In our latest Living and Learning lessons, we’ve been learning about safety around medicines and household products.
We considered:
What are medicines?
What do they look like?
How are they used?
Why do people use them?
The children had lots to share about their experiences of taking different medicines and what they are used for.
Then, we considered safety rules at home and how to keep themselves and others safe.
Our medicines are in a high cupboard so my sister and I can’t reach them.
An adult has to give you medicine.
These things are kept in a locked cupboard in my house.
We then looked at some scenarios where we recognised the danger and suggested some ideas for what could be done to keep the people safe
The baby might drink the cleaner.
I would take the baby away.
I would tell a grown up straight away.
They are adult tablets and they should leave them alone.
They should have been somewhere where children can not get them.
Help at home: please reinforce this key safety message at home. Make sure your child is aware of possible dangers at home, such as medicines and household products, and how to seek help if they need it.