Health

New health facilities are being provide along the length of the Clyde Waterfront area.

These range from national centres for excellence at South Glasgow Hospital to new doctors and dentists surgeries in Yoker.

Health improvement and prevention of illness is also an important consideration and information on this can be found in the Clyde Waterfront Green Network Strategy. Another useful source of information is the Gowell study which will look at the long term impact of improvements in GHA neighbourhoods on the people who live there.

Lesson/project ideas

Title Short Description Related Curricular Areas Age Group
A Healthy Packed Lunch Project to design an affordable, healthy packed lunch and set up a consumer tasting session for peers and in-school food providers. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technologies
Anti-Smoking Campaign Learners will research and organise an anti-smoking campaign in the school, creating a variety of resources which will reinforce the anti-smoking message. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Mathematics, Technologies Upper Primary, Lower Secondary
Clyde Inspired T-Shirt By using k/u of 2D design processes, learners will produce a T-shirt design to be judged by health and sports experts and T-shirt manufacturers for use on World Health Day. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technologies Lower Secondary
Commonwealth Games Training Programme Provide a guide to events and accompanying exercise programme for learners on the Commonwealth Games for all learners in school. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Technologies Lower Secondary
Cookery Demonstrations for Parents Young people in teams will deliver training demonstrations to parents on the topic of healthy, easy to prepare and inexpensive meals for their family. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Mathematics, Social Studies
Family Masterchef 'Family masterchef' - apply practical cookery skills and knowledge of nutrition in a project to design and make a dish with assistance from a parent/guardian and within a limited budget. Health and Wellbeing, Mathematics
Food Exhibition Provide a service to benefit the community by planning, organising and hosting a local food exhibition, for which they invite a variety of exhibitors to display, demonstrate and provide information. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Mathematics, Religious and Moral Education, Science, Social Studies, Technologies
Get Up and Glasgow Promoting positive action on health and wellbeing amongst Glasgow's young people by creating a poster and presentation exhibition. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Science, Social Studies, Technologies
Gym'll Fix It Better health through improved fitness by developing a personal training programme. This is developed into creating a fitness testing and training programme for parents and families. Health and Wellbeing, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies Lower Secondary
Health Day learners take ownership and plan a health day event for the school, which will promote healthy eating and living. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Mathematics, Technologies Lower Secondary
Healthy Classroom Courtroom By developing an understanding of the issues associated with west of Scotland's poor health record, learners will consider the 4 main challenges and present advice and solutions to peers and then parents. Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies Lower Secondary
Healthy Eating Promotion Make your own lunch brief based on healthy eating and the '5 a day' campaign. Winning idea is used as part of selection in school cafeteria. Make yHealth and Wellbeing, Mathematics, Science, Technologiesour own lunch brief based on healthy eating and the '5 a day' campaign. Winning idea is used as part of selection in school cafeteria. Middle Primary, Upper Primary, All Secondary, Lower Secondary, Lower/Middle Scondary, Upper Secondary
Healthy Living - Plan for Success Develop a healthy living lifestyle through measuring, analysing and creating own health plan and investigating options and choices to be healthy and fit. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Mathematics, Technologies
Healthy Living Magazine Applying k/u of subject 'Healthy Living' in a project to design and make a health magazine. Health and Wellbeing, Science, Technologies Lower Secondary
Language and Visual Imagery in Advertising Applying knowledge and understanding of language techniques used in advertising in a competition to design a leaflet to promote local sports and leisure facilities. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Social Studies Lower Secondary
Meeting the Health Needs of Local People Promote health within the school community by carrying out research affecting health and how these can be improved through regeneration. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Social Studies Middle Primary, Upper Primary, All Secondary, Lower Secondary, Lower/Middle Scondary, Upper Secondary
My City, My Health Learners work in groups to research individual health topics that relate to living in the city and produce a health exhibition for peers and visitors in the school. Health and Wellbeing, Science, Social Studies, Technologies
Packaging Design for New Juice Bar Inspired By using k/u of 2D design processes and taking inspiration from the Clyde waterfront, learners will produce packaging for health drinks for e.g. 'Race for Life' or 'Sports Relief' campaigns. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Social Studies, Technologies Lower Secondary
Planting Apple Trees for Health Research into Scottish apple varieties, select the most suitable, plant in your location, maintain and harvest. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies Upper Primary, Lower Secondary
Playground Games Booklet Using MS Publisher, produce a booklet on 'playground games' for primary schools through market research with local senior citizens. Languages, Social Studies, Technologies Lower Secondary
Produce a Running Shoe Design 2D design processes and Photoshop will enable pupils to produce a trainer fabric design that will be judged by sports experts involved in the Glasgow 10k race or Commonwealth Games. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technologies Upper Primary
Promoting Health Awareness Applying knowledge and understanding of subject topic of 'statistics' in a project to design and distribute a health leaflet at the school's 'Health week' event. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technologies Lower Secondary
School Health Webpage 'Health Matters' - a project to design and implement a webpage for community on school website. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Mathematics, Religious and Moral Education, Science, Social Studies, Technologies All Secondary
Scottish Cafe Learners will apply their knowledge about local foods and traditional Scottish dishes and their ingredients, by serving traditional Scottish fayre in a Scottish-themed café event. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Technologies
All Secondary
All Secondary
Values Reflective and philosophical thinking about learners' values with activity designed for groups to present their outcomes to other groups. Learners will research the following topic areas: cultural values; personal values, definition and examples of values, reasons why people should identify and establish values and present their findings to peers in an assembly. Health and Wellbeing, Religious and Moral Education

 All Secondary
Write a Cook Book Applying knowledge and understanding of subject topic of 'healthy eating' in a project to write a cook book. Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Science Middle Primary, Upper Primary, All Secondary, Lower Secondary, Lower/Middle Scondary, Upper Secondary

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