Personal Hygiene and Sanitation · B5 Science

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.5.1.2.1 - Know how to keep washrooms clean

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

State at least four key practices for keeping a washroom clean, such as flushing after use and using waste bins for tissues.
Explain the health risks associated with using a dirty washroom, including disease transmission.
Demonstrate the correct way to clean and maintain a school washroom using simple materials.
Evaluate pictures or videos of washrooms and identify which ones are clean and which are dirty, giving reasons for their choices.
Design a simple poster that promotes clean washroom habits for display in the school washroom.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Humans and the Environment (Strand 5)
Sub-strand: Personal Hygiene and Sanitation (5.1)
Content standard: B5.5.1.2 - Identify, discuss and appreciate the natural and human features of the environment and the need to keep the environment clean
Indicator: B5.5.1.2.1 - Know how to keep washrooms clean
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 5 (Week 29 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Science Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 29
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Learners watch pictures and videos on how to keep washrooms clean.
- Engage them in a discussion on how to keep the lavatory clean.
- Emphasise such key points as: flushing immediately after use, urinating directly in the toilet bowl, keeping used tissues in waste containers rather than throwing them on the floor, regularly removing used tissues and burning them.
- Learners investigate the risks associated with the use of dirty washrooms.
- Evaluate learners by asking them to design a poster to be pasted in their school's washroom.