Resources for teaching about health and prevention, dental health, hygiene, self examination, screening and donation at primary and secondary school age.
General prevention
Teaching about health and prevention, on GOV.UK training module including:
- signs of physical illness
- sun safety
- sleep
- dental health
- personal hygiene
- allergies
Giving to help others teach your pupils about giving to help others, and blood, stem cell and organ donation.
Lifebuoy soaper heroes UK from National Schools Partnership. Free samples and resources to teach about handwashing, for ages 11 to 14.
Kid's healthy habits and outdoors learning from Life's Little Bugs. A programme to teach habits like brushing teeth, washing hands, and being kind.
Health and wellbeing questionnaires for young people from the schools and students health education unit.
Hand washing teaching pack for primary schools
Year 6 lesson plan on sleep from Public Health England.
The Sleep Charity school resources including teen sleep advice sheets, eBook and posters.
The sleep factor lesson plans from the PSHE Association, for KS1 to KS2 and KS3 to KS4.
Clean Air Day resources, events and campaign.
Dental health
Keeping our teeth healthy lesson plan from Public Health England, for KS1 and KS2.
Oral Hygiene lesson from the UK Health Security Agency, for KS2.
Colgate educational resources for lower KS3.
Hygiene
e-Bug resources for ages 3 to 16 from the UK Health Security Agency, including:
- microbes
- infection prevention and control
- antibiotics and vaccination
e-Bug resources for ages 11 to 14 from the UK Health Security Agency, including:
- useful and harmful microbes
- hand, respiratory and food hygiene
- vaccinations and antibiotics
- sexually transmitted infection
Debate Kits from I'm a Scientist, including food hygiene and are we too clean.
Self examination, screening and donation, for secondary school age
Become a hero campaign from Anthony Nolan to join the stem cell register and save the life of someone with blood cancer.
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
Blood, organ and stem cell donation teaching resources from NHS Blood and Transplant, for KS3 and KS4.
Movember lesson pack from PSHE Association, about testicular cancer and mental health.
Information about cancer from the teenage cancer trust.
Bristol Healthy Schools topics
Find resources for teaching about sexual or reproductive health and contraception for secondary schools.
Find more advice and resources if you're completing one of our healthy schools awards about:
- health protection in schools
- dental health in schools
- Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE)