Year 1 Safety and the changing body
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Y1 Safety and the changing body
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Know a number of adults in school.
- Know that they should speak to an adult if they are ever worried or feel uncomfortable about another adult.
- Understand ways to keep safe and not get lost and know the steps to take if they do get lost.
- Know the number for the emergency services and their own address.
- Understand that some types of physical contact are never acceptable.
- Know what can go into or onto the body and when they should check with an adult.
- Understand that there are hazards in houses and know how to avoid them.
- Understand and name jobs that people do to help keep us safe.
Suggested prior learning
Y1 Health and wellbeing
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Adults in school
- To know how to respond to adults in a safe and familiar context.
Lesson 2: Adults outside school
- To recognise how to respond to adults in a range of situations.
Lesson 3: Getting lost
- To recognise what to do if you get lost.
Lesson 4: Making an emergency phone call
- To know what an emergency is and how to make a phone call if needed.
Lesson 5: Appropriate contact
- To begin to understand the difference between acceptable and unacceptable physical contact.
Lesson 6: Safety with substances
- To begin to understand what is safe to put into or onto our bodies.
Lesson 7: Safety at home
- To recognise that there are dangers at home and how these can be avoided.
Lesson 8: People who help to keep us safe
- To understand that there are people in the local community who help to keep us safe.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources

Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Y1 Safety and the changing body
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Videos: Y1 Safety and the changing body
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Vocabulary display – RSE & PSHE Year 1: Safety and the changing body
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Year 1: Safety and the changing body unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
- participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates
- write sentences by: saying out loud what they are going to write about [and] composing a sentence orally before writing it’
See National curriculum - English key stages 1 to 2.
Science
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene’
See National curriculum - Science key stages 1 to 2.
British values: Mutual respect, Individual liberty.