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2. Aims:  To think about different types of accidents (often called ‘unintentional injuries’) that can happen to children and young people your age  To understand a few ways to keep safer and prevent accidents  To take part in the ‘Turn off Technology’ campaign

3. Definitions of words used in this presentation, to help with your discussions…..  Accident – an unpredictable and unavoidable event that causes injury  Unintentional injury – an injury as a result of an event that could have been stopped or avoided or prevented  Injury – damage to the body

4. When you are ready, go to the next slide to see some suggestions……. Can you think of some different types of accidents that can happen to children and young people that cause injuries?

5. cycling or crossing the road drowning poisoning falling burning and scalding How many of these did you get?

6. BURNS – HOT DRINKS Q: How many minutes after it has been made can a hot drink still scald you? A. 5 minutes B. 10 minutesC. 15 minutes

7. BURNS – HOT DRINKS Q: How many minutes after it has been made can a hot drink still scald you? 15 minutes Can you think of some ways that burns and scalds from hot drinks can be avoided? C. 15 minutes

8. FALLS and ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Temporary injuries Permanent injuries Did you know….moving on from primary to secondary school is when children are most at risk of road accidents. What can you do to keep yourself safer when you walk or cycle to school? What are the risks from falling, cycling or crossing the road? Make a list under each heading below….

9. Year 6: Way2go magazine. You will receive one of these to help plan your new journey to secondary school Year 7: You have access to two magazine type resources: ‘Getting Around’ and ‘Safely Move on Up’ Years 8 & 9 There are some presentations available to your school, ‘Distraction’, ‘Peer pressure’ and ‘Reinforcing Road Safety Rules’, all from the Road Safety team

10. Preventing accidents and improving safety for you when travelling to and from school  What times of day do most child injuries occur?  How many deaths or serious injuries to under 16s are there every week?

11. Preventing accidents and improving safety for you travelling to and from school  Most child injuries occur between 8am to 9am and 3pm to 7pm. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?  there are around 16 deaths or serious injuries to children under 16 years old, every week If you were in charge what would you do to help keep children and young people safe from road accidents on their way to and from school?

12. Here’s just one example! What difference do you think going this speed will make?

13. Preventing accidents Accidents often happen when we’re distracted. Serious accidents can happen really quickly, taking us by surprise. CHILD SAFETY WEEK campaign Find out how you can join in with this year’s CHILD SAFETY WEEK campaign to: TURN OFF TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE…….Could everyone in your family turn off their phones for one hour each day?