Out of reach!

Teacher notes supporting

Early Stage 1 drug education
resource

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Before you start

Teaching notes
Set the page to one of the following Page sorter with the
slides down the left hand side or, a full screen with the small
moveable options bar to control page turning etc.
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Page 2

Page 3

Teaching notes
This page is an introductory page showing the title and the
characters from the Out of reach! story. The book was written
by Margaret Wild and illustrated by Stephen Axelsen.

This page supports Lesson 1 on page 13 of the Teacher's

manual.
Students explain why particular items should be put out of
reach.
Some of the items on the shelf are suitable for Timmy to touch
but others aren't. Mark decides to move the items either to
the shelf out of reach of Timmy, or down for Timmy to play
with.
Students can take turns to move an item from the shelf by
dragging Mark's up stretched hand to that item. Click on that
item and then drag it to the other shelf or on the floor near
Timmy - whichever is appropriate and decided by class
discussion.
Click on Timmy any time for a giggling sound effect.

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Page 4

Teaching notes
This page supports Lesson 2 on page 16 of the Teachers
manual.
Students will recognise symbols and words on labels of
poisonous and flammable substance containers.
Drag the matching labels at the bottom of the page to the box
under the product with the same label.

Page 5

This page supports Lesson 3 on page 22 of the Teacher's

manual.
Students discuss the safe storage of medicines.
Click on the cube to read and listen to the number it lands on.
Drag the item with the corresponding number to either the
shelf or cupboard that can be locked.
This activity can be used with one or more students as they
take turns to roll the cube and tidy up.
When all items are packed away, click on A big surprise from
Grandma.

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Page 6

Teaching notes
This page supports Lesson 4 on page 26 of the Teacher's
manual.
Students will identify who could give them medicines.
Read the cloze sentence at the bottom of the page.
Drag a name from the list on the top left of the page and
place the name in the centre of the box. Discuss with the
students if this is a suitable person to administer medicine to
Mark. Reveal answer by dragging the magic code reading
glass across to the left circle under the box containing the
name. A yes or a no will appear. Discuss and then drag the
magic code reading glass back to the original circle.
One at a time, drag the other words from the list down to the
centre of the box for checking.
Click on Timmy for giggling sound effect.

Page 7

This page supports Lesson 5 on page 29 of the Teacher's

manual.
Students will identify who can help them in an emergency.
Use the pen tool or the SMART keyboard to complete the
diagram as a class. Students can then complete Worksheet
5.1 with their own choices.

State of New South Wales, Department of Education and Training 2009.