All the animals from Farmyard Lane Primary learn about responding to an emergency and how we all get ill and how we stay well.
In the story we look at an emergency situation and what should be done if you ever find yourself in a similar situation.
Discuss with your child how Cat played with a knife and how worried her dad was for her safety when she played with it. But why was he so worried? We are going to look at that now.
Print off the worksheet and give it to your child to do or, view it on screen (together with your child) and see if your child knows where to store these items safely.
Ask your child:
"Why should knives and other sharp objects, such as screwdrivers, be stored safely?"
Possible answers could be:
Discuss with your child that in the story, Cat was pretending to be a pirate, and picked up a knife without thinking, putting herself and her Dad in danger. We want to learn from Cat’s mistakes and make sure that no other animals, or children makes this mistake again.
Now its time to let your child get creative!
Give your child a blank piece of paper, so they can create a poster, leaflet, advert, or web page design that would cover one of the following topics:
Discuss these ideas with your child, or help them create their own ideas.
To reinforce the message of the safety of knives, click the button below to access the ‘Knife Facts’ sheet for your child to do.
Discuss with your child any concerns they may have or if they are stuck.
The idea of this activity is to strengthen their learning, to ensure that their own home environment is safe and raise awareness of knife safety with parents/carers. We want your child and yourself to understand that knives need to be stored sensibly, as this can help us all stay safe.
Take our quiz to see what you have learnt from this story!
