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Health and Safety in KS1 & KS2 Curriculum

A Headteacher's Safety Management Toolkit
Article  -Whilst HSE and DfES and others all have a
central  part  to  play.
Health  and  Safety and KS1 & KS2 Curriculum.
It is the Emergency Services who deal with
Government  ActionRisk, Risk Assessment, Risk Control and Risk
Management locally and day to day and hour by
The Government determined that Health andhour.
Safety become part of the curriculum in 2002
and defined that all pupils of should receiveThey are also more available to a school to a
some 40 hours of H&S teaching before the endschool  as  a  local  resource.
of  their  schooling.
The Police have long visited schools
HSE has already produced materials which aredelivering talks and demonstrations for
being used to give a Basic Safety InductionDrugs, Personal Safety and Road Safety for
to work for pupils going out on Workpupils of Primary age.as have the Fire
Experience  from  schools  and  colleges.Service who are always willing to co-operate
with  visits  and  Fire Safety presentations.
Safety has actually already entered the
syllabus in a fairly defined way and the QCAAmbulance NHS Trusts, Red Cross and St.John's
have already produced a statutory statementare also resources along with private
and defined NVQ standards at the higherEmergency Ambulance firms who are often under
levels, which are already used for qualifyingused  by  schools.
members  of  the  HSE  Inspectorate.
If the Emergency Service presenters are
DfES have also played their part throughsufficiently well briefed and the pupils are
their own expert tem and the informationappropriately prepared a community approach
delivered  through  Teachernet.can be taken to risk by using such resources.
National  Curriculum  for  Health  and SafetyAn excellent example of this has just been
released.
The QCA statutory statement with regards to
safety  in  the  curriculum  states that it :The RNLI have a Youth Section at which gives
access to a wide range of resources including
"applies to science, design and technology,
information and communication technology, artAll Aboard - KS 2 Resource with poster and
and  design,  and  physical  education."teacher's notes plus activities and a KS£
resource which may be of use since it covers
In brief the QCA has indicated that pupilsbeach  visits  etc  called  Get  on  Board.
must be taught the whole range of concepts
surrounding risk assessment and controlThe Coastguard (Maritime Coastguard Agency
including:-MCA) and the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution (RNLI) have teamed up to make
-Identifying  Hazards  and  Risks.young people aware of the dangers near water.
-Controlling  and reducing hazards and risks.They have produced an interactive CDROM
entitled MAYDAY for KS2 pupils. This is an
-Risk  Assessment  techniques  .extensive resource with the CDROM as well as
information, activity cards and teacher's
-To take care for their own and other'snotes with ideas for follow up projects.
Health  and  Safety.MAYDAY is structured so that it can either be
used with groups or by individuals and has a
The QCA have also issued guidance which waswide range of activities which ends in a
drawn up after consultation with HSE and this"Round  Britain  Yacht  Race."
indicates that they have a view that RISK
should be the core of the approach and theyAs well as helping in selling the "risk"
feel that teachers will have alreadymessage and thus linking directly to the
introduced their pupils to the concept ofHealth and Safety Curriculum the pack is
risk.linked to KS2 in Humanities, Environmental
Studies, Literacy and Numeracy, ICT,
The whole thrust of QCA guidance tells theCitizenship  and  PHSE.
teacher to ensure that pupils are taught
about risk at an appropriate level throughoutThis is a FREE resource and is divided into
their  time  in  school.five  sections:
They see this as helping to ensure that1.Staying Safe - an ideal piece of pre visit
pupils are better equipped to deal with risksinstruction which helps the children to
with situations of uncertainty and changerecognise risks when they are near the sea.
both  in  and  out  of  school.This part of the resource also introduces the
Beaufort Scale, Shipping Weather Forecasts
QCA see the main objectives of the deliveryand  the  idea  of  maritime charts and maps.
of a Health and Safety curriculum as being a
tool  to  ensure that the pupils are able to:2.Rescue! Uses Scenarios to encourage
children to use their judgement to make risk
-recognise the existence of hazards, risksbased  decisions  to  help  other  people.
and  uncertainty  in  a  range  of  contexts;
3.Crew - This introduces the children to the
-assess their own ability, and the ability ofpeople who risk their lives to help others on
others,  to  deal  with different situations;the sea and looks at how they are trained and
what  motivates  them.
-assess the consequences when dealing with
hazards presented to themselves and to others4.Safer by Design - Children find out about
(for example, within school, the environment,PPE and the wider range of safety equipment
the  home);used as control measures when a calculated
risk is taken by those who face the "angry
-seek advice from appropriate sources tosea" to help save lives. This section also
minimise  and  manage  risk;has some interesting Numeracy work based on
speeds of helicopters and boats in rescue
-understand that rules and regulations followsituations.
from risk assessment and help define
individual  and  collective  responsibility.5.Round Britain Race - In this section
children plan and take part in a race,
In addition already part of H&S is part ofchoosing equipment, planning routes as well
the National Healthy Schools initiative foras choosing their team. This section supports
Primary  Schools.KS2  Humanities  and  PHSE  as  well  as H&S.
HSE  and  the  CurriculumFurther information from Liza Linscott (RNLI)
01202663217 or Julia Gosling (MCA)
HSE has set up a small Risk Education Team020380329401
based in the Central Expertise Policy and
Support Division of the Policy GroupOther  Resources
Directorate  in  London  .
The following organisations have produced
Their  stated  intention  is  to:information and which may be of interest and
which can also be mostly accessed form the
"influence the degree to which riskHSE  website.
management techniques are taught in schools
and  other  educational  establishments....."1.HSE has produced resources which may be
integrated directly within the curriculum e.g
They are developing four projects of whichstatistics and all of their resources for use
two are of interest insofar as the curriculumin the classroom may be found at their
is  concerned.education site at: these include the HSE
produced resources above and access to the
-They seek to raise the level f risk teachingfollowing.
in  schools.
2.ROSPA have produced a FREE set of
-They seek to provide risk teaching materialsInformation sheets with notes and activities
for  teachers  and  lecturers.for Key Stages 1-4 on "Dangerous Substances
Everywhere" and a wide range of other
We can see that HSE has had a part to play inresources  at
all the initiatives regarding the curriculum
and has also addressed areas of concern,3.A CDROM produced by HSE for Middle and
targeting primary school children in threeSecondary Schools identified as for use with
sectors  where  deaths  have  occurred.11 -14 Year olds might be of interest for
more able Year 6s it is entitled "Human
Thus Farming, Railways and Construction SitesTorch" and is a "X Files" type investigation
all have had curriculum materials producedinto factors surrounding a (hopefully)
highlighting risks and unsafe behaviour andhypothetical case. More information may be
aiming  to  educate  and  modify  behaviours.found  at
These  are  looked  at later in this section.Curriculum  and  Lesson  Planning
HSE  Resources  for  the  Primary  SchoolOther ways of involving children in the
safety process and them being involved
The resources provided for a Safetyrevolve  around  the  actual  process itself.
initiative within the curriculum by HSE are
very well produced and should be easily-Learning to identify Dangers(Hazards) and
integrated  into any Primary School syllabus.Risks(Likelihood of the Danger leading an
accident)
Stay Safe On the Farm, Stay Safe Railway
Safety, and Stay Safe Building Site Safety-Learning  to  do  Risk  Assessments.
all contain, games, cartoons and puzzles to
encourage children to think about the hazards-Reviewing  existing  Risk  Assessments.
which exist in all these industries, and how
to  avoid  them.-Writing  Accident  Reports.
These industries often act as a magnet to-First  Aid
children who don't understand the dangers
they present and treat them like playgrounds.-Learning to reduce and control risks - e.g
This is also why special consideration needsSwimming
to be given to ongoing construction or
maintenance works taking place on school-School Council Representation on the School
sites.Safety  Committee.
Stay Safe booklets have been distributed at-Inspections  for  monitoring  and  Audit
schools across the country, and can be
ordered free of charge from HSE Books on but-Setting  School  Safety  Targets.
access  to  pdf  versions  are  given  below.
-How much does an accident really cost? Could
-Stay Safe on the Farm - Leaflet with puzzlesbe adopted to form the basis of some numeracy
and colouring exercise suitable for Years 4-6see.HSE  Booklet  in  Resource
The integrated approach suggested by the QCA
-Stay Safe Railway Safety - Stay Safein its Guidance may suggest ways in which
Railways a website for Children to Learnsome of the above topics be introduced via
about being safe and keeping safe aroundthe  lesson  planning  process.
Railways
Pupils will need to learn the terms Risk,
This is a Multimedia Game/Scenario typeHazard, Control measure as soon as possible
program with a safety theme suitable forand have a secure foundation as regards their
Years  4-6definitions.
-Stay Safe Building Site Safety - This has aThis means that lesson plans need to reflect
series of comic strips/Posters and colouringthis and integrate safety within planning
exercises with game type questions andother lessons, which should be seen as
completion  exercises  -  suitable Years 4-6opportunities.
-You will find other items which may beAlmost any lesson or behaviour in class can
integrated in Resources in the Headteaher'sbe taken for identifying and highlighting
Safetydangers or hazards discussing what could
happen in different circumstances and how
In addition HSE has also produced videoslikely these risks are to lead to an accident
aimed at parents, teachers and older childrenand what control measures need to be taken to
to  raise  awareness.reduce  this  risk.
A four minute video Open Farms HealthyThere is no doubt that integration of safety
Children, is available on HSE's web FREE sitewithin the curriculum is a valid approach and
which ensures parents, teachers and otherssuch the view of the value such an approach
are aware of the hidden risks of picking upshared by HSE, the Government and the "great
E-coli  from  animals.and  the  good".
The video Safe! - Helping children to stayDfES have produced a Safety Education
safe on farms, which has been distributed toguidance for teachers which outlines good
all Local Authority education departments,practice, this may be found and downloaded
also shows children the hazards that exist onfrom:
farms.
Best advice is that the school needs to adopt
Copies of 'Safe! - Helping children to staya "whole school approach" to Health and
safe on farms' price £20.00 + VAT, areSafety in the curriculum and it will be
also  available  for purchase from HSE Books,clearly seen that this approach is what the
National CUrriculum already dictates.
Other  Resources  -  Emergency  Services.



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