Lesson 150: How to stay safe

🔬 SCIENCE (40 Lessons) • 🟣 D. Our Body and Health

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Objective

I can name simple safety rules that help keep my body safe at home, near roads, and when I play. I can tell what to do if I do not feel safe.

Materials

Mini-lesson — How to stay safe

Your body is important. We use our body to move, learn, play, and hug people we love. We want to keep our body safe.

What does "safe" mean?

  • Safe means your body is not getting hurt.
  • You are in a place where adults are watching and can help you.
  • You feel okay inside (not scared, not in danger).

Staying safe at home

  • Do not touch hot things like stoves, irons, or kettles.
  • Do not play with sharp things like knives or tools.
  • Keep away from bottles with strong smells or warning signs (cleaning liquids and sprays).
  • Walk, do not run, on wet floors so you do not slip and fall.
  • Ask an adult for help when you are not sure if something is safe.

Staying safe near roads

  • Always hold a trusted adult's hand near roads.
  • Stop, look, and listen before you cross.
  • Use paths and crossings when you can.
  • Wear a helmet when you ride a bike, scooter, or skates.

Staying safe when we play

  • Choose a safe place to play, away from cars.
  • Follow rules from adults or coaches.
  • No pushing or rough play that can make people fall.
  • Use safety gear like helmets, pads, or closed shoes when needed.

What if I do not feel safe?

  • Your body can give you a warning, like a worried feeling in your tummy.
  • If someone hurts you, scares you, or touches you in a way that feels wrong, you can say "No", move away, and go to a trusted adult.
  • Trusted adults are people who care for you, like parents, carers, teachers, or another grown-up your family trusts.
  • You can keep telling adults until someone helps you.

You have the right to feel safe. Rules and safety gear are there to protect your body.

Picture strip: Safe choices at home and outside

Safe at home

Safe outside

Guided Practice — Safe or unsafe?

You will listen to simple stories and decide if the choice is safe or unsafe. Then you will practise what you can do.

  1. Talk about feelings: Ask the child how their body feels when something is safe (calm, happy) and unsafe (worried, tight tummy).
  2. Story 1 — Kitchen: "A child sees a pot on the stove. They climb up and touch it." Is this safe or unsafe? What should the child do instead?
  3. Story 2 — Road: "A child runs into the road alone to get a ball." Safe or unsafe? What is a safer way to get the ball?
  4. Story 3 — Play: "At the playground, someone pushes hard on the slide." Safe or unsafe? What can the child say or do?
  5. Story 4 — Body feeling: "A child feels worried because someone is too rough and it does not stop." What can the child do? Practise saying: "No, stop. I do not like that." and then telling a trusted adult.
  6. Draw one story: On your page, draw a safe choice. For example, a child holding an adult's hand near a road. Add a label such as "This is safe".
  7. Use the tracing pad: Choose words like safe, rules, helmet, road, body, or help and trace them. Say a sentence such as "I follow rules to stay safe."
Tracing Pad
Tracing snapshot for print
Tip: As you trace a word like "safe" or "help", say out loud one thing that helps you feel safe.

Practice 1 — Sort safe and unsafe choices

Listen to or read simple actions and decide if they are safe or unsafe.

  1. Draw two big boxes on your page and label them "Safe" and "Unsafe".
  2. Have an adult read actions like: "Holding an adult's hand near a road", "Touching a very hot pan", "Wearing a helmet on a bike", "Pushing on the slide".
  3. For each action, say "safe" or "unsafe" and draw a small picture or write a short label in the correct box.
  4. Talk about why unsafe choices can hurt your body and how you can change them into safe choices.
  5. Circle your top three safety rules that you want to remember every day.

Practice 2 — My safe places and people

Think about where you feel safe and which adults you can talk to.

  1. Draw a picture of a place where you feel safe, such as home, school, or a playground with adults nearby.
  2. Draw the faces of two or three trusted adults who help keep you safe (for example, parents, carers, teachers).
  3. Write their names under the pictures if you can, or ask an adult to write them for you.
  4. Practise saying: "If I do not feel safe, I will tell ______."
  5. Keep this page somewhere you can see it to remind you who can help.

Practice 3 — Safety rules poster

Make a small poster that shows safety rules for your body.

  1. At the top of a page, write a title such as "How I Stay Safe".
  2. Draw three or four boxes and in each box draw a picture of a safety rule, such as: holding hands near roads, wearing a helmet, keeping away from hot pans, saying "No" and telling an adult.
  3. Under each picture, write a short rule, for example: "I wear my helmet." or "I ask an adult for help."
  4. Colour your poster and show it to someone at home. Explain each rule in your own words.
  5. Hang the poster in a place where you will see it and remember your safety rules.

Quick Check — How to stay safe

Answer each question about staying safe. Think about your body, your choices, and the rules that protect you.

1) What does it mean to stay safe?

Staying safe means keeping your body away from danger and harm.

2) Which rule is safe at home?

Hot and sharp things can hurt your body, so you ask an adult for help.

3) Which choice is safe near roads?

Near roads, we hold an adult's hand and look and listen before crossing.

4) What is a safe choice when you ride a bike or scooter?

Helmets and safe places help protect your body when you ride.

5) Which group shows unsafe actions?

Touching hot pans, running into roads, and pushing can hurt people.

6) When you play with other children, a safe rule is…

Safe play means no pushing or hurting games.

7) Your body feels worried and something does not feel right. What is a good first step?

If you feel unsafe, go to a trusted adult and tell them.

8) Which list shows things that help you stay safe?

Safety rules, helmets, and trusted adults all help you stay safe.

9) Which sentence is true?

Every person's body is important, and children have the right to be safe.

10) If a game is too rough and you do not like it, what can you say?

You can say, "No, stop. I do not like that" and go to an adult.

11) Which picture shows a safe choice?

Asking an adult for help and standing back is a safe choice.

12) Who is a trusted adult?

Trusted adults care for you and help you stay safe.

13) A child says, "I felt worried, so I told my teacher what happened." This is…

Telling a trusted adult is a good way to get help and stay safe.

14) Which choice is a healthy safety habit?

Following safety rules in many places is a healthy habit.

15) Why is it important to learn how to stay safe?

Learning how to stay safe helps you protect your body and ask for help.

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)

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