Y3/4 (B): Safety and the changing body
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Y3/4 (B): Safety and the changing body
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Send an email which describes some of the best ways to avoid being tricked by fake emails.
- Understand the reasons for legal age restrictions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how search engines work and whether information us useful.
- Understand some of the risks of smoking and some of the benefits of being a non-smoker.
- Identify a casualty who is having an asthma attack.
- Understand choices that they can make and those that are made for them.
- Understand it is most important to ensure the safety of myself and others when faced with an emergency situation.
- Explain rules for keeping safe near roads.
Suggested prior learning
Y3/4 (B): Health and wellbeing
Get startedLessons
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: Fake emails
To understand that not all emails are genuine
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Internet safety: Age restrictions
To understand that age restrictions are designed to protect us
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Consuming information online
To understand that not all information on search engines is valuable
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Tobacco
To begin to understand the risks of smoking and the benefits of being a non smoker
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: First Aid: asthma
To understand how to help someone with asthma
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 6: Choices and influences
To understand the choices people can make and those which are made or influenced by others
YEAR 3 ONLY (B): Lesson 7: First Aid: emergencies and calling for help
To understand the role they can take in an emergency situation
YEAR 4 ONLY (B): Lesson 7: Introducing puberty
To recognise the physical differences between children and adults
YEAR 3 ONLY (B): Lesson 8: Road safety
To develop an understanding of safety on or near roads
YEAR 4 ONLY (B): Lesson 8: Growing up
To recognise that change is part of growing up
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Resources
Unit resources
RSE & PSHE
RSE and PSHE: Assessment spreadsheet — mixed-age
An assessment spreadsheet to record teacher assessments - aimed at those following our mixed-age curriculum.
RSE & PSHE
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…
RSE & PSHE
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.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language
Pupils should be taught to:
- listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
- participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates
English: Writing – composition
Pupils should be taught to
Write sentences by:
- saying out loud what they are going to write about
- composing a sentence orally before writing it