It takes only a moment for a child to poke something into a heater, pull on a cord, topple an appliance, or put something into an electrical outlet. Here are a few tips to help keep your family safe:
For more than eight years, the Energy Education Programme has run in Eastern Bay primary schools. This free programme educates, motivates and encourages a life-long commitment to energy efficiency and introduces children to safe behaviour when they are around electricity.
Co-funded by Horizon Networks, the programme gives Eastern Bay schools access to current information and classroom resources on electricity safety, generation, transmission, distribution and energy efficient consumption of energy.
With trained teachers and six learning sessions per class, it covers all levels of primary school from new entrants to year eight in full primary schools. National curriculum learning areas include:
To book your school in for the programme, or for more information, contact Louise or Peter Maple at Green Gauge: 07 315 4623 / 027 696 0147 or green.gauge@xtra.co.nz