Eczema Unit 4-7 yr olds (6 eczema situations)
Introduction
This section covers several aspects of 5-14 Guidelines for Science and Health Education syllabus. 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 Eczema and leads onto treatment.
Curriculum references
Scottish 5-14 Guidelines
Health Education - Taking responsibility for health
Strand - Physical Health
- Level B - recognise ways in which individuals are unique, e.g height, eyesight
Strand - Emotional Health
- Level A - recognise that their family and other special people in their lives care for them and help them.
- show how they respect and care for themselves and others
- Level B - recognise the value of family and friendships
- recognise a range of feelings they, and other people, experience at different times
- communicate with others through a developing vocabulary relating to emotions and feelings
- identify the ways in which people care for them
Classroom Applications
Eczema Situations
Learning outcomes
- To learn how to maintain personal hygiene.
- To learn how to make simple choices that improve health and well-being.
- To ask questions about medicines and health.
- To recognise similarities and differences between themselves and others, and to treat others with sensitivity.
Extension work
'What size are your feet?'
Class survey sheet
'All about Sally'
Fill in the missing words - cloze procedure with key vocabulary provided.
Useful web links
National Eczema Society
Talk Eczema
Net Doctor
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.
Eczema
PDF files
All About Sally PDF - advice for parents and teachers
Whose skin PDF - advice for parents and teachers
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