COT 4- HEALTH 6

MOTIVATION:

Singing of “It’s I WHO Build Community”

Study the picture:

• What can you see in the

picture?
• Does it happen in our
place?
• Do you think having
activities like this can
help your community
become healthy? Why?
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HLEAHT
Learning Objectives: Describes healthy
School and community environments
 • COMMUNITY- is a group of people who share
Let us anbeenvironment.
familiar with these terms.
-It involves many people and
families living in a common place.
mental and
social well-
being and not
just the
absence of
disease. It
includes the
conditions and
actions which
are done to
promote,
protect and
preserve
health.
How could we know that our school
and community is healthy?
Characteristic of a
Healthy Community

1.A clean and safe

physical environment.
2. An environment that meets everyone’s basic needs.

Water

SUNLIGHT FOOD
4. An understanding of local health and environmental issues.
5. A community that participates in identifying local solutions to local problems.
6. Accessible and appropriate health services and facilities.
7. A sustainable use of available resources for all.
Characteri 1. Physical
stics of a Environment
Healthy a. Safe and clean with
good quality of air and
School water.
b. Free from harm and injuries that could be avoided.
c. Safe from illness that are caused by a dirty
environment.
2. Clean classrooms and School Facilities
a. Clean and convenient
b. Not crowded, where pupils could move
freely and can interact with classmates and teachers freely.
c. Clean restrooms.
d. A spacious play area where pupils could play safely and
could possibly avoid injury
Psychosocial Environment
a. Children could develop their potentials
b. Free from bullying and discrimination.
c. Teachers
and adults
give good
examples
of kindness
and
respect.
d. Pupils should be supported and guided in their young stage of life.
-GROUP ACTIVITY:

I am going to divide you into 3 groups.

Select a leader for each group. Select on
member to explain the output of the
group to the class.
- What are to be observed while working with your group?
- Now, here are your group activity card. You are going to work for 5
minutes only then present your output for not more than 3 minutes.
Group 1 – Using semantic web, describe a healthy
community.

Healthy Community
Group. 2 – Draw example of facility that
should have in a healthy community
Group. 3 –Give/Draw 5 simple ways/ on how can you help as a
student to have a healthy school environment.
Raise the thumbs up sign if the statement describes a healthy
school and community and thumbs down sign if it is not.

1. The community/place has a park where children can play

safely.
2. The school provides clean and potable water everyday.

3. Richard experiences bullying from his bigger classmates.

4. Liena lives in a community wherein she feels safe and happy.

5. Rico walks a kilometer up and down the mountain everyday to

fetch water for their family consumption.
Assess our school and community. Can we consider our
school healthy? Why? How about our community? Why?
What are the characteristics of a healthy school and
community?
Write true if the sentence describes a healthy school or community and false if not.
_____1. The school has a large playground where children can play safely.
_____2. Health services and facilities are always available in a certain place.
_____3. A child with disability is being bullied by his classmate in a certain school.
_____4. The pupils in the school stays in a warm _____and crowded classroom.
_____5. Clean and potable water is always available for everybody’s need.
ASSIGNMENT:

As grade VI pupils, list at least 5 ways on how to help make your school and community healthy.