Oral Health School Incursions Melbourne
Interactive Oral Health School Incursions about oral health and hygiene for Melbourne Kinder & Primary Schools
Prevention is better than cure”. Statistics from the Australian Government in 2009 stated that 42% of 5-year-olds had some form of tooth decay, which increased to 62% by the age of 9 years. We believe that children should be able to identify what causes tooth decay and how to prevent it from an early age. In our oral health school incursions we focus on what teeth do, how they grow, how to look after them and what causes tooth decay in the Australia diet.
Our oral health school incursions are designed and run by a Qualified Dental Nurse and Registered Nutritionists. Getting both professions involved in these workshops ensures we covered the basic of dental hygiene and also educate the children about how food and nutrition influences our oral health. Our evaluation data collected shows promising results that our workshops change children’s attitudes towards food and dental hygiene.
School years:
- Kindergarten
- Prep/Foundation
- School years 1-6
Below is a description of each Oral Health School Incursions & Workshops. The content is based around interactive learning including:
- Catering to different learning styles: visual, auditory, kinesthetic and reading/writing learners.
- More than 50% of the workshops are activity based using props, worksheets & food tasting.
- Curriculum focused to cover health science, social learning and biology topics.
ORAL HEALTH SCHOOL INCURSION OPTIONS
Healthy Smiles School Incursions
- Kinder and Pre-school/ELC – Prep/Foundation
The Health Smiles oral health school incursions (1hour) introduces children to what their teeth do, the anatomy and how to look after them by cleaning and choosing tooth friendly drinks and foods.
- Pupils become familiar with how their teeth function and move
- Pupils become familiar with how our dietary habits influence our dental health
- Pupils learn about how calcium influences our teeth and bones
- Pupils will be able to try a teeth healthy smoothie recipe 🙂
- Curriculum focused to cover science, social learning and health topics
Strong Teeth School Incursions
- Years 1-2
Our Strong Teeth Oral Health School Incursions (1 hour) goes into detail about what our teeth do, how they function and how to look after them with healthy food and drinks
- Pupils become familiar with how their teeth function and move
- Educates pupils to make healthy food and drink choices that will benefit their oral health
- Pupils learn about how calcium influences our teeth and bones
- Pupils will be able to try a teeth healthy smoothie recipe
- Curriculum focused to cover science, social learning and health topics
No Added Sugar School Incursions
- Years 3+
The No Added Sugar Oral Health School Incursions (1hour) is a very popular with schools that are trying to reduce their total sugar intake. In this school incursion we follow a case study through the stages of tooth decay, rotting and medical treatment and learn how this can be prevented by eating a balanced diet, that is low in added sugar. Be prepared for loads of visuals in this incursion!
- Helps pupils to identify which foods/drinks will cause tooth decay and which are good for our dental health.
- Educates pupils on how to take care of their teeth for the rest of their lives.
- Pupils will added up how much sugar the case study has consumed and talk about how to reduce their daily sugar intake.
- Pupils will be able to try a teeth healthy smoothie recipe 🙂
- Curriculum focused to cover science, social learning and health topics