The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has presented Nga Iwi School with the ACC Injury Prevention Award.

The award recognises the Nga Iwi School’s completion of the St. John and ACC injury prevention module. The modules look at identifying hazards in real life contexts tamariki are familiar with. They offer training in first aid, responding to emergencies, bandaging and CPR.

Nga Iwi School is the first school to have all pupils trained with injury prevention skills.

Having an entire school trained in injury prevention adds to an already impressive year for the St. John in Schools initiative, ACC head of injury prevention Isaac Carlson said.

“Being a part of its next phase is really important,” he noted. “We see the NZ Schools Curriculum update, and the te reo translation as a positive step towards ensuring even more New Zealand tamariki are prepared to deal with injury.”