KS1 - Keeping safe

These engaging KS1 outdoor PSHE lessons help children learn how to keep themselves and others safe through hands-on, practical activities. From managing risk and practising road safety to caring for their school environment and responding to emergencies, pupils build confidence, responsibility, and awareness in fun, active ways.

Lesson Plans

Recognise and manage risk

Support your children in identifying risk and have them begin to learn to manage risk themselves with an appropriately risky outdoor activity, perfect for building your children’s confidence and self-awareness.

Learning objective:

to recognise and manage risk

Keep safe at home and in familiar environments

During this outdoor lesson children will have a practical opportunity to practise road safety but instead of stepping out onto real roads they will utilise your schools playground, keeping them safe whilst building this new skill in an experiential and fun way.

Learning objective:

To keep safe at home and in familiar environments

People who keep us safe

For this outdoor lesson you will need to work with a person with an important role for keeping everyone safe in school! Children will develop a sense of responsibility to look after the school environment to help keep everyone safe.

Learning objective:

To recognise people whose job it is to keep us safe

Understand what to do in an emergency

This outdoor lesson provides hands-on learning experiences, opportunities for role play and a focused reflection to help your class deepen their understanding of what an emergency is and how we respond to them.

Learning objective:

To understand what to do in an emergency

Before you get started

Safety and sustainability is super important!