STAYING HEALTHY

In this presentation, you will learn;

What it means to be healthy

How to make healthy choices

What influences might affect your choices

What Makes Me Happy?

Spend some time thinking about your response and then try to finish the sentence below.

I keep myself healthy and happy by . . . . . .

Discuss your answers as a class. This may give you some ideas of things you can do yourself to stay happy and healthy.

What Did You Say?

Try to complete a class list of different things people do to stay happy.

Some answers have been started off below.

Exercise Family time

Eating School work

Reading Walks

Seeing friends Listening to music

What Makes Others Happy?

Look at the picture below.

How would you describe the way this person feels?

Try to finish off this sentence.

To be happier, this person should . . . . . . .

Task

How do these different activities keep us happy and healthy?

For each of the activities named on the previous slide, try to write a sentence saying why those things make people happy.

For example

Plenty of sleep.

By having plenty of sleep, we are more alert and more positive. Being tired makes people short tempered and unhappy.

What Am I Responsible For?

As a young person, you are not responsible for many of the things which keep you happy.

For example

You know it is important to eat healthy food, but many of you may rely on adults to make you healthy food.

Why do you think adults sometimes make choices on behalf of young people?

If young people were left to make their own decisions and choices, they might make the wrong choice.

It is important for adults to make decisions until a child is old enough to make the correct choice themselves.

Are Adults Always Responsible?

Of course, we shouldn’t assume an adult is a responsible person just because they are an adult.

There are many examples of adults making the wrong choices.

Can you think of any cases where an adult, or group of adults, has encouraged you to do something even though they know it is the wrong choice?

The picture above is a clue.

Advertisements

A huge amount of pressure is put on young people through advertising. When you turn on your television, or look at a magazine, you are bombarded with advertisements for a vast range of products.

Adults in charge of big companies try to get you to buy food that is bad for you, trainers that are too expensive or computer games full of violence and swearing.

What do advertisers do to try and get you to buy their product?

Use bright colours Use trendy language Tell you it is a bargain

Hey kids.Look at my shirt. It

is 100% pure cotton and a

designer label. Anybody who is

anybody is wearing one of these. It is a

bargain at just £15.99.

This shirt cost me £15.99. It is from my

local supermarket and is made of cotton. I

quite like the colours but other people think I

look a bit silly.

Look at the pictures on the next 2 slides. For each one, try to write something to go in the speech bubbles. On one side, you should try and sell the product. On the other, you should write the truth about the product.

Try To Sell His Dungarees

What is the truth about his clothes?

How might an advertiser persuade

you to buy his dungarees?

Try To Sell His Flowers

How might an advertiser persuade you to buy his flowers?

What is the truth about his flowers?

What Have We Learnt?

To stay healthy, we need to make healthy choices

Different people use different things to keep themselves healthy

It is important to keep healthy both physically and mentally

Sometimes, we may be tempted to make bad choices

It is important to know how to make the right decision for ourselves