•They seek to raise the level f risk teaching in schools

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•They seek to raise the level f risk teaching in schools.•They seek to provide risk teaching materials for teachers and lecturers.We can see that HSE has had a part to play in all the initiatives regarding the curriculum and has also addressed areas of concern, targeting primary school children in three sectors where deaths have occurred. Thus Farming, Railways and Construction Sites all have had curriculum materials produced highlighting risks and unsafe behaviour and aiming to educate and modify behaviours.These are looked at later in this section.HSE Resources for full body harness the Primary SchoolThe resources provided for a Safety initiative within the curriculum by HSE are very well produced and should be easily integrated into any Primary School syllabus.

 

Stay Safe On the Farm, Stay Safe Railway Safety, and Stay Safe Building Site Safety all contain, games, cartoons and puzzles to encourage children to think about the hazards which exist in all these industries, and how to avoid them.These industries often act as a magnet to children who don’t understand the dangers they present and treat them like playgrounds. This is also why special consideration needs to be given to ongoing construction or maintenance works taking place on school sites.Stay Safe booklets have been distributed at schools across the country, and can be ordered free of charge from HSE Books on but access to pdf versions are given below.•Stay Safe on the Farm - Leaflet with puzzles and colouring exercise suitable for Years 4-6 hse.gov.uk/pubns/staysafe.pdf •Stay Safe Railway Safety - Stay Safe Railways a website for Children to Learn about being safe and keeping safe around RailwaysThis is a Multimedia Game/Scenario type program with a safety theme suitable for Years 4-6 hse.gov.uk/education/railway/index.html •Stay Safe Building Site Safety - This has a series of comic strips/Posters and colouring exercises with game type questions and completion exercises – suitable Years 4-6 hse.gov.uk/pubns/misc447.pdf •You will find other items which may be integrated in Resources in the Headteaher’s Safety In addition HSE has also produced videos aimed at parents, teachers and older children to raise awareness.A four minute video Open Farms Healthy Children, is available on HSE’s web FREE site hse.gov.uk/campaigns/killfields/ecoli.htm which ensures parents, teachers and others are aware of the hidden risks of picking up E-coli from animals. The video Safe! –

 

Helping children to stay safe on farms, which has been distributed to all Local Authority education departments, also shows children the hazards that exist on farms.Copies of 'Safe! - Helping children to stay safe on farms' price £20.00 + VAT, are also available for purchase from HSE Books, Other Resources - Emergency Services.Whilst HSE and DfES and others all have a central part to play. It is the Emergency Services who deal with Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Control and Risk Management locally and day to day and hour by hour.They are also more available to a school to a school as a local resource.The Police have long visited schools delivering talks and demonstrations for Drugs, Personal Safety and Road Safety for pupils of Primary age.as have the Fire Service who are always willing to co-operate with visits and Fire Safety presentations.

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