HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT STANDARD ONE NOTES – ALL CHAPTERS
These Notes has been prepared based on curriculum and syllabus of Primary Education Standards I and II of the year 2023 issued by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
Moreover, the notes is the result of improvement and the combination of the two Health and Environment books for Standards One and Two published in the year 2018 based on the 2016 curriculum and syllabus.
The objective of these notes is to enable the pupils to build competencies in taking care of health and the environment through the following learning activities:
- Cleaning the body;
- Taking care of clothes;
- Protection from dangerous environment and objects; and
- Identifying safety signs.
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT STANDARD ONE NOTES – ALL CHAPTERS
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS AND OBJECTS
CHAPTER FOUR
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT STANDARD ONE TEST I
A: Choose the correct answer then write its letter in the provided boxes.
i. Dirty mouth smells _________
(A) Good B)Badly C)Nicely
ii. _____________ covers the skin of our head.
(A) Cap B) Hat C) Hair
iii. Dirty hair attracts ______________
(A) Bad smell B) Lice C) Brown hair
iv. A boy should use a ______________ to brush his teeth.
(A) Clean water B) Toothpaste C) Toothbrush
v. __________ are used for seeing different things in our surroundings.
A) Nose B) Ears C) Eyes
B. Match each part of the body and its use. Draw lines to match.
C: Write TRUE for a correct statement and FALSE for an incorrect one.
i. We should brush the teeth once a day. __________________
ii. Dirty hair smells bad. ______________
iii. A cow can give us eggs, meat and milk. ________________
iv. You touch things with your arms. _____________
v. A person runs using fingers. ________________
D: Fill in the blanks by using the given words in the box.
i. We use a ___________ to comb our hair.
ii. The _____________ is between the head and the chest.
iii. My blood is _____________ in colour.
iv. Dirty socks smells _______________
v. The food we eat goes to the ________________
E: Draw the following
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT STANDARD ONE TEST II
1. Match the body [arts and their functions
2. Write one or two
i. I have ________ eyes.
ii. I have _________ head.
iii. I have __________ears
iv. I have __________ nose
v. I have __________ mouth
vi. I have _________ nose
SECTION B
3. Fill in the gaps and write the correct word
i. He__lth
ii. Envir__nment
iii. Diseas___
iv. Ey__s
v. Mo__th
vi. Tong__e
4. Write three ( 3) fruits we eat
i. . ____________________
ii.___________________
iii.__________________
5. Write two (2) materials used to clean our bodies
i.___________________
ii.___________________
6. List three main parts of the body
i. ._______________
ii._______________
iii._______________
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT STANDARD ONE TEST III
1. Choose the correct answer and write its letter in the box
i. I use a _____________to wash my clothes.
A. Towel B. Body oil C. Clean water
ii. When washing clothes we need to ___________write clothes from coloured ones.
A. Put together B. separate C. Mix
iii. Which of the following is not a storage material for washed clothes
A. Pegs B. Plastic bag C. wardrobe
iv. Which among the following is a dangerous object in our environment
A. Sponge B. Broom C. Blocken bottle
v. Which of the following clothes worm by women only?
A Skirt B. Sweater C. Coat
vi. . My father was cutting my fingernails using a
A. Knife B. Nail cutter C. Slash
vii. We use _______________to rinse our clothes before hang and peg them on the clothes line
A. Dirty water B. Clean water C. Powded soap
viii. _______________is a dangerous animal.
A. Goat B. Sheep C. Elephant
2. Write Yes to the correct statement and No to the wrong statement.
i. We use brush for scrubbing hand and fingernails _______________________
ii. Knife, Needle, pin, blocken bottle and razorblade are dangerous object_________
iii. Skirt worn by women and Men _________________
iv. When we wash our clothes we looks smart __________________
v. We use a knife to cut our finger nails ____________________
vi. We keep our washed clothes in the plastic bag______________________
vii. Bee is a dangerous insect _______________________
3. Answer the following questions shortly
i. Mention three dangerous objects found in our environment
a. _____________________________
b. _____________________________
c. _____________________________
4. Name three storage material for washed clothes.
a. _____________________________________
b. ______________________________________
c. ______________________________________
5. Name the following pictures given below.
6. Draw the following items
A. Comb
B. Towel

