Early Years Teaching Resources Students aged 3-5 are introduced to positive behaviours for hand washing, respiratory, and oral hygiene. Lesson plans are designed to complement the Early Years Foundation Stage framework. Download the complete lesson Preventing infection Hand Hygiene 50 /ey-hand-hygiene /ey-hand-hygiene Preventing infection Respiratory Hygiene 50 /ey-respiratory-hygiene /ey-respiratory-hygiene Preventing infection Oral Hygiene 50 /ey-oral-hygiene /ey-oral-hygiene Early Years Framework Tags "C...
Early Years: Oral Hygiene This lesson supports children to learn how to brush their teeth and to understand that we brush our teeth at least twice a day to avoid tooth decay. Scroll down to find out more and to download the resources. Download the complete lesson Understand how to brush their teeth effectively Understand why it is important to brush our teeth Understand the link between sugar and tooth decay Dental health is extremely important; over 23% of children in England have tooth decay and it is ...
Key Stage 1 Teaching Resources Students aged 5-7 are introduced to positive behaviours for hand washing, respiratory, and oral hygiene. Lesson plans are designed to complement the National Curriculum for Key Stage 1. Download the complete lesson Micro-organisms Introduction to Microbes 50 /ks1-intro-to-microbes /ks1-intro-to-microbes Preventing infection Hand Hygiene 50 /ks1-hand-hygiene /ks1-hand-hygiene Preventing infection Respiratory Hygiene 50 /ks1-respiratory-hygiene /ks1-respiratory-hygiene Preventin...
KS1: Introduction to Microbes This lesson is designed to introduce students to viruses, bacteria, and fungi. The introductory activity allows students to combine their observational and creative skills to make a microbe of their own choice, exploring various microbial types and shapes. Scroll down to find out more and to download the resources. Download the complete lesson Understand there are three different types of microbes: viruses, bacteria, and fungi Understand microbes are all different shapes and ...
Key Stage 2 Teaching Resources Students aged 7-11 years build on their learnings around microbes and hand, respiratory, and oral hygiene. They are also introduced to the concepts of useful and harmful microbes, food hygiene, animal and farm hygiene, vaccinations, and antibiotics. Lesson plans are designed to complement the National Curriculum for Key Stage 2. Download the complete lesson Micro-organisms Introduction to Microbes 50 /ks2-intro-to-microbes /ks2-intro-to-microbes Micro-organisms Useful Microbes...
KS2: Hand Hygiene Hand hygiene is one of the single most effective things children can do support preventing the spread of infection. By taking part in a classroom experiment, students learn how microbes can spread from one person to another through touch and why it is important to wash our hands properly. Scroll down for more information and to download the resources. Download the complete lesson Understand that infection can be spread through unclean hands Understand that handwashing can prevent the sp...
KS2: Introduction to Microbes Students learn about the different types of microbes – bacteria, viruses, and fungi. They learn that microbes have different shapes and that they are found everywhere. Scroll down to find out more and to download the resources. Download the complete lesson Understand that bacteria, viruses, and fungi are three main types of microbes Understand that microbes are found everywhere Understand that microbes come in different shapes and sizes and are too small to be seen by the nak...
KS2: Respiratory Hygiene In this lesson plan, students learn how easily harmful microbes can be spread through coughs and sneezes and recreate a giant sneeze, embedding good respiratory hygiene behaviours. Scroll down for more information and to download the resources. Download the complete lesson Understand that infection can spread through coughs and sneezes Understand that covering your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough, or sneeze helps prevent the spread of in...
KS2: Harmful Microbes Close examination of various illnesses illustrates to students how and where in the body harmful microbes cause disease. Scroll down for more information and to download resources. Download the complete lesson Understand that sometimes microbes can make us ill Understand that harmful microbes can pass from person to person Understand that not all illnesses are caused by harmful microbes Some microbes can be harmful to humans and can cause disease: the Influenza virus causes the flu ...
KS2: Food Hygiene In this lesson plan, students will go through an interactive quiz which follows the process of preparing a meal. Along the way, students will have to make decisions about what to do next to maintain good food hygiene practices. Scroll down for more information and to download resources. Download the complete lesson Understand that microbes can be found on our food and can transfer to humans Understand that cooking food properly can kill harmful microbes Will understand that bacteria mult...