Water Safety Role-Play Cards
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Water Safety Role-Play Cards
🏊♀️ Pool and Swimming Scenarios
Card 1: At the Swimming Pool 🏊♂️
Scenario: You and your friend arrive at the community pool. There are lots of people swimming and playing. The pool deck is wet and slippery.
Your role-play task: Show how you would enter the pool area safely and start swimming. Remember the buddy system!
Key rules to demonstrate: No running, swim with a buddy, check for lifeguard
Card 2: Pool Emergency 🆘
Scenario: You are swimming when you notice someone in the pool calling for help. They look like they are struggling in the deep end.
Your role-play task: Show the safe way to get help. What should you do and NOT do?
Key rules to demonstrate: Call for adult help, don't jump in yourself, alert lifeguard
Card 3: Slippery Pool Deck 🚶♀️
Scenario: The pool deck is very wet and other kids are running around. You need to get to the other side of the pool to meet your family.
Your role-play task: Show how to move safely around the pool area.
Key rules to demonstrate: Walk don't run, be careful of wet surfaces
🚤 Beach and River Scenarios
Card 4: Beach Day 🏖️
Scenario: Your whānau is having a picnic at the beach. The waves look fun but there's no lifeguard on duty today.
Your role-play task: Show how your family can still enjoy the water safely.
Key rules to demonstrate: Stay close to adults, don't go in deep water without lifeguard
Card 5: Crossing the Stream 🌊
Scenario: You're on a school trip and need to cross a shallow stream. The rocks look slippery and the water is moving fast.
Your role-play task: Show how to cross safely with your buddy.
Key rules to demonstrate: Buddy system, ask teacher for help, test rocks carefully
Card 6: Boat Trip ⛵
Scenario: Your family is going out on a small boat for fishing. Everyone is excited and ready to get on board.
Your role-play task: Show what everyone should do before getting on the boat.
Key rules to demonstrate: Wear life jackets, listen to adult instructions
🏠 Home and Community Water Safety
Card 7: Backyard Pool Party 🎉
Scenario: You're at a friend's birthday party. Their backyard has a swimming pool and lots of kids want to jump in right away.
Your role-play task: Show how to make sure everyone stays safe during the pool party.
Key rules to demonstrate: Check adult supervision, buddy system, no running
Card 8: Fishing at the Wharf 🎣
Scenario: You and your koro (grandfather) are going fishing from the local wharf. The wooden boards are wet from the morning dew.
Your role-play task: Show how to stay safe while fishing near deep water.
Key rules to demonstrate: Stay back from edge, wear life jacket, stay close to adult
Card 9: Floatie Emergency 🛟
Scenario: You're playing in a pool with a floatie when it suddenly deflates and you're in the deep end. You're a good swimmer but feeling worried.
Your role-play task: Show what to do when your floatie stops working.
Key rules to demonstrate: Stay calm, float on back, call for help, swim to edge
Card 10: Teaching Water Safety 👨🏫
Scenario: Your little cousin doesn't know the water safety rules. They want to play near the water but don't understand why they need to be careful.
Your role-play task: Show how you would teach them to be safe around water.
Key rules to demonstrate: All the main water safety rules in a teaching role
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