Lesson 2 - Stay Safe

To:

• Understand consequences and how to

make informed choices

• Understand who can help in an

emergency situation

• Think about how to be safe by the sea

and other areas of water

Focus

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Film 3 – part 1

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What would you do next?

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• At school – a teacher or the nearest adult

• At home

• On the road

• Out in town

• On the beach – ask for the Coastguard or

find a lifeguard

• In the countryside

• By a river, lake or reservoir

Dial 999 or 112

Who to contact in an emergency

Tell the operator your location and what has happened and they will send the appropriate emergency services

What is the RNLI?

• The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea

4,600 volunteer

lifeboat crew

members

Lifeguards on

over 160 beaches

235 RNLI

Lifeboat

stations

• More than 900 seasonal paid lifeguards and supervisors

• Volunteer lifeguards provide additional cover

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Who helped Lucy?

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Lifeboats:

• Provide 24-hour search and rescue

service

• Respond to emergency calls from

people in trouble at sea

• All-weather, inshore and hovercraft

• Have volunteer crew trained to save

lives at sea

Find out more at rnli.org.uk

How do lifeboats help?

Lifeguards:

• Supervise at the beach

• Create monitored and safe flagged

areas of the beach

• Have access to lifesaving equipment

• Are trained to save lives

• Teach people about beach safety

Find out more at rnli.org.uk

How do lifeguards help?

Know your flags

• Patrolled by lifeguards, safest area to swim

• DANGER! Never go in the water when the red flag is

flying

• Area for craft. Not safe to swim in this area

• Wind conditions dangerous. Do not use inflatables

What could Lucy have done to stay safe?

• Not go out alone

• Go with an adult

• Tell someone where she was going

Avoid getting into trouble

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Safety poster

Plan a poster for younger children

• What are the possible dangers and

hazards at the beach?

• How can you avoid these dangers

and hazards?

• What else can you do to stay safe?

Planning your beach safety poster

• What dangers and hazards could

there be?

• How can you avoid these dangers

and hazards?

• What else can you do to stay safe?

Planning your water safety poster

To:

• Understand consequences and how to

make informed choices

• Understand who can help in an

emergency situation

• Think about how to be safe by the sea

and other areas of water

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