Napo’s Hazard Hunter
Teacher guidance:
This resource is a lesson that can stand alone or be part of a wider project. It links to other subjects, as shown, but its main purpose is to use the engaging Napo films to teach children about how to take care of themselves and each other and recognise hazards.
The first section below gives an overview of potential activities, objectives and resources required for the lesson. It is followed by links to a detailed three-part lesson plan pdf with some ideas for extending the learning, and to a downloadable help sheet which accompanies the lesson.
In this project pupils will discover how to recognise and protect themselves and their friends from the various hazards that might put them in danger.
Learning Objectives
Lesson 1, Hazard House:
2 hours
To recognise risks and hazards at school and at home
To know how to address a range of hazards that may create a risk to myself or others
To understand my own responsibility in relation to risks and hazards
To evaluate different levels of risks
To work as a team to prepare materials that demonstrate the above learning
Lesson 2, Hazard House:
3 hours
To be able to explain those risks to other students in an engaging manner
Hazard House Presentation:
1 hours
To link this learning with other aspects of the curriculum such as science, PE and design and technology.
Activity Overview - See lesson plan for further detail
Watch the Napo clip provided with this session.
Film: Safe Start, Scene: Watch Out For Others Too
Film: Danger, Chemicals, Scene: Dangerous to the environment
Film: Risky Business, Scenes: Assess The Risks and Act On Risks
Film: Safety Inside and Outside of Work, Scene: An edited section (for example from the stairs to the football)
Discuss and define the hazards shown in the scenes and what sort of other hazards they are aware of. Encourage children to explain what a risk and hazard is.
Encourage children to explain what they would do to prevent hazards and risks.
Hand out Hazard Spotting posters, and ask children to place a sticker wherever they find a hazard.
Re-group and ask children individually to say what they have identified as hazards.
Discuss how some risks are more dangerous than others by making a list of the risks in order of most severe consequences to less severe and ask the children which risks require the most urgent intervention. (See helpsheet).
Produce a song, dance or short play to help people remember how to protect themselves and each other from dangers.
Hold me tight
Choose and assign members of the team an activity from the Activity Menu sheet.
Prepare a presentation or performance to give to other children about Napo’s activity in the clip making sure that they detail how to recognise and assess risks or hazards and what to do about them.
Plenary could include children linking the hazards they have identified with learning in other subjects or other situations.
Resources required
Napo film clip (provided)
Hazard Spotting Poster
Stickers
Tambourine for rap performance (optional)
Model material such as toilet rolls, cereal packets etc
Or paper and crayons for drawing
Writing paper
Links to subjects/curriculum
Personal, social and health education
Household products, including medicines, can be harmful if not used properly Rules for and ways of keeping safe, including basic road safety, and about people who can help them stay safe To recognise how their behaviour affects other people
Science
To recognise that there are hazards in living things, materials and physical processes, and assess risks and take action to reduce risks to themselves and others Pupils should obtain an insight into the use of chemicals at home, their labelling and handling Handling of natural and artificial substances
Citizenship/Education for civil life
To recognise hazards, assess consequent risks and risk control
Foreign/Native Language
Writing simple sentences to complete a story with a beginning, middle and end structure
Detailed Lesson plan
Napo’s Hazard Hunter
The film looks at hazards and some of the most common workplace risks, and the need to: 'Stop, Think and Act' to reduce the number of workplace accidents and the incidence of occupational ill health. The film is designed for use as a training aid to introduce risk assessment and the concepts of hazard and risk.
Watch the video
