Home Alone Safety · ages 9–12

The course

Seven badges, 43 steps, in order. Start at the top and work down — every page has a Next button, so your child can stop wherever they like and pick up again exactly where they left off.

1

Street Smarts

40 min
  1. 1.1The five things that keep you safe on the way home
  2. 1.2Your route, mapped
  3. 1.3The key
  4. 1.4When the walk is not normal
  5. ●Read the street
  6. ★The Street Smarts Badge Challenge
2

People Safety

40 min
  1. 2.0Start here
  2. 2.1The gift from Mr. Taylor
  3. 2.2The six People Safety rules
  4. 2.3Your trust meter
  5. 2.4“Your dad’s been in an accident”
  6. 2.5The stranger on the bike
  7. 2.6The pizza nobody ordered
  8. ★The People Safety Badge Challenge
3

At Home Safety

60 min
  1. 3.1Arriving home
  2. 3.2Everyone you might need to ring
  3. 3.3The first twenty minutes, and the rest of the afternoon
  4. 3.4House Rules — your signed agreement
  5. 3.5Food, and the things that are actually dangerous
  6. 3.6The door and the phone
  7. ●The door and the phone
  8. ★The At Home Safety Badge Challenge
4

Online Safety

40 min
  1. 4.1The four rules
  2. 4.2What 2026 adds
  3. 4.3Watch a conversation go wrong
  4. 4.4Cyberbullying
  5. ●Read the message
  6. ★The Online Safety Badge Challenge
5

Fire Safety

60 min
  1. 5.1Fire needs three things, and you can take one away
  2. 5.2Prevent, then detect
  3. 5.3Escape — and your plan
  4. 5.4What to do if it happens while you are on your own
  5. ●Fire, on your own
  6. ★The Fire Safety Badge Challenge
6

First Aid

60 min
  1. 6.1Emergency, or not?
  2. 6.2SCAN
  3. 6.3Cuts, scrapes and bleeding
  4. 6.4Sprains, strains and RICE
  5. 6.5Six situations
  6. ★The First Aid Badge Challenge — collect S, C, A, N
7

Accident Prevention

20 min
  1. 7.1Almost all of it was preventable
  2. 7.2Go and find the hazards
  3. 7.3Brothers, sisters, and the arguments
  4. ★The Accident Prevention Badge Challenge

Start at the beginning

Badge 1 is the walk home, and everything else sits on top of it.

Start the course