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Wiltshire water safety awareness and school competition

Monday 11th May 2015

 

       

Public Health is supporting National Child Safety Week 1 -7th June

Our theme this year is: Water Safety

Whether it is in the garden, at the park, at the pool, on the beach or near open water, like rivers or canals, we want to keep Wiltshire children and young people safe from drowning.

  • Primary Schools can get involved by encouraging pupils to enter the poster competition to ‘Be a Water Safety Super Hero’

Prizes available for the 2 winning schools

£100 for each winning school, alongside a shopping voucher(multi store) for the KS1 and KS2 winner

Related Documents:

Further information about the competition

Additional links to information for teachers

Poster template

Closing date: Friday 12th June

 

  1. Secondary Schools & Colleges can use the following links to improve student awareness and knowledge about the dangers of being in and around open water with friends or when looking after younger children.

The SAFE code

 

S – Spot

Spot the dangers

A – Advice

Follow safety signs and advice

F – Friend

     Stay close to a friend or family      

     member

E – Emergency

Shout for help and know the emergency numbers at home and abroad

 

 

Useful links

Royal Life Saving Society UK

 http://www.rlss.org.uk/water-safety/

Royal National Lifeboat Institute

www.rnli.org/safetyandeducation

 

The Angus Lawson Memorial Trust

www.almt.org/the-danger-age-video

 

Child Accident Prevention Trust

www.childsafetyweek.org.uk

 

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents www.rospa.org.uk