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Wednesday 24 October 2018
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Life safety skills to be taught to local kids A safety skills course for 9–11 yearolds returns to the Richmond Showgrounds this month, building on its work to create a generation of Clued Up Kids in Nelson Tasman. Clued Up Kids is a multi-agency programme teaching primary schoolaged children confidence and life skills to help them stay safe in a range of real-life scenarios. The event is now in its third year. From October 29 to November 2, more than 500 children from Appleby, Nelson Christian, Ranzau, Wakefield, Richmond Primary, Auckland Point, Mahana, and Home School will take part. The hands-on activities include a ‘shaky house’ for practising what to do in an earthquake, a smoky-fire simulation that teaches children how to react during a house fire, as well as demonstrations on water safety, interacting with dogs, road safety, quad bikes, truck and cycle safety, and first aid. The agencies involved or providing support include the Tasman District and Nelson City councils, Nelson Bays
Primary Health, Police, Fire Emergency NZ, Civil Defence, New Zealand Red Cross, CET Landskills, TNL and Neltech. Rotary and the Richmond Lions provide volunteers. Thanks also to Benge and Co for providing fresh fruit to the children as they move around the two-hour interactive programme. Clued Up Kids coordinator Jo Perrett says, “the children are of an age where they’re becoming increasingly independent and therefore more likely to encounter situations where there may not be an adult around to tell them what to do. Clued Up Kids gives them the tools to keep themselves safe.” Jo says agencies working with young people had reported greater levels of student knowledge about what to do in an emergency from those who had been involved with Clued Up Kids in previous years. Senior Constable Susan Finigan of Nelson police says she was impressed by the knowledge of young people during recent Keeping Ourselves Safe sessions in Nelson Tasman schools.
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Speedway celebrates 50 years
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Held under beautiful blue skies, the inaugural Abel Tasman Lift Off Festival over Labour Weekend has been hailed a resounding success with two epic days of aerial displays.
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