- Practical Safety Education
- Managing everyday risks
- The Five Rs
- The Ten Principles
- What are unintended injuries?
- Did you know..
More than 2000 children around the world die every day from an accident which could have been prevented.
Managing everyday risks
It is important that parents and those who work with young people make the most of everyday opportunities to encourage learning and discussion about safety and safety independence.
This can be done, for example:
- While walking to school by the road or canal
- On school trips to the library or park
- In adventurous play by the scout hut or community hall.
Recognising hazards, discussing how to reduce or remove these, learning what to do if there is an incident (recover), and remembering lessons learned are all key parts of high quality practical safety education. These are known as the five Rs which describe the key steps necessary to make informed decisions about safety.
In younger children we are looking to develop a basic awareness of real risks, and the appropriate default responses to these.
As children get older, they should be developing the competency to make reasoned, informed decisions for themselves.
