Germ Busters Academy Activity For Age Group 5-11
This activity pack brings infection prevention to life through fun and engaging learning. Through games, and hands-on learning, children can build healthy habits, develop confidence in preventing infection and become Germ Busters!
What you'll find in this pack:
- Clear step-by-step facilitator guidance
- Background information to build your knowledge and confidence
- Fun, age-appropriate activities and games
- Easy-to-run activities using low-cost, readily available materials
- Editable and printable worksheets
- Challenge sheets, badges and certificates
- Adaptable content for different settings
- Opportunities for discussion, creativity, and teamwork
- Practical actions children can take to help prevent infections
Activity Pack Content
Complete the Germ Busters challenge!
This pack contains five exciting topics covering germs, handwashing, respiratory hygiene, oral health, and antibiotics.
Children begin their journey as Microbe Masters and work through the challenge towards achieving Antibiotic Awareness. Once all five topics have been completed, they graduate as Germ Busters and can be awarded a certificate to celebrate their achievement.
The Germ Busters Challenge Sheet can be used to track progress throughout the programme, with facilitators ticking or stamping each topic as it is completed.
Children only need to complete one activity from each topic to achieve that stage of the challenge and earn the corresponding badge. Additional activities can be used to reinforce learning, extend sessions and provide further engagement opportunities.
The Challenge can be delivered as a structured programme by running one or two activities per week, or used flexibly by selecting activities that best suit your group. Links to all associated worksheets and answer sheets are included throughout the pack and can be accessed by clicking the relevant links within each section.
Click on the tiles below to access the different sections of the Germ Busters Challenge.