PBL & Social-Emotional Learning

The focus for the fortnight is:

Be a safe in all Environments – We travel safely to school and around the community.

With so many students from Craigslea taking the healthy option to walk or ride to and from school each day, it is important to talk about some aspects of safety. This fortnight’s Positive Behaviour for Learning focus is on “Safe Travel” to and from school. Whether students are travelling by foot, bike/scooter, car, taxi or bus there are many aspects to consider in order for students to keep themselves as safe as possible. That may be by wearing protective equipment such as a bike helmet, planning a safe route, getting out of parked vehicles on the “safe” side, standing back from the gutter as a bus or taxi approaches and having a plan of what to do if something has not worked out as expected.

Most young children are still developing skills needed to judge safe road situations such as the ability to judge distances, speed of vehicles and distinguishing traffic sounds. As such they should not be left to make their own way to school until these skills are developed. This is usually around 10 to 12 years of age.

Children up to eight years old should hold an adult's hand on the footpath, in the car park, or when crossing the road. Children up to ten years old should be actively supervised in the traffic environment and should hold an adult's hand when crossing the road.

Children learn most of their road safety skills through the observation and imitation of adult behaviour, so even if your children are not with you, it is important that you set a good road safety example near the school and at all other times.

You can also help your child learn road safety by explaining to them the hazards they face and how to negotiate them while travelling to and from school. You can use examples to explain the difference between safe and unsafe behaviour. For children this can be a fun activity. You can also try a different mode of transport each week such as walking, riding a bicycle or using the bus.

Some personal safety tips for children travelling to and from school are:

• leave school as close to 3:00pm so they are walking together
• never go anywhere with a stranger
• never accept gifts or sweets from a stranger
• never get in a car with a stranger
• never go off on their own without telling parents or a trusted adult
• stay with their friends and not to go e.g. to the park on their own.
• know where to go – identify safe houses along your child’s route, family friends, relatives they can stop at if they need help.
• go over phone numbers they need to know – if your child carries a phone, teach them how to dial 000 if it’s an emergency, how to access your number, relatives or friends who can help if the need arises.

The Daniel Morcombe Foundation also has some tips for traveling safe to school.

Cyber Safety Presentation:

Cyber safety organisation, Internet Safe Education, will be attending our school and speaking with students, in Years 3-6, regarding staying safe in an online environment. These sessions will take place on Tuesday 24 October. All students in Years 3-6 will be able to attend due to the generosity and support of our P&C who are covering the cost. Consent forms have been sent home, please complete asap, thank you to those who have already done so.

As well as the student sessions, Internest Safe Education are presenting a parent session on Thursday 26 October, 5:30-6:30pm, in the OSHC building. This session is open to all Craigslea families to attend. The P&C will also live stream this via TEAMS for those who cannot attend in person. Please regisister as soon as you can for this important session to allow us to plan accordingly. Please register here: https://craigsleass.schoolzineplus.com/survey/236.

Active School Travel 

Walking Wheeling Wednesday’s

Wednesdays at Craigslea, are Walking Wheeling Wednesdays! Our school is a part of the Brisbane City Council initiative – Active School Travel.

Next Wednesday, 25^th October (week 4), we will be hosting our Day for Daniel Walk. On this day children are encouraged to wear red, donate a gold coin and walk to raise money for the Daniel Morecombe Foundation.

Donations can also be made at anytime online via the QRCode.

The Golden Boot award for October will be awarded to the class with the highest percentage of active travellers who walk to school.

Check out how your class is travelling: 

How will you actively travel on Wednesdays? #activeschooltravel

Have a great fortnight of fun and learning,

Natalie and Sarah