Online game sends smart safety message
MARCH 2009
Chancellor State College students Tim Sullivan, Kate Birchall, Ella Saurine and Samuel Birchall receive their certificates for being the program's voice-over artists. Image supplied courtesy of the Queensland Police Service.
Young Sunshine Coast students have learnt how to be safety smart with the help of an online computer game.
Being Safety Smart, a joint project between Education Queensland, the University of the Sunshine Coast, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and The Daniel Morcombe Foundation, was created to give children aged 6-8 strategies to avoid being abducted.
The online computer game was trialled at Chancellor State College and will be released state-wide later this year.
Education Queensland program coordinator and Sunshine Coast Region Behaviour Support regional manager Mark Birchall said he and his staff helped develop the game which increased children's awareness of dangerous situations and empowered them to act appropriately and confidently.
Mr Birchall said trial evaluations showed children on the program were much more aware of their personal safety and knew how to act to keep safe.
"Feedback from teachers, parents and children was positive, with children really enjoying working through the program," he said.
The program covers Essential Learnings in Health and Physical Education, Studies of Society and Environment and Information and Communication Technology for Year 3.
For more information phone Mr Birchall on 5470 8912 or email Mark.Birchall@deta.qld.gov.au
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