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Key Stage 3 (Secondary 11-14)

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Here are some fun and easy activities for Key Stage 3 students/young people aged 11-14. These activities can be done on their own, or linked to Macmillan events such as The Big Sports Day or The World's Biggest Coffee Morning.

How can I stay fit and healthy?

This activity is linked to elements of Personal Social Health Education (Health and Wellbeing/ Learning for Life and Work/ PSE) and English, ICT and Art.

Desired learning outcomes:

  • Pupils will consider how healthy their lifestyle is.
  • Pupils will understand that there are ways to reduce their chances of getting ill and even developing an illness such as cancer.
  • Pupils will put their suggestions into practice.
  • Pupils will learn the facts about cancer and how Macmillan helps people living with it.

Where can I find out more about cancer?

This activity is linked to elements of Personal Social Health Education (Health and Wellbeing/ Learning for Life and Work/ PSE) and English, ICT and Science.

Desired learning outcomes:

  • Pupils learn the basic facts about cancer
  • Pupils use the Macmillan website as a way of exploring how messages are communicated to different audiences
  • Pupils understand how Macmillan helps people with cancer.

What is cancer and how can Macmillan help?

This activity is linked to elements of Personal Social Health Education (Health and Wellbeing/ Learning for Life and Work / PSE) and English, ICT and Science.

Desired learning outcomes:

  • Pupils learn the basic facts about cancer
  • Pupils consider and empathise with the emotions often felt by people who are affected by cancer.
  • Pupils understand how Macmillan helps people with cancer.

To download the activities and teacher's notes simply choose from the downloads on the left.

To download materials you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader – if you don’t have this it is available as a free download from Adobe.

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