In PSHE, we have been thinking about ‘what keeps us healthy?’ This week, we carried out a practical experiment to show how quickly germs can spread. We followed this method:

 

 

1. Put a drop of lotion on your hands and rub them together to spread the lotion out evenly.
2. With your hands over newspaper, ask your partner to put a pinch of glitter in the palm of one of your hands.
3. With your hands still over the newspaper, make a fist with the hand that has glitter on it, then spread your fingers out. What do you see?
4. Now press the palms of your hands together and pull them apart. What do you notice about your hands?
5. Touch your partner’s hand. Now do you see anything on it?
6. Get a paper towel and use it to wipe your hands clean of all the glitter. Is it working?
7. After using the paper towel, try using soap and water to wash your hands. Did the glitter come off?

 

We learned that germs can spread very quickly when you don’t wash your hands. This can make you and the people around you very poorly. The most effective way to stop the spreading of germs, is to wash your hands with warm, soapy water and dry them straight away.

 

 

Category: Class of 2017

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