Who can you talk to?With Joan and Thomas

By Nick Wonham

Learning objectives:What are you going to learn?

• To learn who it is safe to talk to when you are out of school.• To learn who it is dangerous to talk to when you are out of school.

For teaching notes

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Joan and Thomas are friends. When they meet they shake hands and talk. This is okay because they are friends.

When Joan is out she doesn’t talk to strangers. Joan doesn’t talk to anyone when she is out unless she knows their name and their face.

Talking to strangers can be

dangerous.

When Thomas is out he doesn’t talk to strangers. Thomas doesn’t talk to anyone when he is out unless he knows their name and their face.

Remember,Don’t talk to strangers.

But if Joan is lost, or needs help, she can talk to a policeman or a policewoman.

A policeman or

policewoman is a safe

person to talk to.

And if Thomas is lost, or needs help, he can talk to a policeman or a policewoman.

A policeman or

policewoman is a safe

person to talk to.

If you can’t find a policeman or a policewoman you can ask for help from a traffic warden.

Or you can ask for help from a shopkeeper.

Who can Thomas talk to?

Yes, Thomas can talk to Joan. They are friends.

Who can Joan talk to?

Good, Joan can talk to Thomas. They are friends.

Who can Thomas talk to?

Yes, Thomas can talk to the policeman. A policeman is a safe person to talk to.

Who can Joan talk to?

Good, Joan can talk to the policewoman. A policewoman is a safe person to talk to.

Who can Thomas talk to?

That’s right, if Thomas can’t find a policeman or policewoman, a traffic warden is a safe person to talk to.

Teaching notes

This resource is for teaching students about stranger danger and is ideal for sharing with students just before they go travel training.

Slides 9 and 11 can be printed out, if you wish, and used as posters, while slide 25 can be printed, laminated and cut up into visual cues which can be taken out travel training with students who find this objective a challenge.

I have made a version with visual questions customised to The Bridge School, where I teach, with photographs of school staff and local shopkeepers contrasted with photos of random people off the internet, and you may wish to do the same for your school. Learning objectives:

• To learn who it is safe to talk to when you are out of school.• To learn who it is dangerous to talk to when you are out of school.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Lana and Andrew for voicing the characters, and thanks to Mandy who again gave me a day to work on this resource.

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