurse Kelly, my throat is sore and I have a cough. My football match is on Saturday. Should I play? — Tom, age 10”
💡 “Dear Tom, you should rest and drink warm drinks with honey. If you have a temperature, you shouldn’t play. Your team needs you fit and strong next week, not ill for two weeks!”
Vocabulary
- fit — Healthy and strong because you exercise a lot.
- sore — When a part of your body hurts.
- throat — The inside of your neck, where food and air go down.
- breakfast — The first meal of the day.
- fuel — Something like petrol that you burn to make engines work.
- rest — Stop working or playing and relax for a while.
- tired — Feeling that you need to rest or sleep.
- strong — Able to lift heavy things; not weak.
- nurse — A person who looks after ill people in a hospital.
- salt — White powder from the sea that you put on food.
Sample questions (10 questions)
- Sam feels tired in the ______.
- afternoon
- morning
- evening
- Sam feels tired especially in ______.
- music
- maths
- football
- Sam doesn’t have breakfast because he’s never ______ in the morning.
- tired
- happy
- hungry
Answers and hints from Migo appear when you do it online.