Reading health messages
Interpret the nature and intention of health information and messages (to inform, persuade or sell) and reflect on how they influence personal health decisions and behaviours
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Reading health messages means sorting health messages by inform, persuade, or sell and noticing how they can influence choices. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes sorting message intentions, reflecting on influence, then checking one fresh sort.
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Choose inform, persuade, or sell intentions.
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Ready Kids supports Reading health messages. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- Compare a government health campaign (e.g. a sun-safety ad) with an ad for a sugary drink and explain the intention of each
- Identify techniques a health message uses to influence people (e.g. facts, emotions, celebrities, catchy slogans)
- Reflect on a health message that has influenced one of their own choices and explain how
“When your child sees an ad for a sugary drink and a sun-safety campaign, can they explain what each is trying to get people to do — and whether an ad has ever changed what they chose?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Responsible Decision-Making
- Age range
- Ages 7–11
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