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Lesson 4: Making an emergency phone call

Exploring what is an emergency and using role-play to learn how to call the emergency services.

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Learning objective

To know what an emergency is and how to make a phone call if needed.

Statutory guidance

Pupils should know:

how to make a clear and efficient call to emergency services if necessary

Success criteria

Before the lesson

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Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: May benefit from doing the role-play with an adult and may need to be given their address on a piece of paper.

Pupils working at greater depth: Should think about which of the emergency services might be needed in the emergency or not.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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Sarah Huggins,

RSE & PSHE specialist

Sarah has over 20 years’ experience in education. Starting as a Primary teacher, Sarah then moved into an advisory role that covered both PSHE education and Citizenship. She delivers courses for teachers, as well as sessions for children and young…

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