Learning objective
- To understand how to help someone who is choking.
Success criteria
- I recognise when someone
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Statutory guidance
RSE
Basic first aid
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Cross-curricular links
None.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Odd one out. Using the slide, ask the children to recap their knowledge from learning in prior year groups about what to do in an emergency. The children should discuss which phone number is the odd one out and why: 999. (The UK phone number for medical emergencies.) 112. (The single European emergency…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should use the Resource: How to help someone who is choking: support, while practising the steps on their teddy, as this resource provides written and visual reminders of each step; could, if required, just focus on the three main steps – five back blows, five tummy thrusts, call 999.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should be challenged to explain why each step of helping someone who is choking is important; should be challenged to explain what makes certain foods or objects choking hazards, especially for young children; could research how the steps would be altered if they were being carried out on an infant.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising the signs that someone is choking;
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Vocabulary definitions
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abdomen
The part of the body between the chest and the hips. The abdomen contains the stomach, intestines, and liver.
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airway
The passage through the mouth and throat that carries air to the lungs.
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In this unit
Assessment - RSE & PHSE Y6: Safety and the changing body
Lesson 1: Alcohol
Lesson 2: Critical digital consumers
Lesson 3: Social media
Lesson 4: Physical and emotional changes of puberty
Lesson 5: Conception
Lesson 6: Pregnancy and birth
Lesson 7: First Aid: Choking
Lesson 8: First Aid: Basic life support
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 20th March, 2025
