Year 3 Safety and the changing body
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Y3 Safety and the changing body
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Show an understanding that they must consider their own safety before helping others in an emergency situation.
- Understand how to help someone who has been bitten or stung.
- Write an email with instructions written using positive language.
- Create a decision tree showing how to deal with unkind online behaviour and cyberbullying.
- Send an email that describes some of the best ways to avoid being tricked by fake emails.
Suggested prior learning
Y2 Safety and the changing body
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: First Aid: Emergencies and calling for help
- To understand the role I can take in an emergency situation.
Lesson 2: First Aid: bites and stings
- To understand how to help if someone has been stung or bitten.
Lesson 3: Be kind online
- To understand the importance of being kind online and what this looks like.
Lesson 4: Cyberbullying
- To understand that cyberbullying involves being unkind online.
Lesson 5: Fake emails
- To understand that not all emails are genuine.
Lesson 6: Making choices
- To understand the choices people can make and those which are made by others.
Lesson 7: Influences
- To begin to recognise who and what can influence our decisions.
Lesson 8: Keeping safe out and about
- To develop an understanding of safety on or near roads.
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Unit resources

Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Y3 Safety and the changing body
A visual one-page summary of the key knowledge and vocabulary covered in the Year 3 Safety and the changing body…

Videos: Safety and the changing body
A selection of Q&A videos with RSE & PSHE specialists, addressing unit-specific themes to support the delivery of safety and…

Vocabulary display – RSE & PSHE Y3: Safety and the changing body
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Is Year 3: Safety and the changing body unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
- ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge
- maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments
- participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates
- draft and write by:
- in narratives, creating settings, characters and plot’
See National curriculum - English key stages 1 to 2.
Computing
“Pupils should be taught to
- Use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.”
See National curriculum - Computing key stages 1 to 2
British values
Mutual respect, Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.