PBL Step 2

PBL
Water Safety
Action Plan - Step Two

Creating the list on Chromebook

On the 22-24 of November, we created a detailed list and timetable of the activity afternoon we are running. There will be two groups of 20 students, and myself and Crystal will be running one, and Jamie and Brandon will be running the other one. Group one will switch from the pool to the field after lunch, and group two will switch from the field to the pool.

PBL Step One

PBL
Step One
Email Hornby Primary

Claudia proof-reading the email.

On the 16th of October, we wrote and sent an email to Hornby Primary asking for permission to run our event. In our email we described the activities we will be running. We didn't get a reply for the email, so we rang the office and we organised a meeting with the principal. The meeting was successful, and we will be running the event in week 7 or 8.

PBL Action plan

PBL
Water Safety
Action Plan

Here is our action plan for our big project to improve the problem of water safety.

Steps needed to achieve the goal.	What will help us achieve this goal? (Enablers)	Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.	Who is responsible for this step?	Date this step will be achieved by.
Gaining permission to run our event at Hornby Primary by emailing the principal.	The principal can help us by emailing back with a yes and a convenient date.	If the principal says no, we would email another school to ask if we could run it there.	Crystal will email, but the whole group will contribute.	16/11/17.

 

Steps needed to achieve the goal.	What will help us achieve this goal? (Enablers)	Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.	Who is responsible for this step?	Date this step will be achieved by.
Complete a detailed plan of each activity we will be running, and the timing.	Having time management and looking online for ideas of activities we could run.	Not having a big enough time slot could be a barrier, but we could just cut down the amount of activities we run.	The whole group.	22/11/17.

Steps needed to achieve the goal.	What will help us achieve this goal?(Enablers)	Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.	Who is responsible for this step?	Date this step will be achieved by.
Create a newsletter for the parents of the students at Hornby Primary and email it to the school.	Coming up with a good theme for the newsletter and getting our point across.	A barrier could be that the primary school doesn’t want to print and distribute the newsletters, therefore we would have to ask to email the parents and put up posters around the school.	The whole group.	24/11/17.

Steps needed to achieve the goal.	What will help us achieve this goal?(Enablers)	Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.	Who is responsible for this step?	Date this step will be achieved by.
Ask if we are able to use some equipment to in the activities when the time comes, eg: flags, and cones.	Mr Hilliard, as we are asking him to borrow the equipment.	He could say no to letting us borrow the equipment, so we could ask the primary school sports department.	Brandon and Jamie.	28/11/17.

After all our planning we will be holding an afternoon for the year 5's and 6's at Hornby Primary to teach them some skills and encourage them to raise awareness of water safety to decrease the amount of drownings.

PBL Project - Water safety

PBL Project
Water Safety

Group: CCBJ
Group Members: Myself, Claudia, Brandon, Jamie.
Topic: Water Safety.

Websites: 

Website Name	Link	Date we accessed site
Water Safety New Zealand	http://www.watersafety.org.nz/	14/11/17
Drowning Prevention	http://www.watersafe.org.nz/family-communities/research-and-information/statistics-overview/	14/11/17
Drown Base	http://www.drownbase.org.nz/annual-statistics/	14/11/17
Water Safety NZ	http://www.watersafety.org.nz/assets/Drowning-Reports/2016-Provisional-Drowning-Prevention-Report-13Jan2017.pdf	14/11/17
Teens Health - Water Safety	http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/water-safety.html	14/11/17

Why we chose this topic:

Water safety is a big issue in New Zealand as well as the world. So many drownings have been recorded other the years because so many people have no water safety skills. This years drowning toll (as of Nov. 13) is at 59, in 2016 there were 108, in 2015 there were 113, in 2014 there were 71, and in 2013 there were 107. We want to make kids aware of the problem and teach them some skills while also having fun.

Who is affected?
In the first half of 2017, there were 47 drownings in New Zealand. 10% of those were kids under 5, 18% was 15-24 year olds, and 71% was 25+. 84% were males. Males above 25 years have been involved in the most drownings.

What are the issues?

Because young and old these days don’t have enough water safety knowledge, drownings are becoming more and more common. People are going out to the beach, rivers, and swimming pools with no safety knowledge, and are being put in situations that they don’t know how to handle.

When and how did this start?

Drowning has always been a huge problem in New Zealand, and we have a higher drowning rate here than Australia, the U.S, and the UK. This years drowning toll (as of Nov. 13) is at 59, in 2016 there were 108, in 2015 there were 113, in 2014 there were 71, and in 2013 there were 107. It doesn’t seem the problem is improving, and it may get worse as the years go on.

Where is it happening?

All over the world drowning has become a huge problem. New Zealand has quite a high rate, as we are an island. The most common places drownings occur are in rivers, beaches, swimming pools, and water holes. The top of the North Island is most susceptible to drownings. The South Island had barely any in the past few years, while the North Island had many.

Why is it happening?

Drownings are becoming more and more frequent because people young and old have no water safety knowledge. While young people occasionally have water safety lessons, they usually cost a bit of money, when they should be part of the school curriculum. Many adults think it isn’t important to know how to swim, so they put it off until it’s too late.

Our big impact action:

We will be planning and executing a fun water safety afternoon at Hornby Primary for the year 5's and 6's, to teach young students how to be water safe, to work in teams, and to have fun.

Our desired impact:

We want young people to be aware of the problem so that they can share it around and try to improve it. We want them to gain some skills so if they are put in a tough situation in water they know how to save themselves and others. We also want to prevent drownings.