Lower Primary (3-7 Years)
Part 1
The group will watch a Sojo animation about a Dog, a Duck and a Fish and being safe at the river.
Sojo used children’s drawings from Trent Vale Infant School and by adding a little Sojo magic brought these images to life, creating an age appropriate factual message about how to stay safe around open water.
The story will be available to purchase in book form so that the children can read it repeatedly and share with their peers and family spreading the safety message even further.
Part 2
- We look at different water sites
- How to stay safe
- How to keep your grown-ups watching you around the sea and open water areas
- How to use a throw line
- Safe places to swim/play
All the activities are delivered using age appropriate language and learning skills. We tailor the programme to meet the needs of individual children and their learning development.
What Your School / Group Will Get For Your Subscription
- Dog, Duck and Fish animation
- Activity sheets
- Games
- Activities for water safety
- Images of local water areas for spotting for dangers/hazards
- Float to live - how to float effectively
- Updated safety awareness guidelines
- Option to buy books from the collection of Dog, Duck and Fish as they are published
- Creative Writing- An opportunity for your school to get involved as an individual or group in writing a story about how to stay safe around Open water we love little people’s ideas
For more information about this opportunity and for your school to be part of the subscription, please Contact Us.
HERO7 - Creative Writing
We are offering an exciting opportunity for your School to get involved in the OWEN story/poem collection.
We would like you to write a story/poem (short or long) about how to stay safe around open water. This can be an individual’s piece of work or a collective group idea with many involved.
All stories and poems will be added to the creative writing section on the website. If your story is chosen for a special award it will be published in a book.
If you would like to enter your school into the creative writing competition, email your entry to please include child/children/group name and age(s).
COVID-19 UPDATE:
Whilst we love getting into schools and community groups to deliver our water safety packages in person, we know that during these unprecedented times it is important in some cases that we adapt our sessions to a DIGITAL INTERACTIVE PACKAGE format. This covers all the learning sessions stated and will be available soon, to download and use within your classroom environment by your teacher/group leader.
We are dedicated to doing everything within our capacity to support our volunteers and programme recipients through these challenging times. It is paramount over this period, to provide guidance and support so that everybody involved with the OWEN programme can remain safe.
Please note this is an ever-changing environment and guidance will be updated regularly following changes from the government. It is important that you ensure you have the most recent version, which can be found here. https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus - Stay Alert to help save lives and our NHS.
At the OWEN Programme we pride ourselves in providing a unique education package that engages all your group in an activity run water safety session, a great way to learn and develop new skills.
