Pupils at Laisterdyke Leadership Academy have participated in a series of workshops to learn vital life skills to help them to remain safe.
In a practical session about essential emergency first aid skills, pupils were taught what
to do if someone is choking or has an allergic reaction. They were also shown how to perform CPR if someone’s heart stops and how to use a defibrillator. Medical instructors taught pupils how to establish if someone has a serious head injury and the emergency response required in different scenarios, including what information they should give the call handler when phoning 999 for an ambulance.
As well as learning vital first aid skills, pupils also learnt about bullying and the role they can play in creating a bullying-free school. During the interactive workshops, pupils discussed what bullying is, different ways bullying can manifest itself and what scenarios might cause an individual to bully someone. The pupils learnt practical tips to identify bullying behaviours and, through roleplay, discovered how they can help to prevent bullying from taking place.
The pupil safety workshops also included other topical issues such as knife crime, online grooming, consent and the dangers of sharing images online. Pupils learnt about the dangers through a series of case studies and were shown practical tips for keeping themselves safe, such as how to set privacy and security settings on their social media accounts.