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Hygiene helps you stay healthy and feel fresh. This quiz checks what you know about washing, brushing teeth, and stopping germs from spreading at home and school.

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Fascinating Fact:

Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze. Use a tissue or your elbow, then wash your hands.

In KS1 PSHE, pupils learn simple ways to care for their bodies and keep themselves well. Hygiene includes washing hands properly, keeping teeth clean, bathing, and wearing clean clothes. Children also learn how germs can spread and how good habits, like using tissues and binning them, can help protect everyone.

  • Germs: Tiny living things that can make you ill.
  • Hygiene: Keeping clean to help stay healthy.
  • Tooth decay: Damage to teeth that can happen when germs use sugar to make acids.
Why is hygiene important for KS1 children?

Hygiene is important because it helps stop germs spreading. Clean hands, teeth, and bodies can help you stay well and feel comfortable at school and at home.

When should I wash my hands at school?

Wash your hands before eating, after using the toilet, after blowing your nose, after playing outside, and any time your hands look or feel dirty.

How can I keep my teeth healthy every day?

Brush your teeth morning and night with toothpaste, drink water, and try not to have lots of sugary snacks and drinks. Regular brushing helps remove plaque.

1 .
How many times a day should we clean our teeth?
Never
Twice
7 times
10 times
We should clean our teeth at least twice a day, once in the morning and once before bed. Sometimes if you have had a very sugary snack, you might want to clean them again
2 .
What should you use to wash your face?
Toothpaste
Shampoo and conditioner
Soap and water
Nothing
You should wash your face every morning and night with soap and water. This will keep it clean and remove any germs. You can also wash it more if you get it dirty in the day
3 .
What do we use to clean our teeth?
A toothbrush and toothpaste
A hairbrush and shampoo
Washing-up liquid
Soap and water
We should clean our teeth with our own toothbrush and a pea-size blob of toothpaste to remove food and sugar, prevent decay and keep our teeth strong and healthy
4 .
What should you do after you have used the toilet?
Go out and play
Wash your hands
Get changed
Blow your nose
It is important to wash your hands with soap after you have been to the toilet as this will remove dirt and germs
5 .
What should you do if you get mud in your hair?
Put a hat on
Leave it
Cut it out
Wash it out
If you get mud or dirt in your hair when playing, you should wash it out the same day. This will help to keep you healthy and wash away any germs that might be in the dirt
6 .
How often should we change our socks?
When they get dirty
Every day
Once a week
When we get a new pair
We should take our socks off at the end of the day and put on a clean pair of socks every morning. This will prevent our feet from catching infections and getting smelly from the build-up of sweat
7 .
Where should we put our hands when we cough?
Over our mouth
In our pockets
In the air
On our head
You should cover your mouth with your hands when you cough. This stops the germs from spreading from one person to another. Once you have finished coughing, you should wash your hands a soon as you can
8 .
Where should you put a tissue after you have blown your nose on it?
In the bin
In your pocket
Give it to a friend to use
Drop it on the floor
You should always put dirty tissues in the bin to prevent people catching your cold
9 .
Who can check that our teeth are clean and healthy?
A teacher
A doctor
A policeman
A dentist
The dentist will check our teeth for us every 6 months to make sure that they are clean and strong
10 .
What does the word hygiene mean?
It is an animal in a zoo
It is a way to cook potatoes
It is how we stay clean to prevent illness
It is a feeling
Hygiene is a word given to describe the things we do to keep our bodies clean and stop us from spreading germs. Having good hygiene keeps us healthy and makes us feel good
Author:  Terri Brown

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