KS2 Farm Hygiene

Essential learning before any trip to the farm! Students will learn that farm animals sometimes carry microbes that can be harmful to humans, with examples such as E. coli, Salmonella and Campylobacter. This lesson perfectly complements the Health and Prevention element of the new RSHE curriculum for KS2.

Last Updated October 5, 2020 Medium English Bacteria, Campylobacter, E.coli, Farm, Harmful, Hygiene, Lactobacilli, Micro-organism, Microbes, Pathogen, Rhizobia, Salmonella, Thermophiles, Useful

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What will you learn?

The Farm Hygiene lesson teaches students that the farm environment is home to both useful and harmful microbes. Students learn through group discussion, ‘social networking’, and a farm journey board game, the risks and benefits of various farm microbes.

Activities include:

"e-Bug social networking" activity will give students the opportunity to discuss the "profiles" of various microbes and where they might be found in the food chain.
"Fun on the farm" board game, where players compete to remain healthy throughout a visit to a farm.
Click here to play the Fun on the Farm game. (Link underlined)

Learning Objectives:

Understand that useful microbes on the farm help the farmer with food production.
Understand that harmful microbes can be found on the farm and that these microbes can spread to humans.
Understand that by washing our hands and following some basic rules we can reduce the chance of picking up an infection on the farm.
Understand where specific harmful microbes can be found on the farm.
Understand where specific useful microbes can be found on the farm and how they are used in food production.

Requirements:

A print out of Student worksheet 1, 2 and 8 per pupil
Farm Journey Game board print out
Farm Journey Game Counters
Dice
Farm Journey Game cards

Curriculum Links:

Science: Working Scientifically, Living things and their habitats
English: Reading & Comprehension
RSHE: Health & Prevention
Geography: Human & Physical geography

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Department for Education Recommendation

The Department for Education have listed e-Bug in their guidance for education and childcare during coronavirus. e-Bug resources are recommended for teaching Infection prevention and control topics, including hand and respiratory hygiene.

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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that schools, educational and residential settings for children and young people, use Public Health England’s e-Bug resources to teach about hygiene, infections and antibiotics. e-Bug supports implementation of NICE guidance on antimicrobial stewardship: changing risk-related behaviours in the general population (NG63).

e-Bug is a free educational resource, operated by Public Health England, which contributes to the government’s ongoing action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance. e-Bug resources make learning about microbes, antibiotics and the spread and treatment of infection, engaging and accessible.

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