Sep 23 2009
500 children to learn safety tips at Worthy Down
About 500 children will learn about safety at a week of special events organised, funded and run by Winchester City Council in conjunction with Worthy Down Army Camp.
The youngsters from primary schools across the district will be advised on how to stay safe and cope in various dangerous situations.
Schools taking part include Cheriton, West Meon, Harestock, John Keble, Twyford St Mary’s, St Peter’s Catholic, Durley, Owslebury, Otterbourne, Kings Worthy, Itchen Abbas, Micheldever, Stanmore, St Faith’s and Winnall Primaries.
The Think Safe event is an active safety training programme where children take part in simulations of dangers that they may face in everyday life and learn how to deal with them.
The event help’s children practice and develop safety skills such as assertiveness, decision making and asking for help, and finally to develop skills in hazard awareness and risk management.
The training includes fire safety, personal safety (stranger danger), road safety, and consumer safety with representatives from the city council working in partnership with agencies such as The Army, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, Hampshire Police, Community Support Officers, Hampshire City Council’s Road Safety Team, and Trading Standards.
Now in its 19th year, the event is from October 5 to 9.
