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The play, written and developed by staff and students, is being performed in a number of schools as part of Road Safety Week.
The key message is reinforcing the need to be a good and safe road user including a pedestrian, cyclist and a passenger in vehicles. It also teaches how distractions can hurt or even kill you or others. Examples include not wearing headphones or texting whilst crossing the road and not distracting the driver.
The play came about through the council’s senior road safety officer Tracey Webb working with performing arts tutor Katy Edmunds from the college.
Jordan: “a great initiative”
Councillor Phil Jordan, Isle of Wight Council Executive member for public protection, said:
“This is a great initiative that is teaching young children how to be safe both on and off the road.
“Tracey from our road safety team and Katy and the students at the college have worked really hard to bring this play to schools and deserve a lot of credit.
“The feedback has been excellent and I am sure they will be looking to do similar schemes again in future.”
Outstanding performance
Tom Monks, a Year 6 teacher at Godshill Primary School, added:
“The students from the Isle of Wight College put on an outstanding performance highlighting the importance of road safety. Our Year 6 children were completely engrossed by this excellent production.
“They took away extremely valuable lessons on how to stay safe on our roads. Thank you to the college and the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service’s road safety team for making this possible.”
Pupil: “Really helped my awareness”
Pupils at the schools have also commented on how much they enjoyed the play, with one saying:
“It was great acting, very dramatic and has really helped my awareness.”
The play has been funded by the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service as part of its programme of activities to support road safety on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council.
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