Designed to teach kids safety at school, home, and out in the world.
Safety Town is a one-week course that teaches children safe practices at school, home, and out and about in the world. The curriculum includes bicycle safety, pedestrian safety, school bus safety, fire safety, seat belt safety, gun safety, 911, and stranger danger. Instructors are Hilliard’s first responders, educators, and public service workers. Safety Town is open to children entering kindergarten in the fall.
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June 8 – 12, Mon-Fri
Morning: 9 a.m.-noon
Afternoon: 1-4p.m.
Location: TBA
Cost: $50
Registration will open in April.
Children are welcomed into Safety Town and receive their bicycle helmets, which they use the entire week and can keep. Students also learn about poison safety from Spike’s Poison Prevention Adventure, and Hilliard police present an energetic activity about personal safety called “Retro Bill.”
Children wear blue as they learn about the jobs of Hilliard police officers, including tours of a police cruiser, opportunities to try on police equipment and uniforms and a demonstration of a police motorcycle. Children meet one of the agency’s K9s and discuss bicycle safety with a member of the agency’s bike patrol.
Children wear red and focus on fire safety. Norwich Township firefighters lead tours of emergency vehicles, and children learn to crawl through a safety house as they practice “Stop, Drop and Roll!” The entire building conducts a fire drill.
Children learn about personal safety and the class takes their skills to the streets with a Safety Walk, escorted by police officers. They are also introduced to “Eddie Eagle,” who teaches children what to do if they find a gun, and learn about natural gas with “Digger the Dog.
On the final day of Safety Town, children learn about bus safety with “Buster” as well as water safety. Additionally, the remaining classes go on a Safety Walk.
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