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- Year 1
Feeling safe with family and carers
I can describe how I should feel with my family and carers.
- Year 1
Feeling safe with family and carers
I can describe how I should feel with my family and carers.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Our family and carers should help us to feel safe, loved and cared for.
- Our trusted adults teach us different rules to help us keep safe.
- If we don't feel safe with our family and carers, we should get help from an adult we trust at school.
- Trusted adults can help us feel better and make sure we’re safe.
Keywords
Carer - someone who helps people who can't fully take care of themselves due to age, illness or disability
Trusted adult - someone we know offline who makes us feel safe who can help us
Support - to provide help and encouragement to others
Common misconception
Being safe means being happy all the time.
Being safe means we are protected from serious harm; it doesn't mean getting what we want all the time.
To help you plan your year 1 RSHE (PSHE) lesson on: Feeling safe with family and carers, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 1 RSHE (PSHE) lesson on: Feeling safe with family and carers, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the words to the definitions.
the place or places where we live
the people we live with and may be related to
something that won't hurt us
Q2.How might we feel when we are safe?
Q3.How would you describe a bungalow?
Q4.Although our homes might look different, they all have things that make them feel .
Q5.What is a caravan?
Q6.Is it true that you can only have one home?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the word to the definition.
someone who helps people who can't fully take care of themselves
to provide help and encouragement to others
someone we know offline who makes us feel safe and can help us