Health & Safety · Grade 4

Skills

  • Uses deodorant and manages body odour as puberty approaches.
  • Reads a food label: sugar, salt, fat, portion size.
  • Knows how much sleep they need and what happens to them without it.
  • Uses knives, the stove, the oven and the kettle safely.
  • Knows never to take medicine unsupervised, including another person's.
  • Stays home alone briefly: locks the door, answers nobody, calls if needed.
  • Knows an adult asking for secrecy, photos or private contact is a warning sign, online or off.
  • Checks whether someone is responsive and whether they are breathing.
  • Puts an unconscious but breathing person into the recovery position.
  • Recognises choking and knows what to do about it.