
Parents and Carers : The Making Sense of Health Films : For Key Stage One and Two (Age 5 to 10)
Teeth & Eating (19 minutes) Year 2 and 3
For Teeth & Eating Making Sense of Health has the great fortune of Rik Mayall as narrator. This is the first schools programme he has every done and has given a great deal of energy and an important sense of zaniness to the film. Teeth & Eating also makes use of wonderful cartoon animations, a high yuck factor in the shape of gruesome shots of rotting teeth and gums and lots of year 2 and 3 students to give great relevance and entertainment.
Chapter titles
Introduction
What do we eat?
Why do we eat?
What can we eat?
Medicine
Teeth
How do we eat?
Teeth & Gums
Cleaning
Bonus Material:
Where does food come from?
Wearing Braces
Fruit or Veg?
Look at my teeth and tell me what I eat Pt 1
Look at my teeth and tell me what I eat Pt 2
The Human Machine (19 minutes) Year 4 and 5
The Human Machine is earliest MSH programme that goes a bit deeper in the concepts of diet and exercise so it is important to make the subject matter entertaining as well as educational. With lots of cartoon examples - powerful tools for entertainment and education - and the presence of their peer groups in fun, easily replicable activities the film is hugely relevant and accessible for the age group.
Chapter titles
Introduction
Skeletons and muscles
Physical activity
Food
Cigarettes and alcohol
Bonus Material:
Exercise
International Foods
Alcohol
Amazing Micro-organisms (19 minutes) Year 6
As well as key areas of diet and exercise hygiene is clearly an important issue for primary students and public health. Through cartoon animations and amazing microscopic footage, the film brings to life the world of micro-organisms. And with lots of practical activities with the peer group Amazing Micro-organisms is hugely relevant and accessible in demonstrating the effects of hygiene and simply washing your hands.
Chapter titles
Looking for micro-organisms
Micro-organisms in the earth
Micro-organisms and your food
Micro-organisms and people
Bonus Material:
Microbe detectives
Making a micro-composter
Microbes on the move