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TOPIC 2: FEELING GOOD ABOUT SAFETYOverview: Children identify and describe feelings when unsure / unsafe and situations when they should go to a carer for help. Differenttypes of helpers are identified. Children describe examples of safety rules for different situations on rural properties. “Golden rules” forsafety are reinforced ie: children play in safe areas; children stay with an adult if out and about on the farm; children call for help if feelingunsafe / unsure.Teaching strategies ACTIVITIES ResourcesActivity 1: FEELING SAFEKeypoint: Children can identify feelings they have when feeling unsafe or unsure.Children need to go to someone who cares for them to help them to feel safe.Class discussionKnowledge andunderstandingAnalysisApplicationDiscuss the meaning of the terms safe and unsafe.Discuss feelings children can have when feeling unsure or unsafe. Children can:• Discuss feelings they have had before or might have if:• They are being cuddled by a parent / important person in their life.• A dragon was chasing them• They were lost and didn’t know where to go• They felt unsafe at home• Describe how their bodies let them know (eg. ‘butterflies’, ‘want to cry’, ‘frozen’).• Discuss any situations on a farm when they have felt unsafe / unsure.(eg. behind a reversing ute, approaching a parent operating a tractor,being told to do something by a brother).Activity sheetSynthesisArt figures• Share what they did / should do when feeling unsafe / unsure. Who can they go to for help?• Suggest other people apart from parents who can help when feeling unsafe, hurt or in troubleand describe how they can help.• Complete the activity sheet*• Make life size “helpers” by tracing around a child on butchers paper.Paint and label different helpers (eg. parent, neighbour, fireman, ses, police, doctor, nurse).Activity sheet 1.2.1Paint, butcherspaper, art & craftsuppliesClass discussionKnowledge andunderstanding‘Golden rules’ gameAnalysisMake a bannerSynthesisActivity 2: GOLDEN RULESKeypoint: There are many particular rules for different situations, but some safety rules applyacross situations. For young children, these relate to safe play areas; close adult supervision;and knowing when to get help.Discuss some of the things parents say children are not allowed to go/do at home(eg. swim alone, play on machinery, ride ATV’s, ride on back of utes, ride without helmets,play in work areas). Children can:• Suggest reasons why parents may have these rules.• Write a sentence to explain why families have rules (eg. My family has rules to keep me safe)Display a “box” and put in slips of paper with three “golden rules” for young children on farms:• “Children play in safe play areas”• “Children stay with an adult if out on the farm“• “Children call for help if feeling unsafe”Place some pretend rules in the box and/or allow children to put in ‘other’rules also.Children can:• Take turns in pulling out clues and mime, charade or play ‘yes/no only’ to work out what the clue is• Discuss if each rule would protect children in most farm situations• At the end of the game, make banners for the ‘golden rules’ for display in classCardboard boxwith colourfulwrapPaper, colours, artand craft supplies29