MLC School Safety Town Comes Alive

During Term 2 in Year 3 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE), the girls were learning about road safety and in particular bike safety. On Monday 15 June 2020 as a culmination of all the theory lessons, the MLC School Safety Town came alive. The Year 3 girls brought either their bike or scooter to School and participated in a bike safety course on the Hockey field. The safety course had pedestrian crossings, roundabouts and traffic lights. The course also challenged the girls with hazards like a dog park where Year 10 Physical Activities and Sports Studies (PASS) girls ran onto the road playing the role of dogs and flew around as birds. There were remote control cars buzzing around the course as the girls tried not to be distracted on their journey. The girls also needed to navigate over speed bumps around bunting on the ground that resembled a drain and watch out for a spot fire in the middle of the path.

The Year 10 PASS girls issued fines to the Year 3 girls for not using hand signals and reckless riding. The fines needed to be paid with physical challenges like star jumps, sit ups, push ups and burpees! Additionally, Officer Sarah Jauncey sent many reckless riders to the MLC School Safety Town Police Station for further investigation.

A great afternoon of fun was had by all and the consolidation of learning was put into practise. Mrs Hiss and the Kindergarten girls also had the opportunity to come and visit MLC School Safety Town in action, as they have also been learning about different types of safety this term.

Burwood Council also kindly lent us some actual council signs.

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– Sarah Jauncey
PDHPE Teacher