It's very important to play safely!

What is playing safe?

Playing safely is making sure that everyone, including myself, is safe when we are playing in the playground or having fun wherever you are.

It is important for us to play safely on the playground because no one wants to get hurt. We play safely because it is for our own good and we do not want to end up in the hospital and miss some schooling or homework. We could still go to school with a cast or a wheelchair, but we have still have missed a lot of learning throughout the past time you were away.

It is not hurting anyone or putting them down and saying things like, “HAHA! I'M BETTER THAN YOU! YOUR A KLUTZY LOSER! YOU’LL NEVER BE GOOD AS ME, UGLY,” But instead of saying mean things like that, we should try to encourage others to be good at it or comfort them. Playing safely is not getting hit by the ball, or accidentally get hit by the cricket bat on the stomach. Playing safely is very important so that we can be a safe school and be a good role model for our younger peers.

Playing safely is avoiding things that won’t harm you in anyway. If you don’t know how to play the game, and it’s not a very safe game for people to play, then it’s best to not get involved in it and watch them play, or persuade them to not play the game because it is not safe and someone might get injured badly. Then ask them if you want younger people crashing, bashing and beating each other up because they think it’s a ‘fun’ game? I don’t think so. Be aware about the young people watching you, because they all rely on you to be a good role model for them, and they’ll copy whatever you do. They may not do it straight away, but they will start playing it, sooner or later, depending on what they think about the game.

Finally, playing safe is not involving little children under 6 years old to play sports like soccer, softball, volleyball, non-stop cricket and long-ball. One example of that is not swinging bats around them in case they get hit in the head or if you pump into them without looking where you’re going. Instead of carrying the sports equipment  individually, we could carry them in a bucket or in a one pile so that we don’t have to injure little children. If it’s too much for one person to carry , you could give half of the equipment to another person.