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How can the human body have bad hygiene? List as many ways that we keep hygienic.

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Quick-Fire Questions

  1. Why is it important to maintain good personal hygiene?
  2. What everyday hygiene routines do you follow?
  3. What are vaccinations and immunisations?
  4. What can you do to help limit the spread of infections and diseases?

Key Words -
Can you use them in a sentence?

Hygiene: actions that maintain health and prevent disease, especially through cleanliness.

Illness: a disease or a period of sickness affecting the body.

Be The Teacher -
Fix this broken sentence!

Personal hygene is especially important if were unwell with an an infectious illness like a virus.

Stretch Yourself...

Write a comic strip with speech bubbles showing how to have good personal hygiene.

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Create an advertising campaign about hand washing. Can you think of a slogan and image to get the message across?

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