5-13

The lesson is intended for children in year grades 1-6.

30+

If done in detailed blocks, this lesson take 30 minutes.

all

The lesson can be done with large groups, small classes or individuals.

In this topic

Different Safeties
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Feeling Safe
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Feeling Unsafe
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Why this lesson matters Safety means we are free from danger, risk, or injury, that we feel happy and relaxed. Safety is a physical state we need to ‘feel’ as well as ‘being’ safe. Feeling safe or unsafe feels different to different people.

We all learn warning messages about keeping ourselves safe. It starts at home when we are little and then we learn more when we go to school. Children think and learn differently about safety. Teaching children about safety reduces the likelihood of a child entering an unsafe situation.  Children and young people need specific instruction and messages to manage the many different risks they potentially face.

What influences our safety? How people behave towards or talk to us can make us feel safe or unsafe. Our own actions, actions of others and factors happening in our environment such as where we live also influences our feeling of being safe.

Being unsafe or feeling unsafe can have negative impact on our health and wellbeing. It can affect our friendships and other relationships, can affect how we do our schoolwork, make us feel we don’t want to have fun or go places, can make us worried, feel sad or angry. It is important to remember; find a trusted person and tell them what is happening that makes you feel unsafe.

What helps us to decide if we are safe or unsafe?
- Our body’s Early Warning signs instincts/gut feelings.
- If we see or hear something
- Rules and laws being broken
- Information from our parents, teachers, friends, family, media.

Ally is looking at what is ‘feeling safe’ and what we need to feel safe. Ally is reflecting on the different types of messages we learn about keeping ourselves safe. Ally will teach us what safe and unsafe feels like.

Know

We learn lots about keeping ourselves safe. It’s important to be and feel safe with people. Everyone has the right to feel safe all the time.

Understand

Differentiate between safety messages. What feeling Safe and Unsafe feels like The different ways we can be hurt. The importance of telling until we feel safe again.

Do

Identify different safety messages and distinguish personal safety. Recognise safe and unsafe feelings.

Key Point

Remember it doesn’t matter where you are and who you are with everyone has the right to feel safe all the time.

Slide 01

Ally learnt lots at school, just like us.

Slide 02

Ally learnt about numbers, letters and even how to play sport.

Slide 03

One of the most important things that Ally learnt was about safety.

Slide 04

There are many different types of safety and Ally learnt them all.

Extend and discuss

Ask group if they have met a Fireman who has talked about fire safety, or some who has talked about Bike Safety or Road safety.  What did they teach about keeping safe?  General safety discussion, such as road safety etc. Identify the icons – seat belt, sun, matches, power point, car/road. Expand on each icon i.e., slip slop slap, don’t overload power points, don’t play with matches etc. What other safety messages have we learnt – online safety and covid safety.

Activity

What type of safety do we need in the sun?

Slide 05

Ally is going to help us to be safe and respectful in relationships.

Activity

Who has a right to feel safe?

Extend and discuss

What is the safety message Ally is teaching us? Remember: we all have a right to feel safe all the time

Slide 01

After school, Ally would arrive home and go inside.

Slide 02

Ally loves being home, it’s relaxing and comfy.

Slide 03

The couch is soft and there’s plenty to do.

Slide 04

All Ally’s toys stay in the bedroom, so Ally goes there to play. It’s heaps of fun.

activity

When does Alli feel safe?

Extend and discuss

How a person knows when they feel safe? Some of the ways are they are relaxed, warm, feel happy, feel cared for.

Slide 01

There is a big hill near Ally’s house.

Slide 02

Some of Ally’s friends go all the way to the top and hang out.

Slide 03

You can see everything from up there.

Slide 04

Sometimes people get too close to the edge, it’s scary over there.

Slide 05

Who knows what would happen if you slipped! Ally looked on worried.

activity

Text: How did Ally feel near the cliffs edge?

Extend and discuss

How does a person know they feel unsafe? They feel scared, confused, or worried. People may not listen to us or tell us what is happening this can make us feel very unsafe.

Slide 06

On the way home, Alli saw people yelling at one another.

Slide 07

They didn’t touch one another but they sounded very upset. Their words weren’t nice.

Slide 09

Ally told someone nearby what was happening, but they didn’t listen.

Slide 10

Ally found someone else, but they were too busy looking for something they had lost.

Slide 11

Text: This felt bad. Ally’s heart started beating fast and stomach was feeling weird.

explore

Different ways we can be hurt are physically- broken bones, cuts, and bruises, emotionally our feeling are hurt, mentally our thoughts are hurt.

Extend and discuss

Expansion discussion about ways we can be hurt.

Physical hurts, hurt feelings how our emotions can be hurt, and hurt thoughts. How we may think about something over and over. We go to be bed and think about it and when we wake up, we can still be thinking and worrying about it. With younger students discuss hurt thoughts and the impact this can have. With older students discuss hurt thoughts and mental health.

Slide 12

Ally saw a person up ahead. Ally called out.

Slide 13

The person was a police officer who talked to the angry people.

Slide 14

Ally felt safe after talking to the police officer. Ally’s heart and stomach felt normal again.

activity

If we are feeling unsafe, keep telling until someone?

Extend and discuss


Highlight the importance of persistence. “Keep telling until someone listens”

Expand with questions such as:
Feeling unsafe can happen anywhere Where did Ally feel unsafe?
When was Ally mentally hurt?
What did Ally do to feel safe again?
Ally kept looking to tell someone about the people yelling at each other. It is important if we are feeling unsafe to keep telling until we feel safe again.

What happened to Ally’s body when the people were yelling? Heart beating fast Stomach felt weird.

What happened when Ally talked to the police officer? Ally’s heart and stomach felt normal again.