Pegasus Post: September 19, 2017

14 Tuesday September 19 2017
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi
PEGASUS POST
SCHOOLS
PRACTICE: Pupils from Waitakiri School learnt the basics of
skiing at Porters Height ski field.
Waitakiri pupils
learn to ski
YEAR 6 students from Waitakiri
School went to Porter Heights
ski field for the day as part
of their education outside
the classroom experience on
September 8.
It was an annual event which
about 40 pupils attended this
year.
All pupils were given a lesson
and had the option to ski or
snowboard.
School staff member Kim
Hillson said the day was a great
experience for children who had
never visited the snow or mountains
before.
SCENIC
VIEWS:
Pupils
having fun
in the snow.
NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS
GLOBAL LEADERS IN FIRST AID TRAINING
Christchurch Course Dates 2017
Venue: 32 Birmingham Drive, Middleton
First Aid Revalidation Course (6 hours)
Cost $130.00 per person (certificates must not have
expired for more than 3 months)
Time: 8.30am – 3.15pm
Monday
25 Sept
2 Oct
Tuesday
10 Oct
24 Oct
Wednesday
27 Sept
18 Oct
Friday
6 Oct
27 Oct
EIGHT HAEATA Community
Campus students and one from
Marian College were presented
with Duke of Edinburgh
Hillary Awards by Mayor
Lianne Dalziel on Wednesday.
Run by the Joshua Foundation,
the awards aim to encourage
and motivate young people
between the ages of 14-24 to
become involved in a balanced
programme of voluntary, selfdevelopment
activities.
There are three award sections
– bronze, silver and gold.
The voluntary and non-competitive
awards have different
components, including an expedition
and recreational element,
learning a skill and community
engagement.
NEW EXPERIENCES: Jennifer Hammond before
her first day at Rawhiti School.
New entrants
•If your child has started school recently, send their
picture to sophie.cornish@starmedia.kiwi
Duke awards for Haeata students
Sunday
1 Oct
15 Oct
M Learning Workplace Revalidation Course (4 hours)
Cost $130.00 per person (certificates must not have
expired for more than 3 months)
Time: 8.30am – 12.45pm
Tuesday
26 Sept
Wedneday
25 Oct
Friday
13 Oct
For bookings please call 0800 REDCROSS or 339-7111
Book online at www.redcross.org.nz
USE THE RED CROSS ADVANTAGE - COMPREHENSIVE FIRST AID, ESSENTIAL FIRST AID,
REVALIDATION OR TAILORED TRAINING TO SUIT yOU AT yOUR PLACE OR OURS.
Rawiri Waaka, instructor of
military studies at Haeata, said
the eight students got involved
at the school cafe, serving food
and running the cash register
for their community engagement
section.
He said the tramping element
challenged them the most.
About 70-80km were walked by
the students.
“There’s the tangible stuff, it
goes on their CV and it shows
prospective employers that during
school life they didn’t just
take basketball or touch, they
did something more extreme
like putting a pack on your
back during adverse weather
and tramping a whole pile of
kilometres.”
RED CROSS
There are currently 18,516
young people involved in
the award activities in New
Zealand, who are assisted by
thousands of volunteers.
Marian College’s Caitlin
Fleming, year 11, who has highfunctioning
down syndrome,
received a silver award.
Caitlin completed a two-day
tramp in Springfield, where she
experienced river crossings and
learnt how to make food on a
gas cooker.
Community involvement
at Burwood Hospital, charity
shops and the Step Up Club,
an organisation for young
children with down syndrome,
helped Caitlin take out the
award.
Ensuring a safe work place
Learning first aid is not only a part of ensuring a safe
work place, but also an integral part of our engagement with the
wider community. We all learn the necessary skills to ensure that
in times of emergency we are able to assist our work colleagues,
but are we able to take these skills home, into the community or
on to the sports field?
not all work places are the same and the injury risk for each place
can be wide and variable. The office attended by administrators
does not carry the same risk as those people working with heavy
machinery, or perhaps at some distance from a regular ambulance
service. it is therefore essential that you pick the right first aid
course to suit all of your activities – both professional and social.
take, for example, an office worker who does not have a high
risk work environment and whose concern might be to ensure that
they can deal with minor cuts and superficial injuries, or the ability
to perform effective CPr. These skills can be achieved on a course
of eight hours duration and would generally fit into low to medium
risk area. But take this same person on to a sports field either as a
spectator or player when a higher level injury occurs. The eight
hour course covering unit standards 6402 and 6401 (or 26551 and
26552) does not cover head neck and spinal injuries, eye injuries,
hypothermia and poisonings.
The majority of injuries occur outside of the work place, in
fact one in three injuries occurs in the home, making it the most
common place for injuries to happen. new Zealand children
are twice as likely to die through injury as children who live in
australia. They mostly die as a result of motor vehicles accidents
or falls in the home. fatalities from leisure and sport are not far
behind those in the workplace.
The wider 12 hour course teaches the additional unit standard
6400 and provides a wide knowledge base for medium to high risk
environments. This course covers many of the skills required to
deal with the most common injuries, such as falls (which can result
in head, neck and spinal injuries) and dealing with complex scenes
such as motor vehicle accidents.
if you are not sure on the course best suited to your needs, ask
your accredited first aid training provider. They can explain the
course content and give you options that will best suit your needs.
Look beyond the workplace and consider your family and your
location. Check that you have a good quality first aid kit that is
up-to-date with replenished items, and that everyone knows where
it is located.
USE THE RED CROSS ADVANTAGE -
COMPREHENSIVE FIRST AID,
ESSENTIAl FIRST AID, REVAlIDATION
OR TAIlORED TRAINING TO SUIT YOU
AT YOUR PlACE OR OURS.
16 Hours Thursday/Friday
19 & 20 October
23 & 24 November
NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS - GLOBAL LEADERS IN FIRST AID TRAINING
CHRISTCHURCH COURSE DATES 2017 • VENUE: 32 BIRMINGHAM DRIVE, MIDDLETON
Comprehensive First Aid PLUS Course (16hrs or 4hr upgrade)
Unit Standard 6402, 6401, 6400 and 25411 or 26552, 26551, 6400 and 25411
Cost $275.00 per person incl FA Manual & GST for 16 hours or $85.00 per
person for upgrade following completion of CFA
Time: Day One 8.30am – 5.30pm Day Two 8.30am – 5pm
Friday 4 Hours 1.15pm-5.00pm
20 Oct & 24 Nov
Comprehensive First Aid Course (12hrs)
Unit Standard 6402, 6401, 6400 or 26552, 26551, 6400
Cost $225.00 per person incl FA Manual & GST
Time: Day One & Day Two 8.30am - 3.15pm Time: Day One 8.30am - 5.30pm
2 x Monday
20 & 27 Nov
2 x Tuesday
17 & 24 Oct
7 & 14 Nov
2 x Wednesdays
4 & 11 Oct
25 Oct & 1 Nov
Thursday/Friday
28 & 29 Sept
5 & 6 Oct
Day Two 8.30am - 12.45pm
Thursday/Friday
19 & 20 Oct
24 & 24 Nov
Weekends
30 Sept & 1 Oct
14 & 15 Oct
Essential First Aid Course (8hrs)
Unit Standard 6402, 6401 or 26551, 26552
Cost $155.00 per person Time: 8.30am – 5.30pm
Monday
20 Nov
Tuesday
17 Oct
7 Nov
Wednesday
4 Oct
25 Oct
M Learning (App.) First Aid Courses
Practical First Aid
Unit Standards 6402, 6401
Cost $155.00 per person
Time: 4 hours 8.30am-12.45pm
Tuesday 3 Oct
Thursday 26 Oct
Workplace First Aid
Unit Standards 6400, 6401, 6402
Cost $225.00 per person
Time: 8 hours 8.30am-5.30pm
Tuesday 3 Oct
Thursday 26 Oct
Thursday
12 Oct
2 Nov
FOR BOOKINGS PLEASE CALL 0800 REDCROSS OR 339-7111 • BOOK ONLINE AT WWW.REDCROSS.ORG.NZ
Saturday
30 Sept
14 Oct