Children aged 9-12 years

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Take a look below for helpful information on health issues and how to keep healthy for children aged 9 to 12 years old. Ask your carer or social worker to help you use the page or if you have any questions.

All about living in care

Watch a short video all about your Initial Health Assessment appointment:

Sleep

Teen Sleep Hub

Puberty

Childline info on puberty

Keeping health and health conditions

 

Watch the video to find out more about what having an eye test is like:

Dental health

Bedwetting and toileting

The children's bowel and bladder charity guide for younger children

Immunisations

An ‘Immunisation’ is medicine given to you by a nurse or doctor, either by a small injection into your arm, or a nose spray, or sometimes a medicine that you drink. 

Your carer, social worker or nurse will let you know if you need to have an Immunisation. Most children have immunisations to help keep them healthy and to stop them or others around them getting very poorly. 

You might be asked to have some immunisations you needed when you were a baby - this is only if you missed some and to help you stay healthy. 

You can find out more about immunisations children have here: 

Relationships and bullying

Mental health and emotions

Keeping safe

Take a look at the sites below to learn more about keeping safe online, at home and in public:

National Crime Agency's CEOP Education guide for 8-10 year old

School health teams

Have your say about being in care and what could be done better