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Health & Wellbeing
Health & Wellbeing
Topic
Topic
Physical health and Mental wellbeing
Maintaining a balanced lifestyle; oral hygiene and dental care
Children will learn
Children will learn
to identify a wide range of factors that maintain a balanced, healthy lifestyle, physically and mentally
what good physical health means and how to recognise early signs of physical illness
that common illnesses can be quickly and easily treated with the right care e.g. visiting the doctor when necessary
how to maintain oral hygiene and dental health, including how to brush and floss correctly
the importance of regular visits to the dentist and the effects of different foods,
drinks and substances on dental health
Growing and changing
Physical and emotional changes in puberty; external genitalia; personal hygiene routines; support with puberty
how to identify external genitalia and reproductive organs
about the physical and emotional changes during puberty
key facts about the menstrual cycle and menstrual wellbeing, erections and wet dreams
strategies to manage the changes during puberty including menstruation
the importance of personal hygiene routines during puberty including washing regularly and using deodorant
how to discuss the challenges of puberty with a trusted adult
how to get information, help and advice about puberty
Keeping safe
Medicines and household products; drugs common to everyday life
the importance of taking medicines correctly and using household products safely
to recognise what is meant by a ‘drug’
that drugs common to everyday life (e.g. cigarettes, e-cigarettes/vaping, alcohol and medicines) can affect health and wellbeing
to identify some of the effects related to different drugs and that all drugs, including medicines, may have side effects
to identify some of the risks associated with drugs common to everyday life
that for some people using drugs can become a habit which is difficult to break
how to ask for help or advice
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