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March 12, 2008
Local Geelong schools join together to promote safety message
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Over thirty Primary school student leaders from five primary schools in the Geelong and Anglesea region will today (Wednesday 12 March) come together to learn how to Think Safe, Play Safe at school.
The KIDS Foundation’s safety education program, The Safety Club, in conjunction with the Alcoa Foundation, will host the Safety Education and Leadership Field Day at Leopold Primary School.
KIDS Foundation Head of Injury Prevention, Ms Amy Gillett, said the Safety Education and Leadership Field Day aimed to teach grade five and six students how to identify hazards in their school environments and introduce them to the Think Safe, Play Safe message through a range of activities.
“Every day 5000 children are injured in accidents that could be prevented” Ms Gillett said.
“The Field Day introduces students to the KIDS Foundation’s school-based program called the Safety Club which guides communities on issues of child safety and injury prevention.”
The safety message will be further reinforced through the involvement of Alcoa health and safety managers, based at plants in the Geelong and Anglesea regions, who will talk to students about the importance of safe behaviour.
Alcoa Point Henry Acting Operations Manager Stewart Esdale said Alcoa was pleased to be able to assist KIDS Foundation in teaching children how to prevent accidents not only in schools but also in their homes.
“The Safety Club safety education program reflects Alcoa’s own strong safety culture in preventing accidents and achieving zero injuries in the workplace,” Mr Esdale said.
Background
Together Safety1st - KIDS Foundation/Alcoa Foundation partnership
The KIDS Foundation/Alcoa Foundation partnership was established in 2004 and aims to improve alarming childhood injury statistics and encourage ‘Safety1st’.
With the goal of creating a safer community, this partnership has been formed to prevent injury and increase safety in workplaces, homes and schools. The partnership builds on Alcoa’s existing internal commitment to safety and safe work practices.
The partnership focus in 2008 is on ongoing dedication to improving safety in schools; supporting KIDS Foundation’s National Injury Free Day in schools and at work on 31 October during national safety week; and employee attendance at the Camp Phoenix burns-survivor initiative.
KIDS Foundation is a not-for-profit, health promotion charity dedicated to childhood injury prevention and injury recovery. KIDS Foundation Injury Prevention delivers quality school and community based safety education programs that result in reducing preventable child injuries and death. KIDS Foundation Injury Recovery provides services and facilities for the care of children with life-changing injuries and burns.
For more information about KIDS Foundation please visit www.kidsfoundation.org.au
For more information about Alcoa please visit www.alcoa.com.au
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