Report from a pilot centre: Wallington School

looking at a Daphnia's heart
Work on Topic 1 'Lifestyle, health and risk'
A student commented that she really appreciates some of the medical contexts of the course. This student wants to be a doctor, and feels the course is confirming her interest in medicine. Wallington School made excellent use of the school nurse, who had taken classes through CPR with dummy, and taken them through blood pressure lesson. Teachers found this reassuring, as the nurse was able to deal with a couple of 'unusual' blood pressure readings. All the students we asked about this said they felt confident that they knew how to carry out CPR.