Living & Learning – I know the importance of personal hygiene, including handwashing

Friday 13 March 2026

This week in living and learning, we’ve been thinking about how we can keep ourselves healthy by paying attention to our personal hygiene.

We’ve had some very honest conversations about handwashing, reflecting on when we should wash our hands and the times we’ve not washed our hands.  Did you know that there are parts of our hands that we are more likely to not wash well? We made a diagram to show this:

 

Help at home: Together, look at the guidance from the NHS about how to wash your hands. Get your child to coach you or a sibling to see how much of the guidance they can remember and apply. NHS handwashing guidance