Specific Learning Outcomes for Sub-strand 2.4 Sanitation/ Toileting

By the end of the sub strand the learner  should be able to:

1. identify toilet facilities in the school, 
2. talk about the importance of toilet facilities for personal hygiene,
3. express the urge for toileting,
4. use  toilet facilities properly for personal hygiene, 
5. appreciate the need to use clean toilet for personal hygiene.  

Suggested Learning Experiences 

• Learners are guided to talk about the importance of sanitary facilities in the school
• Learners are guided to identify the toilets facilities in the school compound
• Learners are guided in talking about how to express the urge for toileting
• Learners practice seeking permission to go to toilets
• Learners observe a role play on the use of sanitary facilities
• Learners use games to practice the use of toileting facilities
• Learners are guided to talk about the need to use clean  toilet/ latrine for personal hygiene
• Learners could observe a video on appropriate use of toilet facilities

Key Inquiry Question(s)

1.  Why should we use toilets facilities?
2. Which are the toilets facilities in school?
3. What do you do when you need to go to the toilet?
4. How do you use toilet facilities?
5. Why do you keep the toilet clean?

 Core-Competence to be developed;  

• Learning to learn-identifying urge and seeking permission
• Communication and collaboration- discussion
• Self-efficacy-using toilet appropriately
• Citizenship-proper use of toilets

Link to Pertinent Contemporary Issues(PCI’s):

• health education-personal hygiene as they use toilets
• life skills- Self Esteem in effective communication as they seek permission to go to the toilets

Link to other activity areas:

• Language Activities
• Psychomotor and Creative activities

Suggested Non formal activity to support learning:

•           Participate in cleaning the toileting facilities like bring ash, water, brooms etc. 

 Suggested Resources; Real objects, pictures, toileting facilities/ materials, water, Videos

 Link to values:

• Responsibility
• Respect
• Love

Suggested Community Service Learning Activities:

•           parental engagement – provide toilet facilities, teach proper   use of toilets while at home

Suggested assessment:

• Oral questions 
• Observations

Suggested Assessment Rubrics

Exceeds Expectation

 Able to tell the importance of toilet facilities, identify toilet facilities in the school, express the urge for toileting and use the toilet well besides assisting others.

Meets Expectation

 Able to tell the importance of toilet facilities, identify toilet facilities in the school, express the urge for toileting and use the toilet well

 Approaches Expectation

Able to tell the importance of toilet facilities, identify toilet facilities in the school, express the urge for toileting  but cannot use the toilet well.

 Below Expectation

 Able to identify toilet facilities, cannot express the urge for toileting and cannot use the toilet well.