PSHE Tasks: Week commencing 29/10/24
Please see tasks below for Key stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Careers for the week commencing 29/10/24.
For friendly feedback, email your work to: yvonne.prendergast@pilgrim.lincs.sch.uk
Key Stage 3 PSHE Topic - Health and Wellbeing Keeping Healthy – Dental Health
Objectives
Understand the importance of taking increased responsibility for own physical health - dental care.
Information
An attractive smile is important when meeting people and making friends. It can boost your confidence and help you feel good about yourself. If you don’t look after your teeth and gums properly you could suffer from a number of different conditions such as bad breath; stained teeth; tooth decay; gum disease; tooth loss; dental erosion.
Diet contributes to good oral health. When you eat or drink anything sugary, your teeth are under acid attack for up to one hour because the sugar reacts with the bacteria in plaque and produces harmful acids. Plaque is a build-up of bacteria which forms on your teeth. Dental erosion is caused by the gradual loss of tooth enamel from acid attacks. Enamel is the hard, protective coating of the tooth. If it is worn away, the dentine underneath is exposed, and teeth can look discoloured and become sensitive. Still water and milk are the best drinks for strong teeth. Tea without sugar is also good as it contains fluoride. Fruit juices contain a lot of acid so should be kept just with meals and not drunk between meals.
Smoking can cause tooth staining, gum disease, tooth loss and mouth cancers. It is also one of the main causes of bad breath. Alcohol can also increase the risk of tooth decay and erosion. Some alcoholic drinks have a lot of sugar, and some mixed drinks contain acids. Illegal drugs can lead to a range of health problems. Smoking cannabis can have the same effects as smoking tobacco on the teeth and mouth.
Tooth jewels involve sticking small jewels onto the teeth using dental cement. They should be fitted by a dentist, who can easily remove them if necessary. It is also important to keep the area around the jewel clean, as plaque can easily build up around it and you will be more likely to get tooth decay. There are also risks associated with mouth piercing such as mouth infection; inflamed tissues; blood infections; swollen tongues; chip and broken teeth; difficulty in talking, eating and swallowing; difficulty in keeping your mouth clean or having dental treatment.
You can protect your teeth with a mouth guard when playing sport. Sometimes a dentist will suggest you wear a brace to straighten teeth. You can buy home teeth whitening kits but cosmetic whitening should always be done by a dentist.
Top tips include:
- Brushing teeth last thing at night and at least one other time during the day with a small to medium sizes brush head with soft to medium bristles for two minutes.
- Using toothpaste with fluoride to add protection.
- Using a mouthwash to freshen breath and kill bacteria.
- Drinking any fizzy drinks through a straw as this helps the drink to go the back of your mouth and reduce acid attacks on teeth.
- Waiting for at least one hour after eating or drinking anything acidic before brushing your teeth.
- Chewing sugar-free gum after eating to help make more saliva and cancel out acids in your mouth after eating.
- Try to see a dentist at least once a year.
Tasks
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Create a poster with top care tips for teeth or create a cartoon strip showing elimination of plaque
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Make a list of 10 sugarless snacks you could eat
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Create a recipe for a fresh fruit and milk smoothie or milk shake that is low in acid and sugar
Key Stage 4 PSHE Topic – Health, Wellbeing And Relationships: Contraception And STIs
Objectives
Understand how to choose and access appropriate contraception, including how to negotiate use with a partner.
Know of specific STIs, their treatment and how to reduce the risk of transmission.
Understand how to respond if someone has or may have an STI (including ways to access sexual health services).
Information
STIs (sexually transmitted infections) can be passed to another person by unprotected vaginal, oral or anal sex, by genital contact and sharing sex toys. Some are bacterial infections, and some are viral. Chances of having a STI increases with the number of partners someone has. The highest number of infections are in the sexually active age 15-25 years age group. You do not need many partners and can be transmitted an infection from just one partner who has had a previous relationship.
Most infections can be easily treated. Some may have no symptoms, so it is important to have tests when starting a new relationship or if either partner has had another relationship. It is important to recognise or test for a STI as if left untreated can have long term health and fertility consequences. It is necessary and responsible to take responsibility for protecting your own sexual health, the health of a partner and preventing the spread of infections.
The use of condoms and some other forms of contraception will prevent both unwanted pregnancy and STIs. Condoms are easily accessible for young people. It is important to know how to obtain and use them correctly.
Signposting plays an important part in sexual health as we need to recognise the symptoms and know where to access testing and treatment for common STIs such as chlamydia; gonorrhea; trichomoniasis; HIV; herpes; hepatitis; crabs; pubic lice; and genital warts.
Most STIs can be successfully treated. Lincolnshire Sexual Health Service (LISH) and NLISH (North Lincolnshire Sexual Health Service) is part of the NHS and provides a confidential, free, non-judgemental sexual health service for young people. Find out where your local clinic is for screening by visiting the website:
www.lincolnshiresexualhealth.nhs.uk
You can book an appointment on the website or send for a home testing kit. The website also provides essential information for young people on contraceptive use, including emergency contraception, where and how to obtain free condoms and the pill. You can also text for support or join a live chat with a professional. LISH also operates a booking line (8.am - 7.30pm) to find and book an appointment at a clinic.
Tasks
1. Read the powerpoint summary on STIs below. Explore the information on the LISH website.
2. Try the attached contraception and STI quiz.
3. Complete the negotiating use of contraception speech bubbles sheet with advice you would give to a friend and your response to anyone who was reluctant to use contraception to protect against STIs or unwanted pregnancy.
Negotiating Contraception Task
Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 Careers
Objectives
Identify the skills and attributes that employers value.
Understand the importance and benefits of being a lifelong learner.
Know the different work roles and career pathways, including clarifying their own early aspirations.
Information
Skills such as being organised, researching and presentation are important skills to have now and are also called ‘transferable skills’ that employers value in the future. Other key transferable skills include good communication, teamwork, independent working, showing confidence, working under pressure, perseverance, motivation, negotiation and persuasion.
Read the booklet below from targetjobs.co.uk on the Top Ten Skills that will get you a job when you leave school and the information sheet ‘Developing My Employability Skills’ that explains how to demonstrate each of these expected skills.
Task
Choose a job that you would like to have or select a job from ‘My Pathways – Job Of The Week’.
List the transferable skills you would need to demonstrate, explain how you would use them and why they are important in this role.