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Safety messages make Brook Field pupils aware

In the event of an emergency, you would be lucky to have a Brook Field pupil on hand to help out after the
whole school learned about keeping themselves safe and helping others during a safety day in February.
Pupils’ observation skills were realised how important it is to
The Blackthorn School tested at the start of the day with have these skills and hopefully one
of Photography an assembly by Community Safety day they might use them to save
Police Offi cer, PC Robin Stannard, someone’s life.”
Digital image-making where they witnessed the theft of “We’ve learned the recovery
and black and white printing his hat and were asked to describe position and how to use CPR. It’s
based at our specialist the villain. easy when you get the hang of it,”
teaching centre near Cricklade The fi re brigade talked to young- said Alex Shaw.
Evening, day and weekend sters about safety and the juniors “I didn’t know any symptoms
courses for beginners and experienced what it’s like to be before but now I feel confi dent that
advanced photographers caught in a dark smoke fi lled room. I would know what to do,” said
www.photography-courses.com Other subjects covered included Alecia Kissell.
Tel: 01454 416937 PCSO Richard Lane shows what happens road safety and the importance of Ms Rayment summed the day
or 07920 116492 hand hygiene. up. “Really useful practical lessons
to people who misbehave themselves
PHSE coordinator Clare Ray- were learnt. We want the children
ment and colleague, Sarah Back- to be safe in their lives now and in
well, taught junior classes how to the future.”
recognise the
symptoms of
a heart attack,
and practised
CPR resusci-
taton on eight
mannequins
donated by the
British Heart
Foundation,
right.
She said,
“they’ve been
shocked at
some of the
NOW BACK
IN WEST
images but I
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