Lesson Plan Yr 8.4 Staying Safe
Lesson plan and evaluation
Name of teacher:
Key concept: Risk
Lesson title: Staying Safe
Key stage: KS3 Year 8
Context: Lesson 4 of 6 SRE unit of work
No. of girls:
No. of boys:
Pupils with LDD & additional support:
Date of lesson:
Class:
Links to ECM:
Staying safe
Enjoy and Achieve
Being Healthy
Make a positive
contribution
Achieve Economic
Wellbeing
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Key Concepts: Personal Wellbeing / Economic Wellbeing
Personal
Identities
Healthy Lifestyles
Risk
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Previous learning in this area:
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Relationships
Diversity
Self
Awareness
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Year 7. Lesson 7.4 Staying Safe - Risk / Lesson 7.6 Where to get help
Intended lesson objectives
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Develop the concept of risk. Focus on risk, sexual activity and alcohol
consumption
Build on Year 7 lesson 7.6 reviewing confidentiality and service availability.
Develop pupils’ skills in locating and accessing relevant services.
Highlight service provision for those in need and to facilitate access
Intended learning outcomes (include knowledge, skills and understanding)
By the end of the lesson most pupils will be able to:
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Recognise common risky social and sexual situations
Identify strategies to keep safe
Know where to go for help
Main teaching and learning strategies: Key Processes
Personal Wellbeing / Economic Wellbeing
Critical Reflection
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Decision Making and
Managing Risk
Developing relationships and
working with others
Self Development
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Differentiation to be completed by teacher according to class needs to include VAK. (see
appendix)
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LESSON
Materials/resources:
 Worksheet 1 - Risk Scenarios – sufficient for small groups of 4/5
 Worksheet 2 – Strategies for keeping safe
 Pens & Paper
 Teacher’s Information – Consent
 Information on local Support Services
Introduction (5 mins)
Reinforce the Ground Rules / Group Agreement with the class.
Explain that today you will be exploring risk and staying safe.
Share learning outcomes for the lesson:
By the end of the lesson most pupils will be able to:
 Recognise common risky social and sexual situations
 Identify strategies to keep safe
 Know where to go for help
Either remind the class of any previous work on risk and staying safe (Year7.
Lesson 7.4), or explain briefly to the class that:
 Risk means 'the chance of something bad happening'.
 Risk can be both positive and negative, and give some examples
 We can minimise risk by planning ahead
 The age of consent to sexual intercourse is 16
Main Activities
1. Scenarios of Risk (20 mins)
Form Small groups of 3 or 4 – Give out a copy of the Chris and Nick scenarios to
each group
 Discuss and jot down key points on each scenario
Teacher Notes:
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If there was time, this activity could be done in groups as a hot
seating activity. Ensure to de-role characters after the exercise.
At some stage individuals or groups may well ask whether Chris
and Nick are both boys, both girls or a boy and a girl. Ask them to
consider whether this makes any difference to what they are each
likely to want or to the risks, and, if so, to note this too.
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Bring the class back together:
 Ask one group to give feedback on Scene 1 – encourage other groups to add
their ideas about what the 2 young people might want to happen and what
the risks are.
 Do the same with the other scenes, using a different group to give feedback
on each one
 Whenever a risk is mentioned, write it on the board
2. Strategies for Keeping Safe (10 mins)
Ask groups to re-form:
Allocate one scene to each group (you may need to have two groups looking at the
same scene) and discuss:
 Whether Chris or Nick could have done anything differently to make sure
they kept themselves safe.
 At least 3 things Chris or Nick could have done to keep themselves safe and
jot these down.
 What their friends would think of their behaviour
 How their behaviour affected others
Bring the class back together and discuss:
 Strategies for keeping safe.
 The impact of alcohol on decision making – scribe the results
Teacher Notes:
 Ensure pupils make links between their initial expectations and how
drinking alcohol may reduce their inhibitions and make them
behave in a less safe manner.
 Further teacher information on alcohol can be found in Yr. 9 Lesson
9.3 Staying Safe –Partying.
Local Support Services(10 mins)
Whole Class:
Either remind the class of any previous work on support services (Year 7 Lesson
7.6), or explain briefly to the class that they can get support from, eg:
Parents/Carers
Teachers
Connexions
GP/doctor
School nurse Pharmacist
Youth workers
Ask them what other support services are available locally, eg:
 Young people's advice centre
 Sexual health clinic/GUM clinic
For each service, ask pupils what they know about it, eg:
 What is the local service called?
 Where is it?
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 How do you make contact?
 Do you have to make an appointment?
 Will they tell your parent/carer that you have talked to them?
Give out information on local Support Services.
Teacher Notes:
 You could develop a simple chart of information on the board, and,
if there is time, pupils could use the Internet and other sources to
research any information they don't know and fill it in on the chart.
Plenary / Review and Reflection (5 mins)
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Ask the class to feedback what skills they thought were needed in order to
stay safe (Assessment Strategy)
Inform the class about sex and the law and the age of consent. See
Teacher’s Information.
Signpost the class to the school nurse and local sexual health services as
well as to websites
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Assessment strategies:
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See Plenary
Outcome
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Recognise common risky social
and sexual situations
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Identify strategies to keep safe
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Know where to go for help
How far were the intended learning
outcomes met?
Reflections/comments
Progression points for next lesson
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Lesson Plan Yr 8.4 Staying Safe
Worksheet 1 – Risk Scenarios
Scene 1
It’s Friday night. Chris and Nick have met through a social
networking site and have agreed to meet up this evening in the
town centre.
 What is Chris wanting to happen?
 What is Nick wanting to happen?
 What are the risks?
Scene 2
They meet up with some mates of Chris’s and club together to
buy some alcohol. They all agree to go to the park where they
all start drinking and messing about together.
 What is Chris wanting to happen?
 What is Nick wanting to happen?
 What are the risks?
Scene 3
They are making a lot of noise and it begins to get rowdy. Chris
and Nick decide not to stay with the big group and wander off
together as it begins to get dark.
 What is Chris wanting to happen?
 What is Nick wanting to happen?
 What are the risks?
Scene 4
Chris thinks it is time to get home and Nick suggests that they
go by car – the car is parked nearby.
 What is Chris wanting to happen?
 What is Nick wanting to happen?
 What are the risks?
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Worksheet 2 – Strategies for keeping safe
Scene 1
Discuss 
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Whether Chris or Nick could have done anything differently to
make sure they kept themselves safe.
At least 3 things Chris or Nick could have done to keep themselves
safe and jot these down.
What their friends would think of their behaviour.
How their behaviour affected others.
Scene 2
Discuss 
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Whether Chris or Nick could have done anything differently to
make sure they kept themselves safe.
At least 3 things Chris or Nick could have done to keep themselves
safe and jot these down.
What their friends would think of their behaviour.
How their behaviour affected others.
Scene 3
Discuss 
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Whether Chris or Nick could have done anything differently to
make sure they kept themselves safe.
At least 3 things Chris or Nick could have done to keep themselves
safe and jot these down.
What their friends would think of their behaviour.
How their behaviour affected others.
Scene 4
Discuss Whether Chris or Nick could have done anything differently to
make sure they kept themselves safe.
 At least 3 things Chris or Nick could have done to keep themselves
safe and jot these down.
 What their friends would think of their behaviour.
 How their behaviour affected others.
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Teacher’s Information - Consent
NB: This is background information for the
teacher only
Consent to sexual relationships - England and Wales
In England, Scotland and Wales, the age of consent – the age at which the
law says you can agree to have sex – is 16 for both heterosexual (straight)
and homosexual (gay) sex. In Northern Ireland, both people have to be over
17. At any age, and wherever you live in the UK, it is illegal to have sex unless
both people agree to it (give their consent).
Where one or both of you are under the age of consent, the law varies
depending on the precise circumstances. Slightly different rules apply in
Scotland and Jersey.
A boy who has sex with a girl under 16 (or 17 in Northern Ireland) is breaking
the law, even if the girl agrees to have sex.
If the girl is aged between 13 and 15, the boy could go to prison for up to two
years. If she is under 13, the boy could be sentenced to life imprisonment.
The law considers anyone under 13 to be unable to understand the
consequences of having sex, so sex with someone aged 12 or under is illegal
whether they have consented to it or not.
The age of consent laws are there to prevent people from being pushed into
something they don't understand or aren't ready for. Many young people think
that if they feel ready to have sex and they use protection, it is nothing to do
with anyone else. But every teenager needs to know the laws and what they
mean. Although many young people are mature enough to know how to deal
with it if someone tries to get them to have sex, not all teenagers are grown
up enough to know what to do.
Further information:
http://www.brook.org.uk/content/M1_sexandthelaw.asp
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Lesson Plan Pupil Evaluation and Feedback
These may be given to individual pupils after each lesson OR at the
end of the Unit. Alternatively, it could be completed at the end of
the plenary verbally with someone scribing for the group; the teacher
then to summarise the information onto this form.
Consider:
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Was the lesson interesting and relevant?
Was this the right age for the information?
Was there enough time to do everything properly?
Was everyone able to be involved?
What were the key things you learnt?
What was good?
What could be better?
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