PSHE Hygiene | Why Personal Cleanliness is Important

Health Education Quiz - Hygiene - Age 7-11 (Questions)

In the Health section of PSHE children are taught the importance of personal hygeine. This quiz, written for children in KS2, we test their knowledge of good hygiene habits.

Hygiene and cleanliness prevent diseases. Hygiene is about keeping our bodies and clothes clean. If we don’t stay clean bacteria can build up and cause illness and disease, spots, smells and bad teeth. Hygiene is also important when preparing food.

There are thousands of products on the market to do with hygiene claiming all sorts of things - but water is the best cleanser of them all! However, we do like to smell nice and plain water has no smell so we use soaps, shampoos and shower gels with added scent. When you've finished playing this quiz, go and wash your hands - a computer mouse and keyboard can be full of bacteria.

How often should you brush your teeth?

[ ]	At least once per month
[ ]	At least once per week
[ ]	At least twice per day
[ ]	At least once per day

If bacteria from our hands is put into our mouth what could happen?

[ ]	We will be hungry
[ ]	Nothing
[ ]	We can get spots
[ ]	We can get ill

If we don’t wash our face very often what can happen?

[ ]	You may get spots
[ ]	Nothing
[ ]	Your skin will dry up
[ ]	You will be ugly

What happens to our body if we don’t wash regularly?

[ ]	We will be tired
[ ]	It will smell
[ ]	Our skin will dry up
[ ]	Nothing

Good food hygiene prevents ....... ?

[ ]	too much washing up
[ ]	eating too much
[ ]	food poisoning
[ ]	burning the food

How often should we change our underwear?

[ ]	Once per week
[ ]	Twice per month
[ ]	Every hour
[ ]	Every day

What happens if you don’t brush your teeth regularly?

[ ]	Smelly breath and decayed teeth
[ ]	Smelly breath
[ ]	Fresh breath and strong teeth
[ ]	Decayed teeth

Why is it important to wash our hands?

[ ]	To keep skin soft
[ ]	To kill bacteria
[ ]	Because mum says
[ ]	To smell nice

When preparing food you should ....... ?

[ ]	keep cooked and raw foods together
[ ]	test it regularly to check it tastes nice
[ ]	use separate chopping boards for cooked and raw foods
[ ]	use the same chopping board for all foods

10.

How often should we wash our hands?

[ ]	Before eating
[ ]	Twice per day
[ ]	Once per week
[ ]	Whenever we may have touched bacteria

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Keeping clean

Health Education Quiz - Hygiene - Age 7-11 (Answers)

How often should you brush your teeth?

[ ]	At least once per month
[ ]	At least once per week
[x]	At least twice per day
[ ]	At least once per day

Ideally after eating

If bacteria from our hands is put into our mouth what could happen?

[ ]	We will be hungry
[ ]	Nothing
[ ]	We can get spots
[x]	We can get ill

Keeping clean kills bacteria

If we don’t wash our face very often what can happen?

[x]	You may get spots
[ ]	Nothing
[ ]	Your skin will dry up
[ ]	You will be ugly

Dirt can block our pores and cause spots

What happens to our body if we don’t wash regularly?

[ ]	We will be tired
[x]	It will smell
[ ]	Our skin will dry up
[ ]	Nothing

How often do you have a bath?

Good food hygiene prevents ....... ?

[ ]	too much washing up
[ ]	eating too much
[x]	food poisoning
[ ]	burning the food

Food poisoning can make you very sick

How often should we change our underwear?

[ ]	Once per week
[ ]	Twice per month
[ ]	Every hour
[x]	Every day

It is important to change underwear or we may smell

What happens if you don’t brush your teeth regularly?

[x]	Smelly breath and decayed teeth
[ ]	Smelly breath
[ ]	Fresh breath and strong teeth
[ ]	Decayed teeth

Keeping your teeth healthy means fewer trips to the dentist!

Why is it important to wash our hands?

[ ]	To keep skin soft
[x]	To kill bacteria
[ ]	Because mum says
[ ]	To smell nice

We use our hands all the time

When preparing food you should ....... ?

[ ]	keep cooked and raw foods together
[ ]	test it regularly to check it tastes nice
[x]	use separate chopping boards for cooked and raw foods
[ ]	use the same chopping board for all foods

Bacteria from raw food can spread to cooked food

10.

How often should we wash our hands?

[ ]	Before eating
[ ]	Twice per day
[ ]	Once per week
[x]	Whenever we may have touched bacteria

Usually before eating or touching food, after going to the toilet or touching animals