Resource of the Week Archive
Resource
of the Week
7 April -
13 April 2018
Agri Kids
AgriKids is a farm safety educational platform with the ethos to engage, educate and empower children to be our farm safety ambassadors. the site includes discussion Sheets, lesson Plans, activities, White Board Games, apps, puzzles and information on how to book a workshop.
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Myself
Strand unit: Safety and protection
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- explore appropriate safety strategies
- explore how accidents might be prevented at home, in school, on the farm, or in the water
Strand: Myself
Strand unit: Safety and protection
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become familiar with and understand the need to adhere to safety rules that apply in school, at home, on the farm, in water, for his/her own safety and that of others
- discuss and practise appropriate strategies for dealing with these situations
- identify risky behaviour and examine its positive and negative consequences
Strand: Myself
Strand unit: Safety and protection
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- adopt responsible behaviour at play and know the appropriate safety measures to take while playing
- begin to assess the consequences of risky behaviour
- identify some potential risks to health and safety in the environment
Strand: Myself
Strand unit: Safety and protection
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- develop an awareness of health and safety in the school, home and work-place
- develop responsible attitudes towards the prevention of accidents and know what to do in the event of an accident
- discuss a variety of risky situations and behaviour and assess and evaluate how these risks may be avoided or minimised and the implications of taking risks
- discuss and appreciate the role each individual has in keeping others safe and identify occasions when his/her actions can threaten the safety of others
- recognise places where it is safer to play and how to behave in a responsible manner when playing
Why is it Resource of the Week?
- Promotes farm safety through educational platforms.
- Contains free whiteboard activities for the classroom.
- Agri Kids is also available through iOS and Android apps.
- Engages, educates and empowers children to be farm safety ambassadors.
- Contains material suitable for ages 5-12.
