Safety Rules for 4th Grade Overnight
An important component of any discipline plan is the provision made for the safety of the student population. Student safety is an essential issue in a residential Outdoor School program and one which the staff has emphasized heavily. All students resident at 4th Grade Overnight sites are expected to comply with these rules at all times during their stay. Outdoor School staff are expected to uniformly and consistently enforce these safety rules at all times with all students.
PLEASE:
Environmental Manners
Health Questions / Concerns
Illness / Injury: The Program Leader will see all illnesses and / or injuries.
Serious Injury or Illness: Do not move the injured / ill person if:
a. Where the victim is
b. Who is hurt
c. Who is staying with them
Only the Program Leader or Site Supervisor may call an emergency unit.
Seizure
This is NOT an emergency. Send for the Program Leader as you would for a serious illness/injury. While you are waiting for the Program Leader DO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES:
Bee Stings
All students exposed to bee stings are to be seen by the Program Leader.
Before sending the student to the Program Leader, check to make sure the stinger is out. If the stinger is still in place remove it with a quick “scraping” or “flicking” motion. DO NOT PINCH the stinger. Pinching the stinger will force all of the poison into the victim.
Diabetes
Please talk with the Program Leader about symptoms.
An important component of any discipline plan is the provision made for the safety of the student population. Student safety is an essential issue in a residential Outdoor School program and one which the staff has emphasized heavily. All students resident at 4th Grade Overnight sites are expected to comply with these rules at all times during their stay. Outdoor School staff are expected to uniformly and consistently enforce these safety rules at all times with all students.
PLEASE:
- Stay with your group. Be within eyeshot of your assigned parent.
- Walk with your assigned “buddy” when you are moving around the site.
- Stay out of streams and ponds. It‟s safer for you and better for the environment.
- Leave all rocks, sticks, and cones on the ground. Throwing things can harm others and disturb the wildlife.
- WALK wherever you go. There are rocks, roots, and other things on the trails that make it important for you to walk slowly and carefully. Also, quick movements frighten wildlife!
- Wear your name tag at all times. People want to know who you are and they like to call you by your name.
- Practice the “Environmental Manners.”
- Be a good listener. Listen carefully ... when staff members talk, they are saying something you need to hear!
- Contact a staff member, immediately, if someone is sick or hurt.
- Take to Outdoor School only those items that are mentioned on page 34. All personal possessions that are not allowed in your school, are also not allowed at Outdoor School. So ... please leave those things at home!
Environmental Manners
- Always use the paths.
- Don't pick any bushes or shrubs.
- Always walk quietly in the woods.
Health Questions / Concerns
Illness / Injury: The Program Leader will see all illnesses and / or injuries.
Serious Injury or Illness: Do not move the injured / ill person if:
- They appear seriously ill / injured or involved in an apparently serious accident or;
- One or more of the following signs are present:
a. Trouble breathing
b. Look bad
c. Severe pain
d. Unconsciousness
e. Unable to remember the accident
f. Confused as to who or where they are
g. Severe bleeding
h. The person seems dull, “drunk”, stumbles when walking, listless
a. Where the victim is
b. Who is hurt
c. Who is staying with them
Only the Program Leader or Site Supervisor may call an emergency unit.
Seizure
This is NOT an emergency. Send for the Program Leader as you would for a serious illness/injury. While you are waiting for the Program Leader DO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES:
- Remove all objects that might harm the person;
- Send curious observers away;
- Loosen tight, restrictive clothing such as belts and neckties;
- DO NOT stick anything in their mouth.
- Put something soft under their head.
- Talk to the child in a calm reassuring voice. Tell them continuously that “you are o.k., everything is fine, you've had a seizure but all is well”, etc.
- Stay with the child until the Program Leader arrives.
Bee Stings
All students exposed to bee stings are to be seen by the Program Leader.
Before sending the student to the Program Leader, check to make sure the stinger is out. If the stinger is still in place remove it with a quick “scraping” or “flicking” motion. DO NOT PINCH the stinger. Pinching the stinger will force all of the poison into the victim.
Diabetes
Please talk with the Program Leader about symptoms.