ks2 raily safety lesson plan - primary

Samuel Mallard13419759

Teaching Assistant (TA):

Any TA’s are to support the class teacher in preparation and lesson delivery, in addition to supporting any student i.e. a child with a special educational need. A TA can work individually with a child or with a group of children, taking roles such as promoting discussion or recording the children’s performances.

Learning Objectives:

Children:

To understand and explain the dangers when near a rail way or crossing. To understand and explain how to keep safe when near a railway or crossing.

Teacher:

To ensure that children are able to identify and explain the dangers of being near a railway or crossing.

To ensure that children are able to identify and explain how to keep safe near a railway or crossing.

Description of Main Activity Focus:

The main activity focus today is looking at rail safety. The children begin the session by observing two photographs of railways in England (one at a railway station, another in the open with a level crossing) and are to identify the dangers and how the implications made to make them safe. They will then use this knowledge to devise and perform a role-play advert to make other children aware of how to stay safe at railways. This will then be recorded and performed during a whole-school assembly. The intention of the lesson is to promote railway safety and to help children to understand that they are the ones who make their choices in life and that they can resist peer pressure.

Date: Time: Class:YEAR 4-6

Curriculum Area:

PSHE

Action points from previous lesson (s):

Resources:

1 x Interactive Whiteboard (IWB);1 x Laptop/PC/Tablet; 1 x Speakers; Plain A4 paper; PSHE exercise books; Pens; Pencils; Video camera recorders.


Pace/Timing Lesson Structure Teachers RoleStarter The lesson begins by showing a picture

(APPENDIX 1) of a railway on the interactive whiteboard.

Ensure children are either sat on the carpet facing the IWB or are sat at their tables with the picture.

Differentiation (with consideration to TS.5):

Perhaps provide the lower-ability children with a ready-made script or a sheet with sentence starters to encourage discussion i.e. “What do you think are the dangers of crossing a red light?” Also possibly consider differentiating the groups in the role-play activity i.e. higher ability to support lower-ability.

Success Criteria (with consideration to TS.2):

ALL: Will be able to use their knowledge on rail safety to devise a rail safety advert.

MOST:

SOME:

Key Vocabulary:

Rail Safety Dangers Protect Public Awareness

Curriculum Links:

English – Reading, writing, speaking and listening; Geography – Identifying key locations;

Computing – Digital media: video; sound; images.

Risk Assessment:

Room space – ensure tables and chairs are stacked away when in role-play.


Children can also be provided with a big paper copy on the tables if necessary.

Ask the children to identify key features in the platform i.e. railway track, yellow safety line, traffic light, over-head lines, cables, sign, footpath, stones, fence.

Provide children with a worksheet for them to fill in each of the different parts of the railway and write the definition. This can be done as a small group activity before going through the answers as a class, or for children to complete after going through as a whole class (APPENDIX 2).

Tell the children that is Northampton Railway Station and explain the purpose.

Write their answers on the board in clear colour i.e. black.

Reinforce the definitions and purpose of each i.e.:“What does a traffic light do?”“Why do you think the yellow line is there?”

At times ask the children of their own experience of seeing each of these i.e. “Where did you see a rail track?”“What did your parents do when the traffic light turned red?”

A train station is where the public go to board a train to travel to different parts of the country.

Main Activity

Ask the children to discuss with their talk partner what dangers could occur at a railway station. Get the children to share their ideas to the class.

Show the class ‘Mr Mallard’s Railway Rules’ poster and talk through each safety point. APPENDIX 3.

Explain to the children that a railway track goes all across the country and they may see one when outside i.e. in a field. Show them a picture and ask them to identify similarities to the railway station platform picture (APPENDIX 4).

Emphasise that a railway crossing in the open is not safe. Ask the children what they think are the dangers of being near a rail track. Get the children to discuss/write down

“Who has ever been to a railway station?”“Did you ever hear the safety notices?”“Why do you think they tell people to not go on the tracks?” “Who should you talk too if you see any danger?”

Possibly provide a poster to each table to view but show on IWB. Put up on display for children to see!


the ideas and share using methods i.e. snowballing.

Show them the adverts by Network Rail promoting road safety. Explain the ‘See Track, Stop, Think and Train’ campaign in the UK promoting rail safety and whilst watching the advert, to think about the dangers they have just discussed.

http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/level-crossings/Level%20crossings%20-%20See%20Track,%20Think%20Train.mp4

For older children, perhaps use the official Network Rail video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoGfw2taFNg) – PLEASE NOTE, DO CONSIDER YOUR CLASS AS THE VIDEO IS EMOTIONAL.

Ask the children for their ideas and emphasise on any points being made. Discuss how to keep safe i.e. do not go onto the tracks at any time and if they have to cross it, use a bridge provided but only when the traffic light says they can cross.

Tell the children that in groups they are to devise and perform an advert promoting rail safety. Two groups focus on a station platform and two groups focus on open railways. They are to devise, rehearse and record to show in an assembly.

Ensure sound is working from speakers!

Go around each group and ask them to questions on what they are doing to promote dangers and safety. Assist when necessary.

Teacher must see performance before recording to address any misunderstandings etc. Record with them!

Plenary Ask the children to write three things that they have learnt today.

Assessment Opportunities:

Discussion – listen to children’s ideas and address any misunderstandings.

Role-play – assess a child’s understanding and knowledge from the session.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoGfw2taFNg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoGfw2taFNg





APPENX


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Source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Northampton_railway_station_MMB_10.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Northampton_railway_station_MMB_10.jpg


APPENDIX 2

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APPENDIX 3


APPENDIX 4

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