Pre-school
Early childhood settings provide the perfect platform for important educational messages and provide a safe learning environment for children to understand these messages.
NSW Ambulance has a range of activities which aim to prepare children for emergency situations, and some key learning points include:
- how to identify an emergency service worker
- the number to call in an emergency
- the importance of learning your home address
Our pre-school activities are designed to be used at early learning centres and at home.
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- Our double-sided flash cards help to identify emergency services workers and their vehicles
- Test these skills with a game of memory
- Trace the dots activity teaches the number to call in an emergency and how to write ‘Ambulance'
- Have a go at teaching details such as a home address
Some extra fun!
Primary School Students
It is important that every person understands how and when to call for emergency services, regardless of age.
It is often the case that children are responsible for dialling Triple Zero (000) in an emergency and become solely responsible for directing the ambulance.
Our activities are designed to build confidence in children to make that call that could save a life, the key learning points include:
- how to make a Triple Zero (000) call
- differentiating between ‘big’ and ‘small’ accidents
- requesting the right emergency service
- the importance of knowing your home address
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- Teach how to dial Triple Zero (000) with our cut out phone
- Big vs small accidents activity – instructions included
- Build an Ambulance, Police Car and Fire Truck
- Emergency scenarios activity – instructions included
Bonus activities!
- Spot the difference
- Maze
- Find a word
- Code Breaker
- Teach your home address with the All about Me activity
Additional resource(s)
The Triple Zero Kids Challenge is an online game aimed at primary school students. It consists of twelve safety scenarios that educate children about how to cope in an emergency, and the appropriate use of Triple Zero (000), Australia’s emergency call service.
Hang our Be Prepared poster at home to help if there is an emergency
High School Students
NSW Ambulance also targets high school students through a range of road safety and driver safety programs.
NSW Ambulance participates in the bstreetsmart program in collaboration with Westmead Hospital and Western Sydney Local Health District. This program reaches approximately 25,000 students in Years 10, 11 and 12 over three days.
NSW Ambulance provides an interactive display that gives up to date information for young drivers, passengers and pedestrians on road safety, as well as strategies for avoiding serious injury and death.