Use the classroom curriculum to reinforce allergy awareness and self-management
Promote safety, teach children about reading labels, avoiding certain foods, and knowing what to do if they or their peers eat something they are allergic to.
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Health and physical education: Years 1-12
Health and physical education: Years 1-12
Plan to increase all students’ knowledge, understanding, and skills to manage themselves and create safe environments.
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Home economics and health
Home economics and health
Teach awareness and understanding of allergies through health and home economics.
Plan for students to consider the impact of allergies as they develop understandings of:
- meeting their nutritional needs – foods that are safe to eat, reading food labels
- safety management for themselves and others – carrying medication, checking own food, asking before sharing food
- preparing food to ensure it is safe for those with food allergies
- responsible decision making – making safe food choices, identifying personal safety risks
- demonstrating empathy – supporting friends, providing help, considering the health needs of others.
Key competencies
Key competencies
Plan learning opportunities for students to build the skills to self-manage their allergies and support others.
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Source: Ministry of Education
Peer support
Peer support
The attitudes of friends can influence the way allergies are perceived and managed.
Be a MATE – Make Allergy Treatment Easier – is an educational awareness programme. Anyone can be a MATE by following these four easy steps.
- Don’t share your food with friends who have food allergies.
- Wash your hands after eating.
- Know what your friends are allergic to.
- Get help straight away if a schoolmate who has allergies gets sick.
Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia produce these useful classroom resources.
- Primary school resources
- School resources (Years 1-10)
- Be a Mate resources (Years 5-12)
Useful resources
Useful resources
Health and physical education: Achievement objectives
Health and physical education in the New Zealand curriculum.
Allergy awareness resource for primary years
Read time: 21 min
This teaching resource introduces students to allergy awareness and includes supporting classroom activities.
Publisher: Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia
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School resources
These six downloadable resources foster allergy awareness and safety in primary and secondary students.
Publisher: Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia
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