This weekend is the last hurrah of summer for most before all schools return next week, and with the weather set to be nice, we have some farm-safety tips to remind us all of the dangers on-farm, and how to ensure that the little ones are kept safe and sound.

The nature of a 'family farm' means it can very often be difficult to exclude children from the farmyard activities - particularly when they want nothing more than to be stuck in the middle, learning and helping.

But the reality is that the farm is not a playground - we all know that - and keeping children away from it is best practice.

Children accounted for 10% of all farmyard fatalities in the 10 years between 2011 and 2020.

Farmyards are workplaces - they are busy and they are noisy, with traffic and machinery coming and going.

So the message is to ensure that children are kept away from the farmyard unless they can be 'closely' supervised.

You cannot work and keep them in your sight at the same time.

To help keep your kids safe on the farm, the Health and Safety Authority has the following advice.

Children love to climb but a fall from a height, or sustaining an injury from a falling or moving object, can be fatal or life-changing.

Things you can do to prevent falls: