Health and safety signs
Identify health and safety symbols, signs and messages in their community and what they tell people to do (e.g. poison and hazard symbols, hand-washing signs, sun-safe and 'no swimming' signs, the first aid cross)
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Health and safety signs means reading community health and safety signs and saying what action they ask for. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Printed or drawn signs: poison/hazard, wash hands, sun-safe, no swimming, first aid cross
- “What should I do?” sticky notes
Extra for the adult
Worked example. No swimming → stay out of the water. Wash hands → clean hands before eating. First aid cross → help/first aid nearby.
Optional challenge. For Health and safety signs, hunt one real sign at home (cleaning cupboard warning) with an adult.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: signs matched; actions said; support used. This session samples sign reading, not mastery of every hazard code.
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Health and safety signs means reading community health and safety signs and saying what action they ask for. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes matching five signs to actions, then checking a fresh sign.
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Match community safety signs to the actions they ask for.
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Ready Kids supports Health and safety signs. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- Point to a poison or hazard symbol on a household product and say 'don't touch — tell an adult'
- Find health and safety signs around school (e.g. hand-washing, first aid, exit or sun-safe signs) and say what each tells people to do
- Match a community health message to the strategy it supports (e.g. a sun-safe poster to wearing a hat)
“When your child sees a poison symbol on a bottle or a hand-washing sign, do they know what it means and what to do?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Responsible Decision-Making
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
Standards