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Health & Wellbeing
Health & Wellbeing
Topic
Topic
Physical health and Mental wellbeing
Why sleep is important; medicines and keeping healthy; keeping teeth healthy; managing feelings and asking for help
Children will learn
Children will learn
about routines and habits for maintaining good physical and mental health
why sleep and rest are important for growing and keeping healthy
that medicines, including vaccinations and immunisations, can help people stay healthy and manage allergies
the importance of, and routines for, brushing teeth and visiting the dentist
about food and drink that affect dental health
how to describe and share a range of feelings
ways to feel good, calm down or change their mood e.g. playing outside, listening to music, spending time with others
how to manage big feelings including those associated with change, loss and bereavement
when and how to ask for help, and how to help others, with their feelings
Growing and changing
Growing older; naming body parts; moving class or year
about the human life cycle and how people grow from young to old
how our needs and bodies change as we grow up
to identify and name the main parts of the body including external genitalia (e.g. vulva, vagina, penis, testicles)
about change as people grow up, including new opportunities and responsibilities
preparing to move to a new class and setting goals for next year
Keeping safe
Safety in different environments; risk and safety at home; emergencies
how to recognise risk in everyday situations, e.g. road, water and rail safety, medicines
how to help keep themselves safe in familiar and unfamiliar environments, such as in school, online and ‘out and about’
to identify potential unsafe situations, who is responsible for keeping them safe in these situations, and steps they can take to avoid or remove themselves from danger
how to help keep themselves safe at home in relation to electrical appliances, fire safety and medicines/household products
about things that people can put into their body or onto their skin (e.g. medicines and creams) and how these can affect how people feel
how to respond if there is an accident and someone is hurt
about whose job it is to keep us safe and how to get help in an emergency, including how to dial 999 and what to say
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