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Staying Healthy - Colds and Flu
Coughs and sneezes spread diseases, catch them in your handkerchiefs!

Staying Healthy - Colds and Flu

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Science for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with staying healthy and using tissues to guard against colds and flu.

Everyone gets a cold or the flu now and again. How can we guard ourselves against them and stay healthy? Coughs and colds spread easily. Often they spread quickly through the children in a school. It is very easy to catch a cold. Colds and flu are spread by bugs. So it is a good idea to try to stop the bugs from spreading. This quiz is about how we can guard ourselves against the bugs and stay healthy.

1 .
Sometimes you just can’t stop a cough or a sneeze. But you should always:
Cover your mouth and nose with your hands
Cough and sneeze towards people
Laugh about it
Cough and sneeze as hard as you can
A tissue is best, but covering your mouth and nose stops some of the nasty bugs going into the air
2 .
We should blow our nose into a ______.
Jumper
Tissue
Towel
Tea towel
Then put the tissue in the bin
3 .
If you are very poorly, you might have to go and see a ______.
Teacher
Dentist
Doctor
Vet
Some children have to go to hospital. There are lots of doctors and nurses in a hospital
4 .
What is the word ‘flu’ short for?
Influence
Influential
Influenza
Fluid
Have you ever had the flu?
5 .
What do you have when you have a cold?
Toothache
Ear-ache
Runny nose
Poorly tummy
When was the last time you had a cold?
6 .
Tom’s Grandma has a saying: ‘Coughs and sneezes spread ________.’
Tissues
Diseases
Cold weather
Cold water
What word rhymes with sneezes?
7 .
Colds are not nice. The flu is worse. This boy has the flu. What is his mother doing?
Taking his pulse
Feeding him
Taking his temperature
Measuring his breathing
When you are poorly you can have a high temperature. If you have the flu you have a high temperature
8 .
Carla has a bad cold. She blows her nose into a tissue. She puts the tissue in the bin. What else should she do to stop the nasty bugs spreading?
Never blow her nose
Not use a tissue next time
Wash her hands as soon as possible
Give the tissue to her friend next time
Washing your hands is a good way to stop nasty bugs spreading
9 .
Instead of tissues, some older people use a ____________.
Towel
Flannel
Jumper
Handkerchief
Handkerchiefs are made of cotton. They can be washed
10 .
Colds and flu are not the only illnesses. What has this boy caught?
Poorly tummy
Chickenpox
Asthma
Eczema
Lots of children get chickenpox. Have you had chickenpox?
Author:  David Bland
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