This toolkit introduces the importance of protecting the skin and back from simple, everyday risks. Through a series of tasks and activities, the toolkits aim to help children recognise risk to physical health and safety from avoidable behaviour, to predict similar risks in new situations and to explain how to avoid such risks.
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Lesson One – Skin
Be Body Wise with Napo
Note: Though it is possible to use these lessons as separate units, it is recommended to work through each plan in logical succession
Teacher guidance:
It is never too early to introduce children to the basic safety concepts that for adults come under the umbrella of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH).
Napo is a charming character who can help children think, understand and act on safety issues. To find out more about Napo, click here: Who is Napo There is a wide range of Napo films, so please feel free to explore them and use in your own classes.
Some of the basic safety concepts in this lesson plan can link to curriculum already being taught. This resource presents a range of great ideas which you can use to help integrate these safety concepts into your lessons. It can work as a lesson 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 their bodies and avoid long-term damage, although not every risk the body faces is included here. In fact, this project focuses on risks to the skin (the back is covered in lesson two), but please check the Napo website for films covering other risks to the body, such as to the eyes, if you would like to incorporate those into your lessons.
The grid overleaf gives an overview of potential activities, objectives and resources required for the session. This is followed by a more detailed example three-part lesson plan with an idea for extending the lesson. In this lesson children will use the Napo video clips to discover the risks to their own physical health and safety and how to protect them- selves against such risks.
This lesson can lead into a story writing work where the pupils can put some of the dangers they have been consid- ering into a real context.
If you need more information on basic safety and health topics raised in this project, you can find it in the corre- sponding helpsheet for this lesson plan in the third section.
Learning Objectives
To recognise risks to physical health and safety
Activity Overview - See lesson plan for further detail
40/45 minutes
Resources Required
Links to subjects/curriculum
