Click on image to enlarge in pop-up window Using the RNLI Shorething website you will be able to find out about the many people involved in the RNLI who help us as part of their everyday lives. There are many different areas to explore as well as games to play and lesson plans to download.
Young people
Games
Train a lifeguard- find out how lifeguards help us at the beach.
Beach risk game- read the SAFE code, find out how to help each other.
Decision making quiz- your decisions can help others.
Interview with a crew member - read real life interviews about how the RNLI crew members help rescue people.
Meet a crew member - meet different people from all walks of life who help to save lives.
Grace Darling - find out about how Grace and her father risked their own lives to rescue others.
Dealing with loss - lots of helpful information and websites which offer advice.
Video corner - Real life footage of actual rescues.
Adults & teachers section
Download resources
- Fact sheets:
- RNLI Fact sheet
Lesson plans
- KS1 - Grace Darling History Y2 Unit 4. Find out about Grace Darling and how she helped. others.
- KS2 - Train a lifeguard Literacy En3; Citizenship 1e. - Children are encouraged to think about and list the qualities needed to become a lifeguard and a teacher and how they help us.
- KS2/3 - Meet a crew member
Citizenship KS2 2h
KS3 1f - Children are encouraged to identify different ways they can help others; identify the strengths and qualities of a crew member and have an understanding of how they help others.
To raise pupil’s awareness of the qualities, fitness and abilities necessary to become a successful RNLI lifeguard who can help save lives.
- KS3 - Train a lifeguard
P.E. Unit 22 Athletic activities
Science Unit 9 Fit & healthy
To raise pupil’s awareness of the qualities, fitness and abilities necessary to become a successful RNLI lifeguard who can help save lives.
Orderable resources
The Rescue Team poster Lifeboats of the RNLI Poster.
Support materials
The RNLI today factsheet
Teaching Resources
Mayday
Services
- Station visits - Arrange a station visit to learn all about the work of a lifeboat station.
- Duke of Edinburgh - Several lifeboat stations offer Duke of Edinburgh students opportunity to spend time at the station, learning and lending a helping hand.