Health

Quarter 2 Week 1– Module 1

DESCRIBING HEALTHY
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
ENVIRONMENTS

What’s New

A community is a healthy if all residents have access to quality education and health
care facilities, homes are safe, adequate employment, available transportation, physical
activities provided.

On the other hand, a healthy school is a place where learners have many
opportunities-- in the classroom and in every aspect of their school experience. These
opportunities should foster their physical, mental, social and intellectual development.

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Activity 1

Put a √ on the blank if the picture shows a healthy environment and × if is not.

1. ______ 4. _______
www.gettyimages.com>photos>deforestation

2. ______ 5. ______

3. _______ 6. _____

III. What Is It

Characteristics of a healthy school and community

1.Safe - free from harm and injury

2.Flexible space- convenient place to work and play.not crowded
3.Clean with good air and water quality-free from pollution
4.Free from abuse and discrimination-people are accepted for who they are
5.Healthful interpersonal relation-good relationship with each other.

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Effects of Living in a Healthful School
and Community

WHAT IS IT

Activity 2
Directions: Look at the picture below. Explain how the children keep the
environment healthy. Write your answer in Activity 2 on page 6.

https://www.canstockphoto.com/kids-volunteering-cleaning-up-
school-59479483.html

Activity 2.1

Why do you need to maintain the cleanliness in your school or community?

Write your answer in activity 2.1 on page 6.

Here’s how a healthful school and community brings positive effects to

pupils and the people as a whole.

Safe
A healthful school and community should be safe. Classrooms should
be clean, convenient and not crowded. This implies safety from harm and
illnesses caused by dirty environment.

Free from abuse and discrimination

It should be a place where children would not experience bullying and

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 discrimination. Pupils should be accepted for who they are and should be
supported and guided in this young stage of their life. Teachers and adults
give good examples of kindness and respect. If this happens they will be able
to develop their full potentials.

Flexible Spaces
It should have a spacious play area where pupils could play safely.
Through this, pupils will avoid injury.

Clean with good air and water quality

The pupils should be provided with an environment where they are free
from harm and illnesses. Having clean air and water free from pollution makes
them always healthy.

Healthful interpersonal relations

It should be a place where pupils could move freely and can interact
with classmates and teachers freely. If these are present, pupils could feel at
ease and happy. Learning will take place easily.

WHAT’S MORE

Activity 3

Directions: Take some time to read each given situation. What characteristic
of a healthful school and community is shown? Explain your answer in 2-3
sentences. Write your answer in activity 3 on page 7.

a. James finds it easy to tell his teacher his problem inside the classroom.

b. Blaire is able to study well because their classroom is well ventilated and quiet.

c. Jam, a Muslim girl is now studying in a Christian school. She feels happy because
everyone is her friend.

d. Rogue wants to go to school everyday because their playing area is so wide that they
can play safely.

e. Rose likes to inhale the fresh air while sitting outside her classroom.

Demonstrating Ways to build and keep

School and Community Environment
Healthy

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 What I Need to Know

After completing this module, you are expected to:

 demonstrate practices for building and maintaining healthy

schools and community environment.

What’s New
Having a healthy home and community environment is not only about proper waste
management but also includes proper implementation of laws towards crimes, drugs,
bullying, and other related problems in the community.
In this module you will learn more on how to demonstrate the ways in maintaining and
keeping the school and community healthy.

Will you be one of those who will help keep the school and community environment
healthy?
As an important member of the family in the society, you too can do your share
toward building and maintaining a healthy school and community environment.
These are the ways to keep your home and community environment healthy:

1. Proper waste management

Ways of segregating wastes:
a. BIODEGRADABLE are wastes that
can decompose or destroy by itself.

b. NON-BIODEGRADABLE are those

that cannot be destroyed by any means
even if they are burned. q=proper+waste+segragation

c. Hazardous wastes are dangerous wastes that are harmful to people,

plants and animals.
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 Here are some examples:

Biodegradable Non-biodegradable Hazardous

paper plastics Chemicals

kitchen wastes glass used batteries
yard cuttings cans expired medicines
dry leaves polystyrene Pesticides

2. Be informed with the updated news from TV,

radios and online regarding COVID 19, health
problems, crimes, drugs and some accidents.

q=watching+news+cartoon

3. Volunteer in your barangay for clean-up drive,

gulayan, or giving relief goods to less fortunate
families in this way you can share your time
and your talent.

q=clean+up+drive+cartoon

4. Be an advocate by becoming an active member

who will make a change promoting health and
safety in your community.

\ https://www.google.com/search?
q=clean+up+drive+cartoon

Activity 1

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 Directions: Write your answer on page 6.
I observed in our barangay some common problems on health and
in home environment like the following:
1. Proper segregation of waste/ garbage.
2. Water supply
Write three (3) observations regarding health problems in your family or in your
barangay.
1.________________________________________________________

2.________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________
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What Is It

Directions: Complete the diagram by giving three examples in each column.

(Answer on page 6)
BIODEGRADABLE WASTES

1______________________________________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________________________________

3. _____________________________________________________________________
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 COMMON SYMPTOMS OF COVID 19

1________________________________________________________________

2.
_________________________________________________________________

3. .
_________________________________________________________________

WAYS TO PREVENT SICKNESS

1______________________________________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________

PRACTICING PROPER WASTE

MANAGEMENT AT HOME, IN SCHOOL,
AND IN THE COMMUNITY

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 What’s New

Introduction:

Proper waste management should be practiced at home, in school, in the community

and in all other places.

Proper waste management includes the following:

a. proper storage and collection
b. proper garbage disposal
c. recycling

A. Proper Garbage Disposal

Proper disposal of waste should be done to avoid diseases. Unhygienic waste

disposal can cause unsightly conditions and annoying odors that are nuisance to
the community.

Solid waste can be disposed through different methods like dumping,

composting and feeding to animals.

 Dumping of waste anywhere will result to serious nuisance and hazards

that is why we will only dump our waste to proper dumping sites provided
in the community.

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The problem with the method is lack of adequate soil cover to enable
insects from feeding on the wastes and could be the breeding place for
flies, mosquitoes, rats, and other insects.

 Composting is depositing the garbage, leaves or rubbish and animal

manure into a pit and covered with soil to about two to three feet. The
composted material will serve as a good fertilizer and soil conditioner.

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  Feeding to animals is making left-over food and certain kind of garbage
materials that can still be made use of by feeding them to pigs, chicken,
and other poultry and live tocks.

B. Recycling
A process of making used materials that are to
be disposed into useful ones, such as: candy
wrappers into flowers, out of discarded porcelain
wares into lampshades.

Reduce waste by recycling or reusing them.

When you recycle, you break down waste
products back to their basic material for reuse
for the same purpose or for other purposes.

What is it (Answer on page 7)

Activity I

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 (I Do)
Directions: Sort as the following garbage or waste products and segregate them
according to classifications:

(You Do)
Please finish filling the answers on the left side.

Waste Items Classification of waste materials

1. Left over fried fish biodegradable
2. cellophane
3. avocado peelings
4. metal scrapes
5. grasses from the garden

Prepared by:

MIGUEL A. MAGLASANG

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 WAYS TO PREVENT SICKNESS

1______________________________________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________

WAYS TO PREVENT SICKNESS

1______________________________________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________

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