Year 4 Safety and the changing body
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Y4 Safety and the changing body
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand the reasons for legal age restrictions.
- Understand how quickly information can spread on the internet and some of the risks associated with that.
- Assess and give first aid to a casualty who is having difficulty breathing due to an asthma attack.
- Understand the difference between private and public, and secrets and surprises.
- Understand how search engines work and whether information is useful.
- Understand the changes they have already gone through and aware of some changes to come.
- Understand that they will change physically as they develop into adults.
- Understand some of the risks of smoking and some of the benefits of being a non-smoker.
Suggested prior learning
Y3 Safety and the changing body
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Internet safety: Age restrictions
Lesson 2: Share aware
Lesson 3: First Aid: asthma
Lesson 4: Privacy and secrecy
Lesson 5: Consuming information online
Lesson 6: Growing up
Lesson 7: Introducing puberty
Lesson 8: Tobacco
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources
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 "Year 4 Safety and the…
Vocabulary display – RSE & PSHE Y4: Safety and the changing body
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Year 4: Safety and the changing body unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language – articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions.
British values: Rule of Law
Computing: Understand computer networks; use search technologies effectively; use technology safely; respectfully and responsibly; and identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.