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Topics in term 3 scheduled review
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Health, Safety, and Welfare Policy
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- We reformatted this topic with subheadings for ease of reading.
- We added bullet points under the Related policies and procedures subheading with links to Supporting Student Wellbeing, Staff Wellbeing, and Stress in the Workplace.
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Managing Minor/Moderate Injury
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- Added an optional sentence about very minor injuries. We only add the sentence upon request but it will show on the Model site with an instruction to request it if you want it.
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Managing Serious Injury
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- We changed some wording slightly to show that the topic is about students and adults at school.
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First Aid Supplies
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- We updated the wording under Travelling first aid kits from "school secretary" to "office staff".
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Notifiable Events, Illnesses or Injuries, and Incidents
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- Renamed from "Definitions of a Notifiable Injury or Illness, Incident, and Event".
- Instead of listing the definitions here, we link to the relevant definitions on the WorkSafe website.
- Added Related topics and Legislation sections.
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Dealing with Blood and Other Body Fluids
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- We changed the formatting slightly for clarity, and added wording about hand sanitiser.
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Medicines
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- We reformatted this topic with subheadings.
- Under the subheading Storage and access, we changed our default wording. Note that emergency medication such as Epipens needs to be kept secure, but not locked away as it may be needed in a hurry.
- Added a section about students being responsible for their own medication (secondary and composite schools).
- Other slight wording changes for clarity and to update terminology.
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Diabetes
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- Created this new optional topic.
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Animal Ethics
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- We changed the formatting slightly for clarity.
- Expanded on the role of the New Zealand Association of Science Educators in granting ethical approval.
- Added a note about holding wildlife in captivity, and a link to the Department of Conservation.
- Added Wildlife Act 1953 to Legislation.
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Chemical Spills
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- We added information about inventories and updated our wording about cleaning up spills.
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Guidelines: Reverse Evacuation or Lockdown Plan – Create a Plan
Emergency Kit
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- Added this bullet point to our guidelines for creating a plan: "Consider placing a lockdown kit in teaching spaces. It could contain emergency food (protein bars, etc), bottles of water, a small first aid kit, wet wipes, hand sanitiser, buckets and bags to turn into toilets if necessary, fresh-air spray, etc".
- We also added the wording to Emergency Kit.
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Hazard Register and Audit
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- We updated this topic to make it easier for schools to state where and how their hazard register is used, or refer to third-party risk management services, such as GOSH.
- We removed our sample register and audit checklist and listed them as resources on the Model site. Schools can use these to create their own registers.
- Instead of linking to sample registers, we state the location of schools' registers, e.g. on GoogleDocs or internal drives, or in the school office, etc.
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Contractors Working at School
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- We added some wording about safe work method statements: "If relevant, the contractor supplies a site-specific safety plan, which may include safe work method statements (SWMS), to school management before starting any work".
- Added "reasonably" to "practicable steps".
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Stress in the Workplace
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- We added a link to WorkSafe's website, which contains helpful information and resources, and added links to other related topics.
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Pandemic Planning (Model version), and subtopics.
Pandemic Planning (Schools version)
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- We updated the Pandemic section and removed it from all but the Model sites.
- We replaced the section on school sites with a single topic that links to the Model site.
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Plant and Machinery Safety
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- We added a definition of "plant" and changed the section on electrical testing to electrical equipment, adding reference to powerboards.
- We removed the need to specify who is responsible for the storage, maintenance, and repairs of all machinery and equipment, noting instead that the appropriate staff are responsible for the equipment in their designated area.
- We updated the Resources links at the bottom of the page.
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Safe Drinking Water – Town Supply
Safe Drinking Water – Self-supply
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- We developed these topics to help schools meet their health and safety responsibilities.
- Schools request the topic they want, and can link to their water safety plan.
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Storage and Use of Hazardous Substances
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- We updated the wording of the bullet points, clarifying some of the needs around handling, storage, disposal, and inventory.
- We added the appropriate legislation link and updated the Resources links.
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Student Safety and Welfare
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- Added internal links to Registration and Child Protection.
- Added Oranga Tamariki Act to the Legislation section.
- Added "neglect" to "recognising and reporting the signs of child neglect and abuse".
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Getting to School Safely
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- This new topic introduces the road safety section, which can include the four topics listed below.
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Walking
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- This new optional topic contains basic safety advice about walking to school..
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Wheels
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- This is our revised Bicycles topic. We expanded the definition of wheels to include scooters, skateboards, and rollerblades.
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Parking
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- This is a new optional topic.
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Student Drivers
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- This is a new optional topic for secondary and composite schools.
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Sexual Behaviour in Children
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- We replaced the default wording about the Keeping Ourselves Programme so that is the same as the school-supplied wording in Abuse Recognition and Reporting.
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