Keeping Ourselves Safe

At the end of Term 2, Constable Gordon came to teach us how to keep ourselves safe. First we got given an envelope with some cards in it and some headings and we got put in groups of three or four. We opened the envelopes and set out the headings and looked at all the cards. We had to decide if it was about touches we like and touches we don’t like. We then read and worked out what heading they belonged under. After that Constable Gordon gave us another lot of cards and we had to choose what we thought was the safest thing and least safe. We were given little pink situation cards to put in the middle. We had to read what they said and set them out by putting the most safe at the top and least safe at the bottom. Next we watched two video clips. One was about a girl getting bullied and all the bad stuff that people posted about it. We also watched another video about cyber safety. Constable Gordon stuck some names of different types of abuse around the wall and then she read out some situations that included abuse. We had to decide what type of abuse it was. Next she told us about bribes, tricks and secrets. She stuck some pictures around the room and we had to say if the picture showed an example of a bribe, a trick or a secret. These lessons were part of a series of topics covered throughout the term to help keep ourselves safe in a variety of different environments.

Life Education

The Life Education bus came to Milton Primary school recently. Pip and Harold, the puppet giraffe, were teaching us about friends, relationships and the influence of peer pressure. Pip taught us how to use our WITS. They were reminders of things to do when relationship problems occur. This is what the letters of WITS stand for: walk away, ignore, talk to someone, say an “I” statement. We learnt a lot about bucket fillers and bucket dippers. Bucket fillers are when you say or do something nice for someone, and bucket dippers are the opposite. Cyber safety was another topic we discussed and we worked together to come up with our top ten cyber safety tips. Finally, Harold taught us a song called Keep Your Cool. All the disco lights came up if we sang well. We all had fun in the Life Education bus and we look forward to it returning again next year!!! 

Cyber Safety

On 3 June, John Parsons came to our school to talk to us about being safe on the internet. Children from St Mary’s and Tokoiti also attended. He talked to us about how you should never believe in internet scams and how to avoid being tricked by scammers. He showed us some videos of kids not being careful and sharing some of their personal information online. He told us that if someone on the internet asks your name or for a picture of yourself, just ignore them. He explained that if something looks too good to be true on the internet, it is too good to be true. 

First Aid Training

In Week 6, Jan from St John’s came to talk to us about our safety and other people’s safety. She taught us the doctor’s A B C. She also taught us an easy way to put someone into the recovery position. We also learnt how to put a bandage on the right way and she told us how to stop a bleeding nose. She also bought an ambulance to show the little kids what they sound like. There are lots of different noises so that people in their cars pull over so the ambulance can pass them. We had fun learning how to put bandages on each other and we are now better prepared for dealing with a first aid emergency. Each student received a certificate for completing this first aid training course.