In PSHE our learning focus has been safe relationships. We have been looking at keeping safe at home, at school and near water. The session focuses on medicines; what they look like, how they are used and why people use them. It explores how medicines are used to treat illness in the short and long term as well as how some medicines can help protect people from becoming ill in the future. Pupils consider the role of other people in helping them and others to stay healthy and well, manage, or
recover from illness.
Year 1
In this session pupils learn about different things that go into bodies and onto skin, and explore how to manage risk in relation to household products and medicines. We also focus on medicines; what they look like, how they are used and why people use them. It explores how medicines are used to treat illness in the short and long term as well as how some medicines can help protect people from becoming ill in the future. Pupils consider the role of other people in helping them and others to stay healthy and well, manage, or recover from, illness.
Retrieval Questions:
What things might go into our bodies when we go to the doctors or dentist?
How can medicines make us feel?
What things might we eat or drink that will make us feel poorly?
Why do grown- ups help us to decide what things we should eat and drink?
Should I eat or drink something that I am unsure of?
Key vocab:
safe restrictions online trust feelings medicines, safety, unsafe, danger, accident, emergency.
Year 2
In this session we identify some common hazards that might occur in the home, suggest some actions children can take to help keep safe at home and recognise how rules can help keep children safe at home.
Retrieval Questions:
What do we know about medicines?
When can medicines make you feel more unwell?
What form might medicine take?
What is a vaccination?
What should you do if someone is trying to make you take something unsafe?
Write six safety rules for keeping safe near rivers, canals, lakes or reservoirs.
Key vocab:
safe restrictions online trust feelings medicines, safety, unsafe, danger, accident, emergency
Year 3
With Year 3 we are learning about keeping safe near water. By the end of this session, the children will be able to identify hazards and dangers near canals and rivers, explain how to keep safe near canals and rivers, demonstrate what to do if there is an incident or emergency in canals and rivers.
Retrieval Questions:
How do medicines help us?
Why do we need adults to help us take medicines?
Why do we need to be careful with household products?
Why do some people choose to smoke cigarettes or vapes?
Why do people drink alcohol?
Who can help us if we are worried about ourselves or someone we know who uses substances?
Key vocab:
hazards, risks, alarms, safety, rules, environment
Year 4:
In Year 4 pupils assessed and managed risk at home. They assessed some hazards in the home that could cause harm or injury, explained how the desire for peer approval might put pressure on a young person to act in a riskier way at home and describe strategies to reduce risk at home
Retrieval questions:
How can medicines harm us if we don’t take them properly?
What harm can cigarettes and vapes do to our bodies?
What does drinking too much alcohol do to our bodies?
Who might pressure us into trying substances?
Why do adults help us to understand what is good for us?
Key vocab:
medicines, drug, cigarettes, habit, e-cigarettes, vaping
Year 5
With Year 5 the aim was to how to make a clear and efficient call to the emergency services and learn basic first aid concepts, for example, dealing with common injuries such as head injuries.
Retrieval Questions:
What is the difference between drugs and medicine?
What harm could we do if we take drugs, even for the first time?
Why do some people have to take daily medicine?
What laws are there for substances?
Why might people feel pressured into taking substances?
Where is the safest place to get advice and help?
Key vocab:
unsafe, emergency, risk, injuries, responsibility
Year 6
In Year 6 pupils focused on using medicines correctly and safely, and how they contribute to people’s health and wellbeing, both every day and in emergency situations. Pupils also develop their knowledge and understanding of how vaccinations and immunisation can work to stop disease spreading and protect people from infection. Pupils also focused on legal and illegal drugs, other than medicines, and the associated effects and risks.
Retrieval questions:
Do drugs effect all people in the same way?
Is it legal to give other people medicine or drugs?
What does addictive mean?
What might persuade someone to use drugs or substances?
What can you do if you are feeling peer pressure?
How does advertising and social media persuade us to try alcohol and smoking?
Who can help us understand what choice is right for them and to make sure they are safe?
Key vocab:
online, images, appropriate, text, share, restrictions, laws, drugs, organisations, media