First Aid Training and NZ Shakeout- Being Prepared for Emergencies

111- Learning about Emergencies and First Aid

We had a visit from St John. We learnt how to help in emergencies. First we learned how to dial for help by pressing 111. Then we had to learn which services we need to ask for: fire, ambulance or police. 

It is important to know what kind of help we might need. It is important that we learn our parents' cell phone numbers so please help us to practise at home. 

Then we learned how to bandage people in case they have an injury. We learned how to apply the bandage and also unroll the cover slowly and carefully. We got to practise on each other so we can be confident if we ever need to do it ourselves. We feel much more confident knowing what to do and how to dial for help! 

Thank you St John's!

New Zealand Shakeout

The New Zealand ShakeOut, our national earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi, took place last week on Thursday 28 October at 9:30am.

 
More info: https://getready.govt.nz/emergency/earthquakes/

Shake Out

Last week we had an earthquake drill. We need to know about earthquakes and how to be prepared in case we are in an earthquake. We already know a lot of what to do when there is one but it's always good to remind ourselves so we feel confident and prepared.

Here is a funny clip from the Shake Out website:

The Big Shake Out and Emergency Evacuation

Drop, Cover, Hold

The Big Shakeout and Emergency Evacuation is scheduled for: Thursday 15 October, 9.15 am and 2.30 pm
While we will take part in the earthquake drill at 9.15 am, this is a great opportunity to test our systems regarding emergency evacuation. This will be a bit of an unknown in reality..... phone lines will be clogged and email probably down BUT we can simulate the exercise as much as possible on this day.

So, what will happen on the 15 October 2015?

• Parents will get a reminder email and text from the school office at two different times of the day leading up to the 2.30pm pick up.
  This will allow us to check these systems at our end and also for you to double check you haven't got a new mobile number or email address lately!
• If you are unable to collect your child yourself, you will need to contact someone on your Emergency Contact List.
• Children will remain in class spaces at 2.30 pm.
• Staff will be at both school entrances with lists of children's names and nominated contacts who can pick the child/ren up. (If wet, we will let you know where.)
• Parents or their nominated contacts will see a staff member who will check the list and provide them with a WBS stamped piece of paper with the child's name on it.
• This piece of paper will be taken to a staff member who is with the children in the class space and only then will the child be ticked off and able to leave.
• We will keep ECAT (After School Care) children here but please ensure you have returned your emergency contacts. 

As in the case of a 'real' emergency, please do not telephone or email the school. The staff will be too stretched. Just know that your child/ren will be looked after until you or a nominated contact can get to the school.
If a child is not collected by yourselves or a nominated emergency contact at 2.30pm, we will record this and follow up with you.  As we are not sure how the system will work in reality, you may want to arrive from 2.15 pm so there isn't such a queue!

The Big Shakeout is scheduled for: Thursday 15 October, 9.15 am

While we will take part in the earthquake drill at 9.15 am, this is a great opportunity to test our systems regarding emergency evacuation. This will be a bit of an unknown in reality..... phone lines will be clogged and email probably down BUT we can simulate the exercise as much as possible on this day.

Thanks to those of you who have returned your new Emergency Contact Forms. Some of you have nominated 5 'others' plus yourselves who can pick up your child/ren, some of you 5 in total. That's fine..... it was, in hindsight, open to interpretation. 5 or in some cases, 7, nominated adults go a long way towards great support in an event of an emergency. Thank you.

So what will happen on the 15 October 2015?

• Parents will get a reminder email and text from the school office at two different times of the day leading up to the 2.30pm pick up.
• This will allow us to check these systems at our end and also for you to double check you haven't got a new mobile number or email address lately!
• If you are unable to collect your child yourself, you will need to contact someone on your Emergency Contact List.
• Children will remain in class spaces at 2.30 pm.
• Staff will be at both school entrances with lists of children's names and nominated contacts who can pick the child/ren up.
• (If wet, we will let you know where.)
• Parents' nominated contacts will see a staff member who will check the list and provide them with a WBS stamped piece of paper with the child's name on it.
• This piece of paper will be taken to a staff member who is with the children in the class space and only then will the child be ticked off and able to leave.
• We are in conversation with ECAT (After School Care) regarding their emergency systems and will let any parents whose children go to ECAT the lay of the land in plenty of time. 

As in the case of a 'real' emergency, please do not telephone or email the school. The staff will be too stretched. Just know that your child/ren will be looked after until you or a nominated contact can get to the school.If you haven't completed the forms, please do so asap. 

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