Health and hygiene

Teacher notes

**Lyfta core theme:** Health and Wellbeing. **Lyfta core skills and values:** Active Citizenship and Political Awareness, Empathy and Understanding others, Healthy Living, Human Rights, Practical Life Skills. **SDGs**: 3, 6. **National Curriculum objectives:** KS2 PSHE H4. to learn how to recognise that habits can have both positive and negative effects on a healthy lifestyle H16. to understand about strategies and behaviours that support mental health — including how good quality sleep, physical exercise/time outdoors, being involved in community groups, doing things for others, clubs, and activities, hobbies and spending time with family and friends can support mental health and wellbeing. KS2 Citizenship 3b. to learn that bacteria and viruses can affect health and that following simple, safe routines can reduce their spread. KS2 English to articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions to retrieve information from non-fiction texts.