Farm Safe Schoolers - Module One

Scoil Mhuire Moynalty is thrilled to be participating in the Farm Safe Schools programme this year. The aim of this exciting programme is to engage, educate and empower children to become farm safety ambassadors. Scoil Mhuire hope to complete three different modules in order to receive the ‘Farm Safe School’ award at the end of the year.

Ms Martin and Ms Malone are delighted to announce that the Farm Safe Schools Journey is successfully up and running in Bubble Two. The boys and girls engaged in Module One ‘Farmer, Farm and Field Safety’ before the Easter break. It was a fantastic learning experience for the children. The teachers even learned a thing or two about improving safety measures on farms.

Topic 1 - Farm Visit Checklist

To commence this learning, the children identified different types of farms, various hazards on a working farm and numerous ways to keep safe when visiting a farm as a whole class. Following discussion, the children worked together to compile a Farm Visit Checklist displayed in the image below. The boys and girls know that although a farm is a tempting place  to explore, it is a workplace. The children promise to revisit the checklist before going to farm yards in the future.

Topic 2 - Know the Safety Signs

The children learned to recognise the various safety signs displayed on farms. They learned the different colours, symbols and hand signals to know the signage. Check the children out displaying their knowledge of the signals as they complete a wonderful webinar presented by Alma Jordan.

The pupils also completed a worksheet inviting them to organise safety signs into the correct groups. Scroll down to see the children at work.

Topic 3 - Working at Heights

Lastly the children learned about working at heights and how to avoid trips and falls on a farm. The children discussed and recorded the main causes of falls on farm yards and safety measures to prevent such accidents. 

      

  

The children have thoroughly enjoyed engaging in Module One and can’t wait to delve into the content of Module Two. There are definitely some Farm Safety Officers of the future amongst Bubble Two.