Cover lesson · Health and Social Care, and Childcare · Year 10 · Intermediate
DCF: Data and computational thinking → Data and information literacy
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What this practises: GCSE Health and Social Care, and Childcare, Unit 1 (Health and Social Care, and Childcare in Wales in the 21st Century), section 1.3.1: wellbeing indicators. The specification names four kinds: statistics, surveys and questionnaires, physiological measurements, and lifestyle data. Pupils will be examined on this in the Unit 1 written paper.
Print: this sheet, one per pupil, and the stimulus sheet “Cwmderwen wellbeing profile 2026”, one between two. No computers are needed. The same figures are in cwmderwen-wellbeing-indicators.csv if you are in a computer room. Pupils need a calculator and a ruler.
Run: 10 min read the profile and do Step 1 · 12 min Step 2, comparing the wards · 10 min Step 3, the wellbeing check · 10 min Step 4, the two charts · 8 min Step 5, the survey · 10 min Step 6, the conclusion, written alone and in silence.
Collect: this sheet. The town and every figure are invented, so no real person’s health data is being discussed. If a pupil becomes upset about a family member’s health, let them skip Step 3.
Wales measures health and wellbeing with wellbeing indicators: figures that show how well people are doing. You are an assistant at the local health board. You will sort the indicators for Cwmderwen, compare its two wards, check some health readings against normal ranges, spot a misleading chart and a weak survey, and then advise where a health promotion campaign should go first. Show your working for every calculation.
The specification groups wellbeing indicators into four types. Write the number of each indicator from Section 2 (1 to 10) in the right row. Then add Section 3 and Section 4 of the profile to the right rows.
| Type of indicator | Indicator numbers or sections |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Surveys and questionnaires | |
| Physiological measurements | |
| Lifestyle data |
(a) What is the gap in life expectancy between the two wards for males, and for females?
(b) How many times higher is child poverty in Bryncelyn than in Maesderwen?
(c) Use the number of adults in each ward (Section 1) to work out roughly how many adults smoke in each ward. How many more smokers does Bryncelyn have?
(d) In 9 of the 10 indicators, Bryncelyn does worse. Which indicator breaks the pattern? Suggest one reason why.
Use the reference ranges in Section 4. Work out each person’s peak flow as a percentage of the expected value, to one decimal place. Then write down every reading that is outside the usual range, or “none”.
| Person | Peak flow as % of expected (working) | Readings outside the usual range |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| B | ||
| C | ||
| D | ||
| E | ||
| F |
(b) Each person had only one reading, on one morning. Give two reasons why the nurse should not decide anything from one reading alone.
(a) Use the line graph in Section 5. Describe what happened to smoking in each ward from 2016 to 2026. Use figures.
(b) Is the gap between the wards closing? Give the gap in 2016 and in 2026.
(c) Which ward cut its smoking rate faster as a percentage of where it started? Show the working for both wards.
(d) Look at the newsletter chart in Section 6. How many times taller is the Bryncelyn bar than the Maesderwen bar? How many times higher is the real smoking rate? Why is the chart misleading?
(a) Work out the percentage who said Yes: overall, in Bryncelyn and in Maesderwen. One decimal place.
(b) What percentage of the people who answered live in Maesderwen? What percentage of the town’s residents live in Maesderwen?
(c) Give two reasons why the headline “Two thirds of Cwmderwen say they live healthy lives!” is not a fair picture of the whole town. Suggest one way to make the survey fairer.
Write one paragraph of about 100 words: Where should the health board put its new campaign first, and which Welsh service or campaign from Section 7 should it use? Use at least two figures from the profile and name one limitation of the data.