Safety Centre: vandalism

At present we do not show our Year 5 and 6 children the video showing one group offering and other group some drugs. However, this could be shown at a Drugs Safety follow-up session in class.

Below are some trial lesson plans that you can dowload which have been developed by the Milton Keynes Teaching Networks Protective Behaviours and Drug Education project and the Wokingham Primary Schools Primary Care link drug education project.

These are intended to be delivered by Protective Behaviours (PBs) practitioners who have also had some drug education training. If you would like further information about PBs or drug education or are interested inspecific training for these lessons, please contact us at The Safety Centre on 01908 263009 and ask to speak to our the Schools Liaison Officers.

The lessons apply PBs to the suggested programme of drug education at each key stage and are available as trial lessons, not the finished product, especially as we appreciate that teachers adapt any lesson plans they use.

The Safety Centre offers follow-up lessons with every group that visits the Centre. These sessions directly reinforce the messages given at the Centre whilst encouraging community safety and citizenship. They are specifically designed to encourage children to change their behaviour towards taking responsibility.

Drug Safety - Our Schools Liasion Officers are trained to present drug education messages.

Classroom work involves the presentation of an interactive CD ROM (funded by Milton Keynes Drug Action Team - MKDAT), followed by role-play and discussion work. The session highlights the distinction between: socially accepted drugs, over the counter medicines, prescription medicines and illegal drugs. Protective Behaviours strategies are used throughout to emphasise the fact that behaviour is a choice with an effect.

A series of Drug Education lessons, based upon the Protective Behaviours approach are available for teachers to download from the Safety Centre website:- www.safetycentre.co.uk

At the present time, Milton Keynes schools receive 2 sessions per class free of any extra charge. Should a Milton Keynes school wish to have further follow-up sessions, these are charged at £40 +VAT.

For schools outside the Milton Keynes Education area, there is a charge of £40 + VAT per session, with discounts for multiple sessions. Again from September 2008, this charge will increase to £50 + Vat per session.

We are sorry to have to increase the cost for follow-up sessions, but increased costs of fuel have forced this upon us. This will be our first increase since November 2005. We hope that you still consider these sessions to be a valuable contribution to the curriculum and continue to use them in the classroom.

Here we raise the children's awareness of the consequences of vandalism, for them and for others.

We are now able to offer for sale, at a cost of £50 + VAT, a video relating to the consequences of vandalism for the victim and the offender. There is a limited stock, so please call us on 01908 263009 or e-mail us on info@safetycentre.co.uk as soon as you can, to order your copy.

We show this video to our Year 3 and 4 visitors with our Year 5 & 6 visditors having the option of viewing a DVD on Internet Safety.

Follow-up lessons:

Please move to the Crime and Consequences scenario for further information on follow-up lessons on theft and the consequences of theft.