Safety at work

This excellent resource could be printed out and displayed as posters in the classroom.

Kindly contributed by Laurence James

Health and Safety Theory

Students should read through the theory in this section and make notes.

Their notes can be supplemented by one or two tasks below

30 Seconds

Students are shown a number of terms for exactly 30 seconds. They need to memorise as many as possible. After 30 seconds, the terms are hidden and they need to write down as many terms as they can remember along with at least one fact about that term.

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10 Questions

A volunteer (either a student or class teacher) is given a slip of paper so they know 'what they are'.

The rest of the class can ask up to a maximum of 10 questions to guess what they are. The volunteer can only answer 'yes' or 'no'

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3-2-1

Display this on the whiteboard as students are walking through the door. They can work individually or in pairs to come up with the answers.

Good for differentiation as all students should be able to get at least one of the six points.

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Consider all Reasons

Students are given an open ended statement related to the topic.  In pairs, they identify as many reasons as possible in order to provide an answer to the statement

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Countdown

Students are given a set of jumbled up words related to this topic. They have to unscramble each of the words within 30 seconds.

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Memorise This!

Students work in pairs or small groups to remember words which have been shown to them.

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Odd One Out

Students are shown a number of key terms.   They have to decide which of the terms is the ‘odd one out’ and give a reason for their choice

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Summarise (Plenary)

Students are asked to summarise what they have learned during today’s lesson

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Pass the Buck

An excellent starter/ plenary for involving all students and getting them to identify a large number of facts about the current topic

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Three Facts

Students are asked to write down three facts that they can remember off the top of their heads about the topic.

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Word Tennis

Students work in groups of three with two 'serving' words related to the topic. The observer monitors for words which are 'out'

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Theory Notes Task (1)

Students read the theory notes on the mini website and then answer the questions in the workbook.

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Theory Notes Task (2)

Students read the theory notes on the mini website and then answer the questions in the workbook.

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Task: Identify the risks

Students are given a picture which shows numerous health and safety issues and asked to identify them.

They are then asked to identify the rules for working safely in the computer room at their school, and finally asked to create a poster to illustrate these rules.

Crossword Clues

Students are given a completed crossword and asked to write the clues.  This task is an excellent way to help students really understand the meaning of each term.
Differentiation is achieved through the complexity of the clues written.

Students can swop clues and provide feedback on their clarity.

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Do I Belong?

In groups, students sort through a large selection of terms and decide whether the term is related to the current topic.

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Noughts and Crosses

Students work in pairs to take turns at answering questions. If they get the answer correct, they take a turn on the noughts and crosses grid.

Full instructions are given in the task sheet. Requires preparation prior to the lesson

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Correct the Teacher

Students are given a piece of text written by a ‘teacher’. The text contains a number of mistakes. They are asked to read the text and correct any mistakes they find.

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Definitions

Students are given the definitions to a number of key terms related to this project. They have to correctly identify the key term.

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Identify the Question

Students are given the answer to a number of questions.  Their task is to identify what the original question might have been.

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Mind Map

Students are given the basic structure of a mind map for this topic. They are asked to recreate the structure on their own sheet of paper and add further detail to each of the branches.

Mind maps are a useful tool to use as a revision aid.

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Scrabble

Students are given a blank scrabble type sheet and take it in turns to write down key words related to this topic

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