# Lesson 175: Safety in our community

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🔵 B. My School and Community

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## Objective

I can name simple ways to stay safe in my community and choose safe actions.

## Materials

- Paper for a small safety picture
- Pencils, crayons, or markers
- Optional: photos or drawings of roads, parks, or buses

## Mini-lesson — Safety in our community

A community is the place where you live, learn, and play. Safety rules help keep everyone safe.

Places in our community

- The street and road.
- The park or play area.
- The shop or market.
- The bus stop or car.

Simple safety rules

- Stay near a trusted adult in busy places.
- On roads, stop, look, and listen before you walk.
- Cross at a safe place when an adult says it is okay.
- In a car or bus, sit on the seat and use your belt if there is one.
- At the park, use the play area in a kind and safe way.

Asking for help

- If you feel worried, tell an adult you know.
- Use short words like "help" or "safe".
- Stay in a bright place while you wait with a trusted adult.

Safety rules are not to scare you. They are there to help you stay safe while you live, learn, and play.

Picture strip: Safe road crossing

## Guided Practice — My safety picture

You will draw a picture that shows one safe choice in your community.

1. Choose a place: the road, the park, the shop, or the bus stop.
2. Think of one safe action you can do there, such as walk, wait, look, or ask for help.
3. Draw yourself and an adult in that place. Show what you do to stay safe.
4. Add short labels like "stop", "look", "walk", "help", or "safe".
5. Under your picture, write or trace one sentence: "I stay safe when I _____ ."
6. Read your sentence aloud to an adult. Point to the safe action in your picture as you read.

Tracing Pad
Lines
Trace
Pen

## Practice — Safe or not safe?

Use these ideas to talk about safe choices in your community. An adult can read the ideas and let you explain what you would do.

1. An adult reads a short idea like "You are at the park with your family." Talk together about what is safe to do.
2. Use short words like "walk", "wait", "help", "near", and "safe".
3. Say one full sentence, such as "I stay near my adult." or "I wait at the edge of the road."
4. Try two or three different places: the road, the park, the shop, or the bus stop. For each place, name one safe choice.
5. At the end, tell an adult which safety rule you want to remember most, such as "stop, look, and listen".

## Quick Check — Safety in our community

Answer each question about safe choices in your community. These questions help you think about what to do. They do not talk about real accidents.

1) You are going to cross the road with an adult. What should you do first?

Run fast without looking. Stop, look, and listen. Close your eyes and jump.
We stop, look, and listen before we walk.

2) You are in a busy shop. What is a safe choice?

Run far ahead. Hide behind shelves. Stay near the adult you came with.
Staying near a trusted adult helps keep you safe.

3) Which short word matches a safe action on the road?

stop push throw
We stop before we cross the road.

4) You are in a car or bus. What helps you stay safe?

Standing on the seat. Sitting down and using your seat belt if you have one. Jumping while the car moves.
We sit on the seat and use a belt when we can.

5) Your ball rolls near the road. What is the safe choice?

Run into the road to get it. Forget about safety rules. Ask an adult for help.
An adult can help in places where cars move.

6) At the park, what is a safe action?

Take turns and walk in crowded areas. Push others on the slide. Run into people on purpose.
Taking turns and walking help everyone stay safe.

7) If you feel worried in a public place, what can you do?

Keep it a secret. Tell a trusted adult and ask for help. Run away without saying anything.
We can tell an adult we know and ask for help.

8) Which sentence shows a safe choice near a road?

"I race my friends across without looking." "I play in the middle of the road." "I wait, then walk when an adult says it is safe."
We wait and walk when an adult says it is safe.

9) What does the word "safe" mean?

You are being cared for and protected. You are trying to scare others. You forget all the rules.
Safe means you are being looked after and protected.

10) Why do we have safety rules in our community?

To stop people from ever having fun. To help keep people safe while they live, learn, and play. To make children feel afraid all the time.
Safety rules help everyone stay safe, not scared.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can name at least one place in their community (road, park, shop, or bus stop). Student can say one or two simple safety rules for that place. Student uses short safety words such as safe, stop, look, walk, and help. Student understands that safety rules are to help people, not to scare them. Student can choose a safe action in a simple everyday situation.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can choose safe actions in my community. 🙂 I know some safety rules but want more practice. 😅 Safety rules still feel a bit tricky for me.

#### Next time I will practise…

Saying stop, look, and listen before I cross Staying near a trusted adult in busy places Asking for help when I feel worried
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