In Primary 1 we have been learning about why we may need to visit the doctor and how we can prevent this by not spreading germs.

In our first experiment we passed round a slice of bread with dirty hands!  Look at the photo – there were so many germs on our hands that the bread has gone mouldy!  We then washed our hands and passed around another slice of bread – the bread looks much better!

We know that germs are so small that they are invisible so for our second experiment we used glitter, to represent the germs and tested out the best way to wash our hands.  If we visit the toilet and just run our hands under the cold tap there is still lots of glitter on our hands.  If we do the same with warm water, more glitter is removed.  However, we learnt that we need warm water and soap to ensure that all the glitter (germs) are removed.

We thought it was important to share this learning with everyone in our school – so we have written instructions on how to wash your hands properly!