Identifying hazards

RSHE (PSHE)

Fire safety, burns and fireworks

Reporting an emergency

The importance of vaccines

This unit provides strategies to avoid harm in various situations, emphasising personal safety and wellbeing. Pupils learn to identify hazards, understand fire safety and firework dangers, make emergency calls effectively and understand the importance of vaccination for health protection.

Staying safe and healthy: How can I avoid harm?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Physical illness or injury, medical procedures, blood.

strong currents can pull us under the water

we can always see dangers from above the water

areas of open water always have lifeguards

cold water can give us a shock, making it difficult to breathe and swim

Older children are always safe from danger. True or false?

Stop, Look, Listen and Think before crossing the road

sprinting across the road to avoid vehicles

Which of these can help us stay safe near roads?

wear a life jacket when doing water sports

only swim in open water if there is a lifeguard

swim in strong currents to get better at swimming

a person travelling on foot, including areas where vehicles might go

a section of road with black & white stripes where vehicles must stop

a section of the road controlled by traffic lights

The {{}} from a train track can seriously harm us.

How can we keep safe at night near roads?

we should never go swimming without a trusted adult

Which number should we call in an emergency?

What word describes a place where a road crosses a railway?

Identifying hazards

Lesson outcome

Content guidance