Junior Neighbourhood Support
Project Award Guidelines
Students are nominated for doing a safety activity that contributed to pride, safety or community spirit in their school, home or elsewhere in their community.
- They can be nominated by school teachers, principals, shop owners and other.
- From those nominated (six - eight) students are chosen to receive an award at an assembly.
- The award consists of a Certificate of Achievement and a prize pack.
These safety activities fall under the following areas:
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School
- Safe play
- Fair play
- Bike safety
- Respect and support to staff
awareness and fellow students - Preventing/stopping/reporting bullying
- Pride in school grounds
- Classroom hazard elimination
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Home
- Respect and support family members
- Safe play in home and garden
- Fire Safety and awareness planning
- Bike Safety an Road Safety
- Preparation of survival items at home
- Encourage awareness of Neighbourhood Support and etc
how your family can become involved
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Community
- Report graffiti and vandalism
- Report damage to school, bus stops etc
bikes - Show pride/ownership of local bus stops/community buildings etc
- Assist Police/Fire or Ambulance services
- Voluntary work within the community
- Get to know your neighbours
Award Criteria
An Act of Community Safety:
- Home Safety - "Fire Wise" (Smoke alarms)
- Neighbourhood safety in the community
- Road Safety
- Emotional & physical safety at school/community
- Neighbourhood Support Values:-
(Inclusive, Responsive & Community Support)
An Act of Community Spirit & Pride:
- Voluntary work within the community - churches etc
- Graffiti clean-up
- Street, parks & reserves, streams clean-up
- School ground clean-up
- Show pride - taking ownership, reporting damages
An Act of Assistance Rendered:
- Medical Emergency
- Police Emergency
- Fire Emergency
- Animal Emergency
- Civil Defence Emergency