According to research carried out by the Home Office: Children of school age are five times more likely than adults to become victims of mobile phone theft. 48% of all victims are under the age of 18. One third of all robberies involve a mobile phone only. The peak age for offenders in this type [...]
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Free tattoo transfers for school trips
PleaseCallMum is a new child safety initiative which has recently launched a promotion to help teachers taking young children out to crowded locations on school trips. PleaseCallMum supplies temporary tattoo transfers that can be personalised with a designated mobile number and applied easily and discreetly to a child’s forearm. PleaseCallMum is offering over 1,000 free tattoo [...]
Sun Safety
As the summer weather approaches, many teachers will be thinking about ways of teaching children the importance of staying safe in the sun. Sunwise Learning is a new site offering games and activities for children, as well as lots of lesson ideas and resources for teachers. www.thesunwiseset.co.uk As a teacher, you can also register for [...]
Health and Safety in schools
The Health and Safety Executive is running a new campaign to reduce slips, trips and falls in the workplace. Throughout 2008-2009, across the Education sector in the UK, there were 948 major injuries and a further 1865 that resulted in workers having to take more than three days off work as a result of slips, trips and falls – [...]
Fireworks!
Here in the UK, we have a special day this week. It’s on Thursday 5th November and it’s called Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night. Here are a selection of links that might be useful for schools who are celebrating the event. Interactive Fireworks – This is a popular site which has been online for [...]
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