Gangs: Managing risks and staying safe

These lessons help students explore how young people might be recruited into a gang, and consider the choices, risks, and potential consequences for this type of scenario, and ways to get support with gang-related issues.

Category: Crime and ASB

Audience: KS3, KS4

Developed by: Medway/PSHE Association

Duration (minutes): 3×45

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The lessons have been developed for Medway schools in partnership with Medway Public Health Directorate, as an update to the original 2018 pack.

Making the right #CyberChoices

A free lesson pack to help upper KS2 pupils make safe cyber choices and prevent them from unknowingly committing cybercrime, as defined under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

Category: Crime and ASB, Online Safety

Audience: KS2

Developed by: NCA/PSHE Association

Duration (minutes): 2 x 30

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Making the right #CyberChoices features a series of fictional characters and real-life, age-appropriate scenarios to encourage pupils to think about why young people commit cybercrime, and the potential consequences — for themselves and others. There are also opportunities for pupils to consider how the same skills being used to commit cybercrime could be used in a more positive way.

Preventing Involvement in Serious and Organised Crime

The lesson plans from the Home Office are designed to prevent young people becoming involved in serious and organised crime.

Category: Crime and ASB, Drugs

Audience: KS3

Developed by: Home Office

Duration (minutes): 2×60

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The Year 7 lesson will help students recognise unsafe or coercive friendships. The Year 9 lesson explores the impact of serious and organised crime directly, including the example of young people involved in drugs supply with a focus on county lines (transporting drugs across counties).