Introduction
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service introduced the "Be Cool Be Safe" Safety Quiz targeting year 7 pupils across the Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority area in 2002.
The overall objective of the quiz is to educate young people to become responsible citizens. The subject matter encompasses a range of safety issues from our partners such as the road safety team, Her Majesty's Coastguard, the Police, local drugs workers, Rail track and Connexions. In consultation with young people from local schools, a trendy new magazine was designed for every year 7 pupil within the county not only to help answer the quiz questions, but also to raise their awareness of personal safety.
Subjects covered are safety in the home, hoax calls, solvent abuse, bullying, water safety, road safety , and issues relating to personal safety.
This project has cemented partnerships with senior schools and has allowed our organisation the opportunity to work within the National Curriculum. Many local senior schools are now incorporating the safety quiz within their timetable on an annual basis. Since the introduction of the "Be cool Be safe" school quiz we have developed good working relationships with schools at Key stage 3 and during the last 9 years school participation has increased from 16 to 39. Thereby, increasing pupil participation from 935 to 6,000. Next year we will be working towards achieving our target to enrol every school.
Community Safety Partnerships have continued to endorse the magazine by financially supporting us to ensure we educate the children of today to become safer adults for the future.
HOW TO ENTER?
Contact Charlie Cartwright at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service on office 01743 260263, mobile 07967 465808 or e-mail charlie.cartwright@shropshirefire.gov.uk to order your free safety magazines and run a mini competition in your school to select the year 7 students to represent you.
Take the challenge to win a top prize for your school and gift vouchers for the winning team members.
The winning school for 2012 was Oswestry School.
Information on next years "Be Cool, Be Safe" Quiz will be here after Spetember 2012
Equality and fairness ensures that all schools within Shropshire and the Borough of Telford & Wrekin area are invited to participate this includes all independent schools. An interactive IT lesson is available on this site to assist Teachers "Be Cool Be Safe" Interactive Quiz.