Trusted adults, services and your rights
Knowing who to tell, before you need to tell anyone, is one of the most protective things a young person can have.
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Know how to stay safe and where to find trusted adults and services
Key learning points
- • Build your list
- • Confidentiality, honestly explained
- • Services worth remembering
This lesson at a glance
- 20 minutes
- 20 parts to scroll through
- 4 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
Words to know
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Visual introductionPicture this
Trusted adults, services and your rights
Knowing who to tell, before you need to tell anyone, is one of the most protective things a young person can have.
In a nutshell
Know how to stay safe and where to find trusted adults and services
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 1 of 2
Part 1 · Build your list
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
Explore the idea
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Learn
Build your list
Name three adults you could go to: one at home, one connected to your learning or activities, and one further out, such as a relative or a family friend. Three matters, because the first person is not always available or is sometimes part of the problem.
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Explore the idea
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Learn
Confidentiality, honestly explained
Most services keep what you say private. The exception is when someone is at risk of serious harm, when an adult must pass it on to keep you safe. They should tell you they are doing that and why. Knowing this in advance means the moment is not a shock.
Quick check
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Quick check
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Learning cycle
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Part 2 · Services worth remembering
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Learn
Services worth remembering
Childline on 0800 1111 is free and confidential. Shout offers text support. NSPCC supports adults worried about a child. In immediate danger, 999. None of these require you to be certain that something is serious enough.
Quick check
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Quick check
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Explore the idea
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Worked example
Worked example: telling someone something difficult
A workable opener: 'Can I tell you something I'm worried about? I don't want advice yet, I just need you to listen.' It sets the terms, which makes it easier to start. If the first adult responds badly, that is information about them, not about whether you were right to speak — go to the second name on your list.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Fill the gaps
Finish the sentences
Choose the word that belongs in each gap.
Name three ____ you could go to: one at home, one connected to your learning or activities, and one further out, such as a relative or a family friend.
Most ____ keep what you say private.
Challenge round
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Game · Recall cards
Why name three trusted adults rather than one?
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Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Trusted adults, services and your rights
4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. Why name three trusted adults rather than one?
2. When might an adult have to pass on what you tell them?
3. Which number reaches Childline?
4. What if the first adult responds badly?
Lesson round-up
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Lesson round-up
Ready when you are
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