Year 5&6 had a super trip to Crewe Alex yesterday for Crucial Crewe.
We learnt sooooo much!
Did you know that a 44 tonne lorry takes nearly a football pitch to stop when it’s doing only 30mph? Did you know that you should never undertake a lorry as they can’t see you and have so many blind spots. Thanks to Gist, we remembered our green cross code: STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN!
Cheshire Police taught us all about online safety. Did you know that to use Snapchat you should be 13 years old? We learnt that parents and carers should check our devices every night to keep us safe and that passwords are for both our parents and us.
The Canal & River Trust were our next stop and we learnt to not drop litter, to never swim in the canal, to look at wildlife from a distance and be very careful around locks. The most important thing we learnt was to Stay Away From the Edge!
Next up was electrical safety. We learnt what the main hazard signs mean, to make sure there are no overhead cables where we fly kites or go fishing, to never overload plugs or use sockets that have burn marks or are broken. We also learnt that if we find any power outages or problems to call 105 immediately.
At the drugs and alcohol station, we learnt that there are good and bad drugs and that it is almost impossible to tell which is which. We learnt to say no if someone offers us any drugs and that it is best to say “I’m about to be picked up by my parents” if you find yourself in an awkward situation. We learnt that the legal age to drink alcohol in the UK is 16 or 17years if you are with a parent and having a meal. We also compared a healthy liver with one from an alcoholic- it was huge and disgusting!
Finally, we visited The British Transport Police. We found out that trains are the safest mode of transport, with only 5-6 crashes occurring over the next 80 years! Wow! However, we also learnt that most people are hurt on train tracks than anywhere else. That’s because trains travel up to 125mph and weigh the same as 40 elephants. That means that it would take 20 football pitches for a train to stop if it needed to in an emergency. That’s why at least 1 person is killed on train tracks every single day. We learnt that this is the reason that it is against the law to walk on railway tracks and that you can get £1000 fine, 2 years in prison and a criminal record (from as young as 10 years of age). So…. STAY AWAY FROM RAILWAY TRACKS!
Lastly, we learnt that the safest place to stand at a station is BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE.
Crucial Crewe taught us so many ways to stay safe. We want to say a HUGE thank you to all the services that were there and we hope that one day we can help others to stay safe to!
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