YMCAChildren’s Safety Village

What is the YMCA Children’s Safety Village?

The YMCA Children’s Safety Village is a child-sized village located in the Thames Valley District within the Fanshawe Conservation Area. The outdoor portion of the village features 26 small buildings surrounded with streets, operational traffic signals, authentic traffic signs, an operational railway crossing and a life size school bus. In the main building there are two classrooms, one for fire safety lessons and the other for police safety lessons. There is a full-sized functional kitchen used for safety programming and Sparky the Fire Dog’s very own apartment, equipped with a smoke machine and escape window, used for real life lessons.

The YMCA Children’s Safety Village is operated by the YMCA under contract with the Children’s Safety Village Board of Directors. The YMCA Children’s Safety Village programming is supported by London Police Service, London Fire Department, the London District Catholic School Board and Thames Valley District School Board.

What does the YMCA Children’s Safety Village Do?

Through hands on safety lessons the Children’s Safety Village helps reduce injuries by teaching children from kindergarten to grade 4 about individual responsibility and awareness while travelling in cars, riding bikes, walking down the street, being in the kitchen and encountering a fire in the home. The lessons are taught by educators from the police and fire departments and link directly to the Healthy Living Strand under Personal Safety and Injury Prevention Expectations.

Tell Me & I Will Forget, Show Me & I May Remember, Involve Me & I Will Understand

For more information visit us online at www.safetyvillage.ca

Booking a VisitTeachers!Want to book a visit to the YMCA Children’s Safety Village? Programs are available for school bookings, Monday – Friday throughout the school year. We offer two programs daily, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There is a maximum occupancy of 60students per visit and teacher/volunteer chaperons are required to accompany students at a 1:10 ratio. Availability is limited and programs fill. To ensure availability for your class, be sure to book early!

Arranging Your Booking • Callusat519-455-5437(haveyourtotalnumberofstudents and two possible booking dates ready)

• Emailusatinfo@safetyvillage.ca(includeyourclassgrade,number of students & two possible booking dates)

• Uponreservationofbookingteacherswillreceiveabooking agreement form, which must be signed & returned within two business days, to firm up booking

• Bookingconfirmationswillbesentuponreceiptofsignedagreement

Booking Fee

AsofSeptember2013,thestandardbookingfeeforallSafetyVillagebookings is$100/class(maximumof60students).Admittancetotheconservationareaisfree.Paymentofbookingfeeisduewithin15daysfromdateofreservation.For smaller groups and/or fundraised visits, special day of visit payment can be arranged by contacting our administrator directly. The YMCA of Western Ontario is a multi-service charity that provides opportunities for personal growth in spirit, mind and body for people of all backgrounds, beliefs and abilities. We are here to assist you in making our programs and services available to all. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you require assistance.

ProgramsSchool programs are offered Monday to Friday during the school year, and are offered for grades KD, 1, 2, & 4. Programming for the Children’s Safety Village has been designed based on the Ontario Ministry of Education Curriculum and all classes are led by uniformed Police & Fire Educators. Each grades program is offered at specific times during the program year and cannot be combined with and other grades program. All classes are provided with an activity bag to take back to the classroom for follow-up lessons and take room activities for students to share with their families.

KindergartenThis90minuteprogramincludesbothFireandPolicelessons.Programming provides students with hands-on interactive safety education and is designed to meet the Ministry of Education Ontario Curriculum for JK/KD students.

Overall Expectations • Demonstrateanawarenessofhealthandsafetypractices.

Personal Safety and Injury Prevention • Identifysafeandunsafesituationsmaterialsandequipment.

• Identifyandapplybasicsafetyrules

• Demonstrateunderstandingthatadultsmakemostdecisionsregarding safety rules and the importance of seeking assistance when needed.

Police Lesson • PedestrianSafety

• SignRecognition

• PersonalSafety

• Yuckies&Yummies(Poisons)

Students will receive instruction from the Police Educator on personal safety and will be taught about the Block Parent Program. After a 20 minute classroom instruction the Police Educator will take the class on a walking tour of the village and they will receive instruction on pedestrian safety. Through use of the sidewalks, authentic signs and operational lights, the students will get a real life lesson on how to be safe when on and around roads.

Fire Lesson • SmokeAlarms

• Match&LighterSafety

• MyFriendtheFirefighter

• CrawlLowUnderSmoke

Students will listen to an exciting adventure story about fire safety. After they will learn the importance of knowing that firefighters are our friends and will be shown the different fire gear worn and how it protects them. The class will then tour Sparky’s apartment where they will learn and practice what to do if their cloths catch fire. To finish students will play the Smoke Detector game where they will learn and practice crawling low under smoke.

Grade OneThis 120 minute program includes both Fire and Police lessons. Programming provides students with hands-on interactive safety education and is designed on the Ministry of Education and Training-The Ontario Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, Healthy Living: Grade 1

Overall Expectations • Recognizesafetyrisksandsafepractices

Personal Safety and Injury Prevention • Outlinethepotentialsafetyrisksinthehome,school,andcommunity (e.g.,fromfireortoys)

• Identifypeoplewhocanprovidepersonalsafetyassistance(e.g.,block parents)andexplainhowtoaccessthem(e.g.,byphoning9-1-1)

Police Lesson • PedestrianSafety(minicars)

• SignRecognition

• PersonalSafety

• RailwaySafety

• Elmer’sSafetyRules

Afterthe30minuteclassroominstruction,theclasswillbetakenonawalkingtour of the Village and receive instruction on personal, pedestrian, railway and electrical safety. The students will be allowed to apply the skills they have learned by driving battery operated cars throughout the Village.

Fire Lesson • KnowYourAddress

• SmokeAlarms&EscapePlanning

• Match&LighterSafety

• MyFriendtheFirefighter

• FireFighterGear

• Calling911

Students are toured around Sparky’s apartment where they are taught kitchen safety then move on to the bedroom. Sparky’s room is equipped with a non-toxic “smoke machine” which demonstrates how smoke would fill a room. The students experience how to check doors for heat and then they exit through the window and when everyone is out safely, theydiscusscalling911!

Grade TwoThis 120minute program includes both Fire and Police lessons. Programming provides students with hands-on interactive safety education and is designed based on the Ministry of Education and Training-The Ontario Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, Healthy Living: Grade 2

Overall Expectations • Outlinesafetyrulesandsafepractices

Personal Safety and Injury Prevention • Identifysafetyrulestobefollowedinthehome,school,andcommunity

(e.g.,electricalsafety,schoolyardrules,bussafety)

Police Lesson • WinterSafety

• ColdWeather/Hypothermia

• HydroSafety

• BusSafety

The class starts off in our Police classroom , for a short video on bus evacuation. After 30minutesofinclassinstructionincludingpersonalsafetyduringthewinterandhydrosafety, the Police Educator will then take the students outdoors. The class will load on to the village school bus to perform mock bus evacuations, applying the classroom lesson.

Video: Bus Evacuation: Practice makes perfect.

Fire Lesson • ElectricalSafety

• SmokeAlarms&EscapePlanning

• Match&LighterSafety

• KitchenSafety

• Calling911

BasedonRiskWatchcurriculum,studentsstartoffbyidentifyingandremovingall of the hazards from the “Hazard House”. Afterwards they will tour Sparky’s apartment where they are taught kitchen and bathroom safety. Over to Sparky’s bedroom smoke fills the room while students learn how to check doors for heat and each take a turn as they exit through thebedroomwindow.Wheneveryoneisoutsafely,theydiscusscalling911from a neighbor’s house. Video: The Adventures of Safety Frog – Fire Safety

Grade FourThis 120minute program includes both Fire and Police lessons. Programming provides students with hands-on interactive safety education and is designed based on the Ministry of Education and Training-The Ontario Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, Healthy Living: Grade 4

Overall Expectations • Uselivingskillstoaddresspersonalsafetyandinjuryprevention

Personal Safety and Injury Prevention • Applydecision-makingandproblem-solvingskillsinaddressingthreats to personal safety and injury prevention. • Identifypeopleandcommunityagenciesthatcanassistwithinjury prevention situations, and violence prevention.

Police Lesson • WinterSafety • ColdWeather/Hypothermia • HydroSafety • BusSafetyThe class starts off in our Police classroom , for a short video on bus evacuation. After 30minutesofinclassinstructionincludingpersonalsafetyduringthewinterandhydrosafety, the Police Educator will then take the students outdoors. The class will load on to the village school bus to perform mock bus evacuations, applying the classroom lesson.

Video: Bus Evacuation: Practice makes perfect.

Fire Lesson • BicycleSafety(villagebikesused)

• StreetSigns

• BicycleHelmets

Uponcompletionoftheclassroominstructiontheclasswillwatchashortvideoonbikesafety, before inviting the students to join them outdoors. Outside the students will then receive proper helmet instruction as they gear up to practice safe bicycle riding on the

bicycles, throughout the village roads.

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