What the work shows

Māria describes and demonstrates how she should wash her hands before preparing and sharing food. She discusses the procedure and shows she understands why she should wash her hands and the difference careful hand washing makes in removing bacteria.

Progress Indicator

Safety and risk management

Describes and demonstrates simple health care and safety procedures

Māria talks to the teacher about simple healthcare and safety procedures and can demonstrate them.

Teacher-student conversation

The teacher and Māria talk about how to wash hands properly.

		Teacher: How do you get rid of bacteria? Māria: Wash your hands with good soap. Teacher: How do you wash your hands? Māria: Wash our hands with heaps of soap and clean them properly. Teacher: How do you clean your hands properly? Māria: Put the warm water in the sink. Then you put soap on and rub your hands around. Then you wash the soap off in the water. Then you dry your hands.

Māria shows she understands that dirt and bacteria may be present even if they can't be seen after she has washed her hands. She indicates an understanding of the link between hand washing and safe food handling.

		Teacher: What's the white stuff on your hands? Māria: It is the cream. Teacher: How come you can see the cream in the blue light? Māria: It is a different kind of light. Teacher: When we turn the blue light off was the cream still there? Māria: Yes the white stuff is still there but you couldn't see it. Teacher: Is there always stuff on your hands that you can't see? Māria: Yes there are things on our hands like bacteria. Bacteria can make you sick and you might put them in food.

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