{"id":6504,"date":"2022-12-05T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T02:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journey.edu.au\/?p=6504"},"modified":"2024-02-15T16:18:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T06:18:30","slug":"blog-water-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journey.edu.au\/early-learning-advice\/12-2022\/blog-water-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"“Vitamin Sea” About The Water Safety Of Children At The Beach And Why Unicorns Have No Business There"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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On the website of the Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club<\/a>, there is a small paragraph which reads that in the season 2021\/2022 6,636 patrol hours were logged by volunteers and 112 rescues were performed. An immense number when you think about it. Amenah McDonald, Club Captain of the Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club, gives an insight into her role and what she would like to see from her parents and also the government when it comes to swimming band water safety. Amenah also gives tips for parents on how to have a relaxed and safe day at the beach, and we introduce the four friends Pounce, Gemma, Neville and Frizzy who also know a lot about the beach.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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“The unsafe thing about the nice big inflatable toys like unicorns is that when there\u2019s a northerly wind at our beach, they tend to get blown out to sea, and if there are children on them, we end up having to rescue them and bring them back to safety.” Says Amenah McDonald, and she should know. Her main job as a mosquito management officer is to protect the people in her region from the little pests that sometimes transmit diseases, and in her voluntary work, she likes to protect the people on the beach from themselves.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Being sun smart, check out the outdoor safety checklist for your child<\/a>!<\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\u201cThis will be my 9th season at Ocean Grove. When I was 19, I first obtained my Bronze Medallion at Torquay SLSC. The same season I was involved in a resuscitation case, so it really highlighted to me that this was serious stuff, and it made me get all my qualifications until I finally got my gold medallion. I then applied for a professional position as a lifeguard. You had to go on a selection camp and back then it was on merit. So as a woman, I had to compete against the guys if I wanted a spot. There were only 45 positions and only three females including myself were selected. Lifesaving and protecting the public has become my passion. I also instruct the Bronze medallion course, because if you teach something, it becomes cemented in your head. ”\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Amenah is the Club Captain as well as a Patrol Captain of an individual patrol (team of lifesavers). Here at Ocean Grove, they have 10 patrols to plan in shifts but she is also the Director of Lifesaving on the board and so she coordinates the whole season of emergency response and patrols.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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