AN exciting day at the Wandong Primary School saw an incursion from the St Johns team to teach kids how to give proper first aid in the event of a snake bite.
The kids were included in demonstrations and activities with bandages, learning where and how to tie them in case of an emergency.
The team from St Johns provided the kids with bandage kits to take home in a little gift pack alongside some cupcakes and brochures.
Also, in attendance was one of Melbourne’s best reptiles enthusiasts, Raymond Hoser, who brought close to 20 different pet snakes and his very own crocodile.
Raymond informed the kids through a little presentation about the certain dangers that present themselves when someone is in the proximity of a snake but encouraged them that the reptiles are usually friendly and will just slither away.
The species of snake also in attendance included Copper Heads, Brown and a Coastal Taipan, the third most venomous snake in the world.
Most of the kids and teachers were thrilled to be able to hold the snakes except a couple, but it was all for a good cause to teach the kids about safety and scenarios that they might find themselves in within the future.
