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Annual Open Day We look forward to seeing you soon. This year's open day will be on Sunday 22nd July 2012. Free entry.
Making a visit You need to ask yourself the following questions before embarking on a site visit:
• Have you made a pre-visit?
Preparing for a visit Teachers and Group Leaders should view the useful information on how to prepare for your visit, and the section on curriculum support information:
In addition to schools, we can accommodate visits from other groups - brownies, cubs, guides, scouts etc. Many of the scenarios relate directly to work needed to gain badges eg first aid, road safety etc.•
You need to decide where the visit will fit in the sequence of your planned activities. Is it to be an introduction, the main focus or the culmination of the topic/project? Recording is an essential part of a visit. As the scenarios are mostly interactive, written recording would be inappropriate. If you wish to use photographic evidence, video recording or tape recording, please let us know.
The school curriculum and the National Curriculum: Value, aims and purposes
Pre-visits for teachers and Group Leaders We understand that those of you who have not visited before may wish to 'try before you buy', so we are happy for you to come along for a look around prior to your school's / group's visit. See below for our Risk Assessment, Bursary Form and prices. Please ring 01908 263009 and we can arrange a convenient time for you to come and see us.
How to book a visit Bookings should be made as early as possible in advance of your chosen date as we are very busy. Regular visitors often book up to a year in advance! Provisional bookings can be made in the first instance. Confirmation is required as soon as possible and then your invoice will be sent requiring your deposit by return. Your full payment is required two weeks prior to your visit. However, please do not confirm your visit with us until you have confirmed the timings with your coach. Should the number you have booked for change, please call us immedialtely as you may be able to decrease the charge and we have to allocate our guides for your group. Your cheques should be made out to: 'The Safety Centre ( Hazard Alley) Limited'
We can accommodate up to 72 children per tour. Sessions start from 9.30am, 12.30pm and 6.30 pm (these times are flexible) and the tour lasts for 2 hours (1 and a half in the evening). You should arrive at least 10-15 minutes BEFORE the tour starts to have an introduction and expect another 10-15 minutes at the end of the tour for a debrief. The overall time of your visit to us being a minimum of 2 and 1/2 hours. Staying or arriving for lunch will add time onto your visit. We are open from 9 - 5, Monday to Friday, and there is a 24-hour answer phone facility. To book a visit, please ring 01908 263009 between 9am and 5pm on weekdays, e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or fax to 01908 262771.
The cost The cost is £7.25 plus vat (£8.70) per child with no charge for accompanying adults. Evening visitors are asked to pay for a minimum of 15 children. See Bursary Fund Assistance for help with these costs.
On-line evaluation programme This programme is linked to your visit at the Safety Centre and pupils take interactive quizzes delivered in your school by the Safety Centre School Liaison Officers. For more information about the programme, please look at the lesson plans in the "scenarios and lesson plans" page, within the shop lifting, crime and consequences, On-Line Evaluation Programme and follow-up lessons section at the bottom of the page.
Follow-up visits These are available by our Safety Centre teachers to reinforce directly the messages learned during the tour. For more information on these, please look at the lesson plans in the scenario info and lesson plans page - Shop lifting, Crime and the consequences, Internet safety, Vandalism and Drug Awareness, with the appropriate follow-up lessons section. 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, please call 01908 263009 to discuss costs. For schools outside the Milton Keynes Education area call 01908 263009 to discuss costs.
Bursary fund assistance There is a bursary available to give help with the cost. The aim of the bursary is to provide grants for children that are 'disadvantaged' in order that they might benefit from the Safety Centre facility. Application forms are available from the safety centre, though all requests are assessed by an independent panel of trustees. The trustees are not obliged to give reasons for turning down an application and have the absolute authority in all cases. Click here to access the Bursary form.
From M1:
• from M1 Junction 14, take A509 to Newport Pagnell, then turn left on to A422 (H3 Monks Way) From A5:
(If travelling north on A5) - leave the A5 at the exit for the A422 (North Milton Keynes) From A5: (If travelling south on A5) - leave the A5 at the exit for the A422 ( North Milton Keynes) •Take the 5th exit from the roundabout (you will go through 3 sets of traffic lights) for Monks Way (H3), continue for 1/2 mile past Abbey Hill Golf Club on your left and turn right into Pitfield. •follow Pitfield through the industrial estate and take the 3rd left into Carters Lane •where Carters Lane bends to the left, turn right and follow the single road round to the front of the industrial units and turn left towards the Safety Centre in Unit 18. The children need to be dropped off at the front of the building, please....
Coaches are asked to park at the back of the building once they have offloaded the children and to collect again from the front of the building. Thank you. |