Follow-up sessions:

The Safety Centre offers follow-up lessons to any year group that visits the Centre. These sessions directly reinforce the messages given at the Centre whilst encouraging community safety and citizenship. They are specifically designed to encourage children to change their behaviour towards taking responsibility.

Some examples of lessons delivered are listed below.

Contact the Schools Liaison Team for charges.

Other follow-up sessions are available on request from the School Liaison team e.g. Arson, Knife Crime and Electrical Safety.

ROAD SAFETY LESSONS

Year 2 Road Safety Lesson

Learning Objective:

We want to learn how to keep safe when walking, cycling and travelling in the car.

Introduction:

Discuss travelling from home to school (Green Cross Code and safe places to cross)

Activities:

DRAMA Act out the Green Cross Code using a zebra crossing.

ART Make an arm band to be safe and be seen.

GAME Play ‘Stop and Go’ or ‘Safe Places to Cross.’

Plenary:

Review how to keep safe when crossing the road. 

Year 6 Road Safety Lesson

Learning Objective:

We want to recognise the risks when using the roads and know how to behave responsibly.

Introduction:

Discuss the Green Cross Code, bicycle safety and how to travel safely in a car as a passenger.

Activities:

Complete the Road Safety quiz. Watch and discuss road safety film.

Plenary:

Review new learning that has taken place in the lesson.

INTERNET SAFETY LESSONS

Y2 Internet Safety Lesson

Learning Objective:

We want to know that it is important to keep our personal information safe.

Introduction:

Watch and discuss Internet Safety Film.

Activities:

DRAMA Use masks and play Sid’s response game.

ART Make an animal mask and nick name card.

GAME Play Sid’s ’Keeping Safe’ game.

Plenary:

Review how we can keep our personal information safe.

Internet Safety- during the class session, the children will further develop their understanding of the importance of safety when using social networking sites. Discussion forms the basis of the session, emphasising the messages given at the Safety Centre, and the need for caution, whilst at the same time benefitting from the advantages of the internet.

Year 6 Internet Safety Lesson

Learning Objective : We want to recognise the risks when using the internet.

To decide how to behave responsibly. To know how to ask for help.

Introduction:

Discuss where and what people use the internet for including social networking sites.

Activities:

Watch Internet Safety Film.

Plenary:

Review the Click Clever, Click Safe campaign; Zip it! Block it! Flag it!

Internet Safety Parents Sessions:

We offer sessions about internet safety for parents at a cost. Schools who are interested can contact the Schools Liaison Team. We are willing to deliver these sessions at a time that will most suit your parents. Some parents prefer at the beginning of the school day after children have been taken to class, alternatively parents may find evenings more convenient.

EMERGENCY SERVICES LESSON

Year 2 Emergency Services Lesson

Learning Objective :

We want to learn what is meant by an Emergency and how to recognize and contact the Emergency Services.

Introduction:

Discuss what an Emergency is and how to recognize the Emergency Services by the uniforms they wear and the vehicles they drive.

Activities :

DRAMA Act out making an Emergency 999 call.

ART Make an Emergency Services person or vehicle.

GAME Play the ‘999 Decisions’ game.

Plenary :

Review how to make an Emergency telephone call. 

THEFT AND VANDALISM LESSONS

Theft - This follow-up programme has been designed in conjunction with the Milton Keynes Retail Shop Theft Initiative and Thames Valley Police and concentrates on shop theft and effects on both the victim [the store] and the offender. Classroom work involves the pupils in role-play situations whereby they are asked to consider the effects upon the individual, the shop and family members. They are also asked to consider how an arrest could affect their job opportunities and future career. Children are left with a personal safety message that provides them with a strategy for seeking help if ever they are involved with others that steal. Discussion work includes the effects of shoplifting, petty theft and other issues relevant to individual schools.

Vandalism- Awareness of vandalism is a constant theme throughout the Safety Centre. A specific scenario depicts an anti-vandalism message. This is shown as a video, which is filmed against a Milton Keynes background, using local school aged pupils to deliver far-reaching messages. The follow-up session concentrates on raising awareness of the effects of vandalism, cost to the community, social implications and effects on the environment. Links are made with areas of local concern and any relevant vandalism within the school environment.

Year 6 Vandalism and Shop Theft

Learning Objective:

We want to know what vandalism is and know some of the consequences of vandalism. We want to know what theft is and understand some of the consequences.

Introduction:

Discuss what we mean by vandalism and theft and consider the feelings of the victim.

Activities:

Watch the Vandalism Film and act out the shop theft role play.

Plenary:

Review the consequences of vandalism and theft and the choices you have. 

Year 6 Drug Awareness Lesson

Learning Objective:

We want to know the effects of legal and illegal drugs.

To recognise the risks in different situations. To know how to ask for help.

Introduction:

Discuss the effects of legal and illegal drugs on the body.

Activities:

Watch the Drugs Safety DVD.

Plenary:

Review the consequences of misusing drugs and the choices you have.