KS2 Head Lice Unit (Head Lice)
Introduction
This section covers several aspects of KS2 Science and Personal, Social and Health Education syllabuses. The intention is to provide online content and activities for pupils, along with additional teacher support in the form of suggestions and ideas for classroom work and downloadable activity sheets.
The pupil content begins with an introduction on the basic facts about Head lice and leads onto specific details of treatment and prevention.
The content and structure of the unit has been designed to complement the National Curriculum for England and Wales and the DFES Schemes of Work. This flexible approach enables teachers to direct pupils to key content relevant to their teaching approaches but also, introduce pupils to new topics and extending activities for both online and offline work.
Curriculum references
National Curriculum
KS2 Science Sc2 Life processes and living things
Life processes
1. Pupils should be taught:
a) that the life processes common to humans and other animals include nutrition, movement, growth and reproduction
b) that the life processes common to plants include growth, nutrition and reproduction
c) to make links between life processes in familiar animals and plants and the environments in which they are found.
KS2 Science Breadth of study
1. During the key stage, pupils should be taught the Knowledge, skills and understanding through:
c) using a range of sources of information and data, including ICT-based sources.
KS2 PSHE Knowledge, skills and understanding
Developing a healthy, safer lifestyle
3. Pupils should be taught:
a) what makes a healthy lifestyle, including the benefits of exercise and healthy eating, what affects mental health, and how to make informed choices
b) that bacteria and viruses can affect health and that following simple, safe routines can reduce their spread
DFES Standards Schemes of Work
KS2 Science Year 6 Unit 6B Micro-organisms
Classroom Applications
Heads Count
Learning outcomes
- To recognise that head lice can affect health and that following simple, safe routines can reduce their spread.
- To recognise that the life processes common to humans and other animals include nutrition, movement, growth and reproduction.
Extension work
'Head lice pie' PDF
Survey results and tasks to complete:- table, pie chart and bar chart.
'Design a Head Lice Information Sheet' PDF
Task to use the sentences and design a leaflet to take home from school to parents.
'Keeping Head Lice in Proportion Questions and Answers' PDF
Question and answer sheet with mathematical problems to solve.
Useful web links
Head lice
Boots the chemist
Downloads
Pupil Section Exe Files
These are versions of the pupil material for this topic that you can download and use offline. Simply save the .exe file to your desktop and double-click it.
Head Lice
PDF files
Design a Head Lice Information Sheet PDF
Keeping Head Lice in Proportion Questions and Answers PDF
Spotting, Treating, Tracking - advice for parents and teachers
Treating Head Lice - your guide to keeping your family free from headlice
Letter to Parents to accompany the above advice on Spotting, Treating and Tracking head lice
Letter to Parents containing general advice about head lice
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