Dental Health Promotion Sessions
Friday 24th June 2016
The Oral Health Promotion Team, for the Great Western Hospital Trust, Community Health (Dental Services), are able to provide a range of school sessions.
The list below shows the sessions on offer to schools. Each of the sessions last approximately 1 - 1¼ hours.
The team are also happy to support your health weeks and are able to offer and to introduce the Happy Little Teeth Award programme.
All services are free of charge.
If you would like to book any of the sessions below please email: oralhealthpromotion@gwh.nhs.uk
Oral Health Promotion Sessions
Key Stage 1
Puppets or stories with interactive resources, which introduce toothbrushing, diet and dental visits in a fun and interactive way. (Details are discussed with teacher) A work book is used for year 2 classes
Key Stage 2 (Years 3 & 4)
A session looking at teeth and their functions, charting teeth, diet and tooth decay finishing with a quiz and prizes. At the end of the session the students will have compiled a work book containing all the information.
Key Stage 2 (Years 5 & 6)
A session looking at the process of decay, diet, reading food labels, recognizing sugar contained in products. At the end of the session the students will have compiled a work book containing all the information.
This work can be used to support the new Wiltshire Healthy Schools standard related to promoting good oral health and has been used by several schools as part of their silver submission - which can be seen here.
