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Kids encourage to go SPLAAT!!
With the new housing rapidly springing up in the village and more construction work on the way in coming years. Newbiggin Life has been helping local schoolchildren to understand the dangers of local building sites, encouraging them to steer clear and play safe.
In partnership with Cheviot Housing Association and Grainger Homes, we've visited the children at Moorside and Windsor First Schools and shown them the highly popular Laing Homes SPLAAT (Safe Play At All Times)) presentation.
We've also taken groups round local building sites to show them at first hand the potential pitfalls and give them a first taste of health and safety issues.
The presentation tells the children exactly why they should never play on or nearby building sites, guiding them through the dangers of machinery, building materials and chemicals and explaining situations where they might fall or get trapped. As well as encouraging children to always stick to safe places to play, there is an educational introduction showing how adults must keep themselves safe when working on sites.
Building site safety has never been as important in Newbiggin as it is now. We see this as a really valuable way of educating local children about the dangers of building sites. Many youngsters from the village are not used to building sites and with new homes beginning to appear in their neighbourhood, they need to know of the dangers and how to protect themselves by staying clear and playing it safe.
Oppositee: Roberta Buchana from Newbiggin Life delivers the SPLAAT presentation to the children at Moorside Primary School. (left to right) Moorside Primary School children Georgina Mole, Zac Judge, Nicole Key, Jay Saunderson and Anthony Rainy-Dakers have been looking at building site safety with Andrea Malcolm (right) and Roberta Buchana from Newbiggin Life.
