Year 4 Safety and the changing body
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Y4 Safety and the changing body
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand the reasons for legal age restrictions.
- Understand how quickly information can spread on the internet and some of the risks associated with that.
- Assess and give first aid to a casualty who is having difficulty breathing due to an asthma attack.
- Understand the difference between private and public, and secrets and surprises.
- Understand how search engines work and whether information is useful.
- Understand the changes they have already gone through and aware of some changes to come.
- Understand that they will change physically as they develop into adults.
- Understand some of the risks of smoking and some of the benefits of being a non-smoker.
Suggested prior learning
Y3 Safety and the changing body
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Internet safety: Age restrictions
- To understand that age restrictions are designed to protect people.
Lesson 2: Share aware
- To understand the benefits and risks of sharing material online.
Lesson 3: First Aid: asthma
- To understand how to help someone with asthma.
Lesson 4: Privacy and secrecy
- To develop understanding of privacy and the difference between secrets and surprises.
Lesson 5: Consuming information online
- To understand that not all information on search engines is valuable.
Lesson 6: Growing up
- To recognise that change is part of growing up.
Lesson 7: Introducing puberty
- To recognise the physical differences between children and adults.
Lesson 8: Tobacco
- To begin to understand the risks of smoking and the benefits of being a non-smoker.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources

Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Y4 Safety and the changing body
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit.

Vocabulary display – RSE & PSHE Y4: Safety and the changing body
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Year 4: Safety and the changing body unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language – articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions.
British values: Rule of Law
Computing: Understand computer networks; use search technologies effectively; use technology safely; respectfully and responsibly; and identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.