SAFETY

Safe Farm Futures

Agri Aware and the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine have teamed up to bring farm safety to primary schools nationwide

Introduction

Agri Aware with the support of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is delighted to announce its new farm safety initiative for primary schools called Safe Farm Futures.

This programme will be available to primary schools across the country and aims to educate and raise awareness of the importance of keeping safe on farms.

This farm safety programme aims to deliver a rounded guide to farm safety, ensuring that the work we do on farms is safe by recognising and increasing awareness around the dangers on farms so that we can all farm sustainably and in a safe environment for all.

Programme Overview

The programme has separate learning plans for junior and senior primary school level students and comprise of three learning plan topics that teachers and their students will engage with – Countryside Care; Animals and You; and Moving Parts: Know Where to Start.

All three topics will be accompanied by a suite of resources including activity lesson plans, webinars and activity sheets.

The programme has separate learning plans for junior and senior primary school level students and comprise of three learning plan topics that teachers and their students will engage with – Countryside Care; Animals and You; and Moving Parts: Know Where to Start.

All three topics will be accompanied by a suite of resources including activity lesson plans, webinars and activity sheets.

There are two registration options:

  1. Register as a whole school to be in with a chance of winning €2000 to be used for the benefit of student wellbeing.
  2. Register as a class to be in with a chance of winning a VIP Trip to a farm near you.

Junior Level Topics

Senior Level Topics

In-person Farm Safety Workshop

Other programmes

Other Primary School Programmes you may be interested in!