Homework Activities
Activity 4: Parents/carers notes
Alcohol survey
Alcohol is one of the legal drugs found in the home.There are many drugs
available, some can be prescribed only on prescription, others are illegal.
You might to want to chat with your child about the term ‘illegal’ and what
it means.
There are government guidelines which promote healthy drinking messages. Drinks are
measured in units. It is easier to measure a unit accurately in a pub because they have
glasses which are marked to let people know how much they are drinking. In the home it
is less easy to measure a unit so it is easier to drink more.
These are the current daily sensible drinking guidelines for adults
2-3 units or less for females
3-4 units or less for males
These units of alcohol should be spread over the week and not all saved up for one night!
Women who are pregnant have to be sensible for two! The Department of Health advises
no more than 1 or 2 units per week, although some women choose not to drink at all
during pregnancy.
It is recommended that people who have over indulged in one session should try and have
2 days without alcohol to help their liver recover.
What to do:
Use Activity Sheet 4A to make a unit calculator with
your child to help make them become more drink
aware.
Choose a person from Activity Sheet 4B and work
out a typical week’s drinking for that person. Use
the unit calculator you have made to work out the
number of units for that person. Repeat the activity
with a different person. Who is drinking within the
daily limit? What can the others do to reduce their
alcohol consumption?
www.lookoutalcohol.co.uk
As a parent, it is your decision as to what you feel comfortable discussing with your child.
Homework Activities
Activity 4: Activity Sheet 4A
Number of servings
Cut both circles out along the
dotted lines and cut out the white
area from the arrow.
2
3
4
cut out this white area
www.lookoutalcohol.co.uk
Make a hole with a pencil in the
centre of each circle.
175 ml
glass
wine
Place the smaller circle on top of
the larger one and secure them
both together with a paper
fastener.
9.
1
6.
8
4.
5
6
8
3
5
4.
27
6
Alcopop
(275ml
bottle)
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www.lookoutalcohol.co.uk
As a parent, it is your decision as to what you feel comfortable discussing with your child.
www.lookoutalcohol.co.uk
As a parent, it is your decision as to what you feel comfortable discussing with your child.
Units per week =
22 yr old female doesn’t drink
on week nights at all but goes
out every Friday and Saturday.
Starts the night with 2 pints of
standard lager then shares 2 x
750ml bottles of wine with
her friend. She repeats this
pattern of drinking on
Saturday but also has 3
alcopops in the
afternoon.
Units per week =
Units per week =
27 year old male, shares a
bottle of wine with
partner twice a week.
Enjoys a pint of lager every
Sunday lunch time. Usually
driving in the evening so won’t
have an alcoholic drink
45 year old female who
drinks 1 (125 ml) glass
of wine every evening
with her meal.
Units per week =
Person 4
Person 2
18 year old male, goes out
with his mates 4 times each
week. He drinks 6 pints
of lager each night.
Person 3
Units per week =
14 year old female drinks
nothing during the week but
drinks 6 bottles of alcopops
every Friday and Saturday
evening in the park.
Person 5
ANSWERS Person 1: 31.1 Units, Person 2: 10.5 Units, Person 3: 54.4 Units, Person 4: 11.3 Units, Person 5: 16.8 Units.
Person 1
Homework Activities
Activity 4: Activity Sheet 4B