Book 2


v. 3

Keeping Healthy

by John Foster

Published 20 March 2003

Essentials: Keeping Healthy contains information on key concepts and skills required by the National Guidelines for Health Education. Covering a diverse range of issues it offers practical advice on how to develop a healthier, safer lifestyle.

Essentials: Keeping Healthy covers:
• A healthy lifestyle
• Caring for your teeth and hair
• Caring for your feet and back
• Caring for your skin
• Healthy eating
• Dieting and eating disorders
• Exercise and rest
• Puberty
• First aid at home
• Road safety
• Water safety
• Sex and contraception
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Drinking sense (alcohol)
• To smoke or not to smoke?
• Drugs and their effects
• Drugtaking
• Mental Health
• Allergies
• Doctors and medicines
• Diseases and immunizations
• Complementary medicine


v. 1

Citizenship Skills

by Simon Foster

Published 20 March 2003
Edited by John Foster, best-selling author of Your Life, this flexible and affordable new series provides straightforward coverage of the essential concepts and skills for Citizenship, Health and Personal and Social Education at 11--14. Citizenship Skills covers essential concepts and skills required by the new Statutory Orders for Citizenship at Key Stage 3 (11-14). Covering school, community, local, national and international issues, the book combines key information with practical activities to develop skills of communication, participation and action. Keeping Healthy covers essential concepts and skills required by the National Guidelines for Health Education. Covering issues as diverse and sensitive as drugs, eating and exercise, personal safety and personal hygiene, the book combines key information with practical advice on how to develop a healthier, safer lifestyle. Personal and Social Skills covers essential concepts and skills required by the National Guidelines for PSHE.
Covering issues of self-awareness, careers, family and personal relationships and responsibilities, the book combines key information with practical activities designed to help students understand themselves and develop good relationships with others. All three books are included in the half-price Evaluation Pack (0 00 766705 1).