Learning Plan
This basic learning plan suggests the following flow of learning: identifying hazards in a workshop > developing learning objectives > identifying ways to minimise or eliminate risks > risk assessment > developing workshop safety rules > learning safety signs > working safely > thinking about safety and incorporating safety into designs > testing and applying knowledge and understanding.
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Identifying Workshop Hazards Lead in: before lesson teacher sets up examples of workshop hazards, chuck left in drilling machine chuck, rubbish around / on machines, clutter, bottled labelled poison etc. Teacher asks students to identify hazards in workshop. |
Teacher questions students about what they see and elicits hazards and risks to health and safety. Teacher elicits ways of reducing or eliminating risks to health and safety. |
Examples of workshop hazards |
Students complete Identifying Hazards + PDF. Follow-on activity: |
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Learning Objectives Students learn what they should be learning about safety and risk assessment. Teacher tells students of statutory duty to keep them safe and to teach safety in D&T. |
Teacher questions students and elicits learning objectives; writes objectives on board. |
Learning Objectives HTML Learning Objectives PDF |
Students write their own learning objectives and add to examples in Learning Objectives HTML + PDF |
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Risk Assessment Identifying hazards and ways to reduce or eliminate risks to health and safety. |
Teacher identifies hazardous situations and elicits ways of reducing or eliminating risks; elicits level of risk. |
Risk assessment exercises + PDF | Students work on the risk assessment exercises. |
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Workshop Safety Rules Based on students' risk assessments, students develop workshop safety rules |
Teacher asks students to identify workshop hazards and elicits rules to reduce or eliminate risks to health and safety. | Students write their own rules and add them to Workshop safety rules + PDF |
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Safety Signs Students learn the common workshop safety signs. |
Teacher elicits that we all need to be reminded or informed about safety rules for equipment, situations and behaviour and that signs are one method that this can be done. | Safety signs flash cards + PDF Hazard warning signs + PDF worksheet. |
Students work in pairs and learn safety signs by studying them then testing each other. Students draw the signs listed in Hazard warning signs HTML / PDF worksheet. |
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Safety in D&T Issue students "Safety in Design and Technology" PDF. Show HTML version on interactive whiteboard. Discuss "Introduction" and |
Teacher elicits ways that designs can be hazardous, e.g. toys, electrical equipment, containers. | Safety in Design and Technology HTML on whiteboard Safety in Design and Technology PDF |
Students develop rules for designers to ensure that their designs are safe. | ||||||||||||||
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Personal Protective Equipment Students identify risks to H&S and ways that PPE could minimise or eliminate the risks. |
Teacher reminds students of risk assessment and elicits ways that PPE could minimise or eliminate the risks. | Safety in Design and Technology HTML on whiteboard # PPE | Students watch PPE animation and make a list of PPE requirements for a variety of situations, e.g. examples in the PPE animation. |
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Tools and Materials Safety Read and discuss "Safe Materials" + Safe Storage of Materials" ,+ "Safe Storage of Tools" + "Tool Safety" + "Safety Features on Tools" section of "Safety in Design and Technology". |
Teacher elicits that tools and materials must be safe to you and must be stored safely. | Safety in Design and Technology HTML on whiteboard Safety in Design and Technology PDF |
Students watch "Examples of safety features on tools" animation. Students complete: |
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Product Safety Read and discuss the "Product Safety" section of "Safety in Design and Technology". |
Teacher and students discuss "General safety requirement" and "Other obligations of producers" and compare requirements to products that leach harmful chemicals. | Safety in Design and Technology HTML on whiteboard + PDF |
Read Polymers leaching chemicals + PDF Identify and record products that may contain harmful chemicals. |
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Follow-on and fill-in exercises Students work on exercises that test their knowledge and understanding.
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Teacher uses the resources for homeworks and fill-in exercises. Students work through the exercises and develop and test their knowledge and understanding. |
Emergency stop buttons + PDF worksheet.
Safety procedure for:
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Learning how to switch off the power in the workshop in an emergency and mapping the position of the emergency stop buttons. Learning about forces and damage tolerance. Learning about "factor of safety". Learning about loads and forcers. Recording safety procedures for tools and activities. |
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