The importance of vaccines

RSHE (PSHE)

Identifying hazards

Fire safety, burns and fireworks

Reporting an emergency

This unit provides strategies to avoid harm in various situations, emphasising personal safety and wellbeing. Pupils learn to identify hazards, understand fire safety and firework dangers, make emergency calls effectively and understand the importance of vaccination for health protection.

Staying safe and healthy: How can I avoid harm?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Physical illness or injury, medical procedures, blood.

the way our body protects us from diseases

by sitting next to someone with a disease

What are the two main ways we can become immune to certain diseases?

Vaccination can protect us from serious diseases {{}} making us very ill.

vaccinations help to stop diseases from spreading to other people

vaccinations help nurses and doctors become popular

vaccinations have wiped out some diseases like smallpox

vaccinations have saved millions of lives

vaccines come in small injections or nasal sprays

a dangerous situation that needs immediate help

Some diseases are spread by {{}} on our hands.

some diseases enter our body through our mouths and eyes

some diseases are spread by coughs and sneezes

by covering our mouths and noses when sneezing and coughing

How can we reduce the risk of airborne diseases?

Germs are so small that we cannot {{}} them.

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

The importance of vaccines

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.