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Safety theme 31.10.2005

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Safety theme

We adopted the safety theme to fit in with all our class lessons. In the English class, pupils wrote poems about safety; maths pupils used accident data to produce different types of graphs; in science some pupils watched a safety video while others spotted dangers from a worksheet. In ‘Expressive Arts’ the theme of ‘The Accident’ was used to produce musical sound effects. Posters were produced in art as well as modern languages which covered the European aspect through using ‘Best Signs Story’ to produce safety posters in French.

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"Our message is that we all share responsibility for protecting young people at work. Employers have a duty of care and are legally responsible for the health and safety of their workers, and EU law recognises that young people need special protection. But this is also an issue for parents, for health and safety professionals, and for the education community. And ultimately, it's an issue for policymakers. We all have to work together, to make sure that young people have a safe and healthy start to their working lives."

Vladimír Špidla, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities