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Springfield Secondary School School Safety Hotline: 63183053 Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Springfield Secondary School School Safety & Security Matters 1

Springfield Secondary School School Safety Hotline: 63183053 Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders School Safety Vision One Accident Is Just One Too Many Mission To nurture a safety culture for the holistic development of students and staff in a safe and secure environment 2

Springfield Secondary School School Safety Hotline: 63183053 Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders School Safety Safety Information School safety notice board (Beside uniform vendor) Safety Hotline 63183053 3

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Incident vs Accident • Incident: An unplanned, undesired event that hinders completion of a task and may cause injury, illness, or property damage or some combination of all three in varying degrees from minor to catastrophic. • Accident: Definition is often similar to incident, but supports the mind-set that it could not have been prevented. • Near Miss: A subset of incidents that could have resulted in injury, illness or property damage, if given a different set of circumstances, but didn't. 4

Springfield Secondary School School Safety Hotline: 63183053 Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Serious Incident Management Analysis 2016 Incident A / I While attempting a bouldering route at SMU Gravical 2016, the student fell from a height of about 3 metres, landed on the crash mat in the sitting position experiencing pain at the lower back and was unable to move. 5

Springfield Secondary School School Safety Hotline: 63183053 Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Serious Incident Management Analysis 2016 Incident A / I The student was on his way to the ISH when, to quicken the process he decided to leap over the flight of steps at the school porch, resulting in a loss of balance and a fracture injury 6

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Learning Points • School Safety requires personal responsibility • We can and should learn from previous incidents • Some incidents can be prevented with vigilance and safety mind-sets • Effective management of incident is important • Do not take things for granted 7

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Useful weather applications • Weather@SG • Lightning@SG • myENV 8

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Lightning Information Service (LIS)

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Other useful information • Environmental news updates and information • myENV (National Environmental Agency)  Air quality  Rain / Water level  UV Index  Notifications (Customised)

Springfield Secondary School School Safety Hotline: 63183053 Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders No / Reduced outdoor activities between 1030am to 330pm due to likelihood of high UV Index 11

Springfield Secondary School School Safety Hotline: 63183053 Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Road Safety • Road users – Pedestrians / commuters – Motorists – Cyclists • Patience & respect 12

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Walking Across Main Gate 13

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Awareness of surroundings 14

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Addition of road divider 15

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Traffic Junctions 16

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Boarding / alighting • Board and alight at designated places with due consideration for other road users

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Road usage / speed limit • Observe traffic rules and speed limit within school compound

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders ‘JAY WALKING’ • Your actions can put others at risk as well

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Not worth the risk • Using the proper road crossing does not necessarily mean more time is needed

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders One accident is one too many • Give way to pedestrians if you are using mobile transportation devices such as e Bike or bicycles

Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Traffic crossings • Vehicles may not stop according to change in traffic lights • Refrain from being distracted by text messages or mobile games

Springfield Secondary School Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Sports related incidents & injuries

Springfield Secondary School Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders There is strong evidence that regular exercise is beneficial Although exercise does bring about some transient risks The national survey on Sports Participation showed that the number of Singaporeans who exercised at least one a week doubled from 24% (1992) to 48% (2005) & at least 3 times tripled from 8% to 25% over the same period

Springfield Secondary School Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders • From 2000 to 2006, there were a total of 28 sports related deaths at our public sports facilities – gym, stadia, tennis, squash courts, hockey pitch and swimming pools • First timers & inexperienced athletes may not be aware of how hard to push themselves. Knowledge with regards to hydration, nutrition, training methods etc may be lacking

Springfield Secondary School Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Are you sports safe?? • Has your doctor ever said that you have a heart condition • Do you feel pain in your chest when you do physical activity • In the past month, have you had chest pain when you were not doing physical activity

Springfield Secondary School Springfield Secondary School Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Lifelong Learners, Exemplary Leaders Are you sports safe?? • Do you lose balance because of dizziness or do you ever lose consciousness • Do you have a bone or joint problem • Is your doctor currently prescribing drugs for your blood pressure or heart condition • Do you know of any other reason why you should not do physical activity