We enjoyed a visit from school nurse, Gemma Bulter, on Thursday. She came in to talk to us about germs, illnesses and how to prevent the spread of germs etc. She used a water spray to represent a sneeze and we looked at how far the water went, then we used a hand to catch the “sneeze” and a tissue to catch the “sneeze” and talked about which one was the most effective.

We had the light box in the school to help us see how good our handwashing is/isn’t. We put cream on our hands to represent germs that are picked up throughout the day. We washed our hands and then put our hands in the light box to see if we had got all the cream (pretend germs) off. We could see that most people need to wash around their nails a bit more and that a few people had a cleaner right hand that left hand.  We spoke about washing for 20 seconds and played a game to guess how long 20 seconds is. We ALL thought the 20 seconds was up quicker than it was, even Mrs Anderson!

Gemma also showed us some items that might be used when visiting the nurse/dr so we can explore them and realise they are not scary. She showed us stethoscopes and we got to have a play with them. She also had blood pressure monitors and a pulse oximeter.

It was a positive visit and good to know germs are normal and part of our lives, we can be proactive and helpful in stopping spreading some germs by using tissues and washing hands.

Thank you to Gemma for coming to talk to us. It was great fun!