Sixth Form Safety Event
Our annual event to ensure our students know how to keep themselves and others safe.
Today, we held our annual Sixth Form Safety Event, which saw a series of talks, activities and demonstrations take place throughout the day. This important event supports our students to keep themselves and others safe as they reach key milestones, such as passing their driving test and turning 18.
Year 12 students listened to a powerful talk about driver and passenger safety and visited fair stalls where they took part in VR simulations, tried out mock ‘beer-goggles’ and created mocktails, as well as discussing personal safety, consent and fire safety. Students really engaged with our visitors, which included representatives from Leicestershire Police Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service Hinckley Station and Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council community services, and approached the sometimes hard-hitting topics with real maturity.
In the last session of the day, the Fire and Rescue Service staged a demonstration to show how they would rescue a casualty following a road traffic collision. This powerful demonstration really brought into focus the messaging throughout the event and highlighted once again to our students the importance of making safe, well-considered choices.
