# Lesson 228: Staying safe in school

❤️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (40 Lessons) • 🟣 D. Problem Solving & Safety

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## Objective

I can talk about staying safe in school. I can give examples of safe choices, school rules, and who to go to when something feels unsafe.

## Materials

- Plain paper or a notebook page
- Crayons or colored pencils
- Optional: a simple map of the school or classroom

## Mini-lesson — What helps us stay safe in school?

School is a place for learning, playing, and growing. It is important to use safe choices so everyone can feel safe.

School safety rules

- Walk, do not run, in the hallways.
- Stay with your class or group.
- Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
- Use equipment the right way.
- Follow teacher and school directions quickly.

Safe and unsafe choices

- Safe choices: walking, waiting your turn, using gentle hands, telling a teacher when something is wrong.
- Unsafe choices: pushing, running in crowded hallways, leaving the group, or ignoring safety rules.

Safe places at school

- Classrooms, where teachers and helpers are nearby.
- Playgrounds with adults watching.
- Hallways when you are with a class or a trusted adult.
- Office or reception area where school helpers work.

Safe helpers at school

- Teachers and classroom helpers.
- Principals or heads of school.
- Playground supervisors, lunch helpers, or bus helpers.
- Other trusted adults who work in the school.

What if something feels unsafe?

- Listen to your body signals (tight tummy, fast heart, worried feeling).
- Move towards a safe adult or safe place.
- Use clear words: "I feel unsafe. Can you help me, please?"
- Keep telling safe adults until you feel helped and safe.

Adults can say: "Thank you for following the safety rules. You are helping keep our school safe."

Picture strip: "Safe paths at school"

## Guided Practice — My safe school map

You and an adult will draw a simple safe school map to talk about safe places, safe paths, and helpers.

1. On a notebook page, draw a big rectangle for the school. Inside, add simple shapes for classroom, playground, hallway, and office.
2. Help the child circle or colour the safe places where adults are watching (classroom, playground with helpers, office).
3. With a different colour, draw safe paths (for example, from classroom to playground, from playground to office). Draw walking feet along the path.
4. Add small pictures of safe helpers in some places (teacher in the classroom, helper in the playground, adult in the office). Write small labels, such as "teacher", "helper", "office".
5. Together, think of one time a child might need help in school (for example, "I get hurt on the playground" or "Someone is not being safe in the hallway"). Draw a small star at the place where the problem happens.
6. Use arrows to show where the child can go next (for example, follow the safe path to the office) and who they can tell. Add a speech bubble: "I need help. Can you help me, please?"
7. Ask: "Which places on our map help you feel safe?" and "What would you do first if something felt unsafe at school?"

Tracing Pad
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## Practice — Safe or unsafe at school?

Use this practice to help your child tell the difference between safe and unsafe choices at school, and to choose what to do instead.

1. On a new page, draw two columns. At the top of the left column, write or trace "Safe choices". At the top of the right column, write or trace "Unsafe choices".
2. Think of 4–6 short school stories together (for example, "Running in the hallway", "Telling the teacher when someone gets hurt", "Pushing to be first in line", "Walking with the class").
3. For each story, talk with your child: "Does this sound safe or unsafe? Why?" Draw a small picture of the story in one of the columns.
4. If the story goes in the Unsafe choices column, help your child think of a safe instead idea (for example, "walk in the hallway" or "wait my turn in line"). Draw a small arrow from the unsafe picture to a safe picture or word.
5. At the bottom of the page, write or trace one school safety rule your child wants to remember, such as "I walk inside the school" or "I tell a teacher if something is wrong".
6. Ask: "Which safe choice do you want to practise at school this week?" and mark it with a star or sticker.

## Quick Check — Staying safe in school

Answer each question about school safety, rules, and safe helpers.

1) Why do schools have safety rules?

To make the day boring. To help keep children and adults safe. So no one can ever have fun.
Rules help protect everyone and keep school safe.

2) Which is a safe choice in the hallway?

Walk in a line with your class. Run as fast as you can past other classes. Push your way to the front.
Walking with your class is a safe hallway choice.

3) On the playground, what is a safe rule?

Use equipment in any way, even if it is dangerous. Leave the playground without telling an adult. Use the equipment the right way and listen to playground helpers.
Using equipment the right way and listening to helpers keeps you safe.

4) Who is usually a safe helper at school?

A stranger outside the gate who tells you to come with them. A teacher, playground helper, or other trusted adult at school. Someone online you have never met.
Safe helpers are trusted adults who work in your school.

5) How might your body feel when something at school feels unsafe?

Tight tummy, fast heart, worried feeling. Calm and relaxed. Sleepy and ready for a nap.
Worried body signals can be a clue that you need help.

6) What should you do if you see someone get hurt at school?

Pretend you did not see and walk away. Laugh and tell other children. Go to a safe adult and say, "Someone is hurt. Can you help, please?"
Tell a safe adult right away so they can help.

7) Your friend wants to run and push in the hallway. What is a safe choice?

Join them and run too. Say, "Let us walk. Running is not safe here." Push harder so you can be first.
You can choose to walk and remind friends of the safety rule.

8) What should you do if you feel lost in school?

Go to a safe adult or the office and ask for help. Hide so no one can see you. Leave the school building alone.
Safe adults can help you find your class again.

9) Which sentence shows a safe way to ask for help at school?

"Do not tell anyone, even if it is not safe." "I will not talk to adults about problems." "I feel unsafe. Can you help me, please?"
Clear words tell adults that you need help.

10) What is one big goal of this lesson?

To teach children to ignore rules. To help children make safe choices and know who to ask for help at school. To make school feel scary all the time.
The goal is to help you stay safe at school with rules, safe paths, and helpers.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can name at least one school safety rule. Student can give one example of a safe choice and one unsafe choice in school. Student can name at least one safe helper at school. Student can say what they would do if something felt unsafe at school. Student understands that rules and helpers are there to help everyone stay safe.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can make safe choices and know who to ask for help at school. 🙂 I know some school safety rules, but I still need practice. 😅 Staying safe in school still feels tricky for me.

#### Next time I will practise…

Walking safely in the hallways Telling a teacher if something feels unsafe Using safe choices on the playground
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