The Rural Voice, 1980-06, Page 18how slow a machine's part are moving, "it
results in the same hazards" for the
unwary.
In the second part of the program. the
OPP officer discusses some of the hazards
found inside the barn -from open trap doors
to bare wires which could result in a fire or
electric shock, to the danger of asphixiation
if someone falls into an open grain bin.
The•police officer said he finds students
in the Huron County schools have been
taught farm safety tips fairly well at home.
But in a business where life and limb are
at risk, it doesn't hurt to review the facts
again, he said.
The Perth County board of education
turned down the Farm Safety Association's
offer to subsidize the salary of a teacher to
deal with farm safety on a fulltime basis in
the county schools.
Keith Thompson. superintendent of
programs for Perth County, said farm
safety is now dealt with as part of the
health program taught in elementary
classrooms around the county.
He said one reason the board turned
down the Farm Safety Association's
proposal was because board members felt
a teacher coming into the classroom on a
one-shot basis wouldn't have the same
impact in talking about farm safety as a
teacher flit students were familiar with.
Bill Eckert, superintendent of education
in the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic
Separate School Board, said there isn't a
specific course on farm safety given in that
system's schools now. However, this will
change next year, when the farm safety
program devised by the Farm Safety
Association will be made available to
teachers in the system.
Mr. Eckert said plans have already been
made to devote half of a Professional
Development Day program to a workshop
on tarm safety next May 1 conducted by
consultants from the Farm Safety
Association.
The schools will also be using the farm
safety kits prepared for classroom use by
the association.
Jim Ross, of the association. said his
organization has now prepared a Rural
Ontario Safety Kit, which include a manual
covering a variety of farm safety topics
with resource materials for teacher. He
said the association will distribute one kit
pr 300 students to elementary schools or
one kit per school to smaller schools.
He added the film Why Did Tommy Die?
has already been purchased by 16 school
boards.
Consultants from the association have
already reached 100,000 students in rural
Ontario with the farm safety message and
Mr. Ross is optimistic that more boards are
going to commit themselves to safety
programs in the future.
Farm safety in the elementary classroom
seems to be an idea whose time has come.
PG. 18 THE RURAL VOICE/JUNE 1980
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