Y1/2 (A): Lesson 5: Making a call to the emergency services

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

Pupil’s should know:

  • How to make a clear and efficient call to emergency services if necessary

Success criteria

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Before the lesson

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Attention grabber

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Main event

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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’ activity and can try and ask the operator for the appropriate emergency service for each scenario.

Wrapping up

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Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

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Vocabulary

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