Health Issues - personal safety
As part of our Health scope and sequence we need to look at various issues of Personal Safety. Some areas that are required to be covered are as follows :
Year 1: Discusses how rules keep us safe in various settings including: home, school, and around water. Identifies and explains safety rules in the classroom and play areas (e.g. walk when carrying scissors). Describes physical reactions to appropriate and inappropriate touching (e.g. smile, laugh, feeling sick, increased heart beat).  Discusses appropriate physical contact from others during self-care activities, such as toileting and dressing, and that this contact is only OK if it feels right and if we agree to it. Â
Code Red Rover - safety adventure at home  http://www.coderedrover.org/game1.html
Year 2: Identifies safe and unsafe situations including: around people; in the playground; on and near roads; travelling to and from school; in and near water.  Demonstrates safe movement and storage of familiar school equipment including: chairs, classroom tools, sports equipment, small AV appliances, books and art equipment. Discusses the concept of ‘personal space’ and how we can take action to maintain our personal space and respect the personal space of others, uses strategies such as No, Go, Tell, to maintain personal safety.  Year 3: Describes characteristics and personal reactions that signal safe/unsafe persons, places and circumstances (e.g. being away from trusted adults and feeling nervous).
Safety Around Strangers - simple videos at the end of page. http://www.safechild.org/strangers.htm
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Year 4: Identifies and demonstrates the ability to deal with unsafe environments and situations including bullying.
McGruff.org - child safety centre for various stories and activties http://www.mcgruff.org/Games/
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Year 5: Assesses the safety of situations in home, school, water and outdoor environments and identifies appropriate responses to manage risk and avoid harm including maritime safety and/or safety in the bush.
Cruical Crew - IWB interactives dealing with various scenarios. http://www.crucial-crew.org/index.cfm
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Year 6:Â Â Discusses/explores and role plays a range of personal safety strategies for use in threatening or abusive situations. Discusses how they have a responsibility for the safety of themselves and others.
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Staying Safe - http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/
Cruical Crew - IWB interactives dealing with various scenarios. http://www.crucial-crew.org/index.cfm
Year 7: Assesses factors that influence the use of harmful substances including caffeine, tobacco and alcohol and proposes alternative actions to choosing to use these substances.Â
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