Poland

Each school year begins with special meetings organized for children where policemen come. There pupils improve their knowledge of how to stay safe on the way to school. They also practise their abilities going on short trips to the nearest crossing with their form masters. Furthermore, our school takes part in many competitions organized by the Police and WORD (Voivodeship Training Centre For Drivers) as well as holds several events concerning road safety, in which we engage as many pupils as possible. All that gives children a chance to compete in various means of expression.

For a few years the School Safety Club has organized a competition called “Win Your Life”. It is held every month and it concerns the promotion of road safety. Each month the subject matter of the competition varies. The last one was to write a rhyme or a poem that could encourage children to use car safety seats until they are 150 cm tall. The prize for the best rhyme or poem was a cycle helmet.

The project is being carried out from 1st September 2015 to 30th May 2016 and it has been partially funded by the Road Safety Partnership whose role is to work for the improvement of road safety and decreasing the number of road crash victims in Poland. The members are the representatives of three sectors of public life – business, government and non-governmental organizations. They work together and contribute to decreasing the number of casualties on Polish roads.

On 27th January 2016 the students from our school took part in an event called „Senior- an example to follow” organized in cultural center Resursa Obywatelska. The were also police officers and many old people from the University of the Third Age. The main aim of this meeting was to show the dangers the older people can meet in traffic. The students presented an artistic program about the traffic rules, crossing the road safely or wearing reflectors. They sang songs and said poems about it.

The photo contest announced in our school had an objective to perform how to ride a bike safely. The photos, delivered to us, depicted children riding bikes and wearing reflective elements, helmets or other protectors. It was also performed to move on the road in a safe way. Having used all the delivered photos, the organizers have created a photo exhibition in order to both introduce the results and to show an example how to cycle safely.

School Safety Club "10" congratulates all the participants of "I ride safely in a child safety seat" Competition, which consisted of two parts. In the first one students and their parents had to fill in anonymous questionnaires and answer questions such as: How do you get to school? Do you often fasten your seatbelts? Do you use child safety seat and what is its brand name? Do you think using child safety seat is important? In the second part students had to invent a slogan encouraging their schoolmates to ride in a child safety seats until they are 150 cm tall.

Students acquire knowledge which is necessary for giving premedical first aid. During lessons they learn about typical situations with regard to personal safety, proper casualty assessment, preliminary examination, resuscitation and calling medical help.

In the school year 2016/2017 pupils from our school will take part in innovative program "Safety on the scene, or how the language of art to teach children safety rules" organized by the teacher Edyta Sadowska. The lessons are once a week and they are the example subjects are: emergency numbers and important addresses, my way to school, I am safe because I wear reflectors, safe pedestrian – I know how to cross the road safely, safe passenger, we know traffic signs, I am safe on my bicycle, a police officer– the person who can help me.

In cooperation with WORD (Voivodeship Training Centre For Drivers) at the school feast our teachers organised a feast counter with alcogoggles and narcogoggles (goggles simulating a state of alcohol or drug intoxication). Children and adults could try them out and see the way the person in an inebriated state see the world. The aim of the campaign was to raise awareness of hazardousness that can be prompted by an inebriated road user. To make the roads safer our school keeps building awareness among pupils.

As part of a competition announced in our school A cultural cyclist decalogue, students were to work out 10 principles a cyclist should follow. This code should also include traffic regulations and a driving culture. In addition, the students prepared Decalogue layouts. Completed works have been presented for the whole school community exhibition.