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Caring for Myself

Caring for yourself helps you feel comfy, healthy, and ready to learn. This quiz looks at daily habits like staying clean and knowing when to ask for help.

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Fascinating Fact:

Wearing clean clothes can help you feel comfortable and fresh. Changing socks and underwear is important.

In KS1 PSHE, pupils learn how to look after their bodies and feelings. Caring for yourself includes washing, brushing teeth, wearing clean clothes, and choosing safe routines. It also means noticing when something feels wrong and telling a trusted adult so you can get help.

Key Terms

Hygiene: Keeping your body clean to help you stay healthy.
Routine: Things you do regularly, like washing hands before eating.
Trusted adult: A grown-up who can help, like a parent, carer, or teacher.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

Why is it important to care for myself every day?

Caring for yourself helps you feel comfortable and healthy. It can stop germs spreading and helps you feel ready for school, play, and sleep.

How often should I wash my hands?

Wash your hands with soap and water before eating, after using the toilet, after playing outside, and any time they look dirty.

Who should I tell if I feel unwell or unsafe?

Tell a trusted adult straight away, such as your teacher, a parent, or a carer. They can help you feel safe and get the right support.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

You can decide what you eat for dinner. What should you choose?

Chocolate bars

Ice-cream

Chicken, vegetables and potatoes

Pizza, pasta, potatoes and rice

For every meal you should try and have protein (such as meat or beans), fruit or vegetables and carbohydrates (anything from the fourth answer).

2 .

If you have a stomach ache, what should you do?

Hope it goes away

Tell your parents, teacher, nurse or doctor

Tell your pet dog

Tell the postman

Only you know when you're ill. A thermometer can tell if you have a temperature but it's up to you to tell us if you're feeling poorly.

3 .

You're on a school trip. What should you not do?

Take a raincoat

Wander off

Listen to the teacher

Learn

Caring for yourself also means looking after your own safety. Wandering off from the group will put yourself in danger.

4 .

How can you look after the inside of your body?

By brushing the inside of your mouth

By eating a varied diet

By cleaning the dirt out from under your nails

By picking your nose

When we talk about looking after your insides, we are talking about your organs. This can be helped by exercising and eating healthy foods.

5 .

When should you wash your hands?

Before eating dinner

After going to the toilet

After playing in the mud

All of the above

You must make sure you use soap or the germs will still be there.

6 .

There is a bottle of cough medicine on the side by your bed. What should you do?

Ask someone to put it with the other medicines

Drink it all

Take a sip every day until the bottle is empty

Feed it to your cat

Medicines should only be taken when you're ill. Also, each medicine box or bottle will tell you exactly how much you should have as it's dangerous to have too much medicine, so always read the label.

7 .

Which of these people cannot help you care for yourself?

Doctor

Footballer

Dentist

Teacher

A doctor will care for your body; a dentist for your teeth and a teacher for your brain.

8 .

Which of these answers is not to do with personal hygiene?

Brushing your hair

Brushing your teeth

Learning to dance

Washing your hands

Looking after yourself means you need to look after your body - outside and inside.

9 .

Which of these answers would show that you are not caring for yourself?

You feel ill and visit a doctor

You go on a school trip and learn lots

You climb a really tall tree and decide to jump down onto the concrete

You brush your teeth twice a day

Caring for yourself means looking at possible dangers. Climbing trees can be fun but make sure you don't go too high and can't come down.

10 .

What is personal hygiene?

Making sure you are clean

Making sure you wear pretty clothes

Making sure you know the words to a song

Making sure you have a new toy every week

You are responsible for your own personal hygiene. This means you need to make sure you are clean, like having a bath and brushing your teeth.

Author: Finola Waller (MEd, Primary School Teacher & KS1 English Quiz Writer)

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