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RNLI Water Safety Passport Upper Primary

Stay safe and have fun in and around the water, and collect virtual stamps as you learn.

  • 30-45 minutes
  • Required: display equipment
  • Optional: printer
  • Optional: speakers
  • RNLI engagement and awareness
  • Stay together
  • Stop and think
  • Float
  • Call 999 / 112

This workshop develops upper-primary children's water safety knowledge by familiarising them with the Water Safety Code:

  1. Stop and think.
  2. Stay together.
  3. Float.
  4. Call 999 or 112.

They’ll learn how to identify a range of dangers, plan for a day out and recognise an emergency, in addition to learning about the effect of cold water on their bodies.

Via this activity they will also learn about the work of RNLI lifeboat crews and seasonal lifeguards.

Guidance notes

Workshop Resources

Certificates can be personalised for each child, printed out and sent home with children as a record of their achievement.

Videos

  • RNLI What We Do film
    • Video
    • Video
    What we do
    Play this video to help share our key water safety messages and bring the work of the RNLI to life for your young people.

Curriculum links

England

  • KS2, PE, Swimming and Water Safety, RSHE
  • Basic First Aid
  • KS2 PSHE Health and Wellbeing, Living in the Wider World

Northern Ireland

  • KS1&2, PD&MU, Personal Understanding and Health, Safety, KS2, PE, Swimming

Republic of Ireland

  • SPHE, Myself

Scotland

  • First and Second Level, Health and Wellbeing (HWB)

Wales

  • Health and well-being

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