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Safety tips for Halloween and Bonfire Night

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Halloween Safety Tips

    • When carving your pumpkin, let your parents handle the sharp knife.
    • When trick or treating make sure you are wearing something bright and visible, maybe a glow in the dark skeleton costume!
    • Don’t go trick or treating without adult supervision,
    • Don’t talk to strangers and if someone approaches you, let a trusted adult know.
    • Stay on the pavement and when crossing the road be careful and look both ways.
    • Don’t eat any chocolate or sweets before being checked by an adult.
    • Be careful around lit Pumpkins.
    • Beware the ghosts and ghouls!

Bonfire Night Safety Tips

  • Always stand well back from the Bonfire
  • Never touch fireworks – let the adults handle them!
  • Stay well away from a firework after it has been lit.
  • Make sure you wear gloves when holding a sparkler and only use one at a time.
  • Keep your sparklers pointed away from you and anyone else.
  • Keep pets indoors, their safety matters too!

Five reasons we all need to do more to keep our children safe

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Our mission is to help keep children safe, particularly on their way to and from school. It’s news stories like these that make our work so important and why we all need to do more to keep our children safe.

Boy knocked over on the first day of school

Teenage cyclist killed in a bus crash

Boy, 6, and girl, 10, badly injured in road accidents

West Midlands Air Ambulance – Photo from Birmingham Mail

Toddler hit by car outside a Walsall Primary School

Schoolgirl injured after being hit by a car

These are all recent accidents and just a sample of the many that happen each year.  The most recent Government figures show that fatal accidents involving children are not reducing.

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The Conies Top Five Tips for Getting to School Safely

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The Conies want all children to be safe on their journey to and from school, here’s our top five tips to help.

1. Be seen

School uniforms and winter coats are often dark coloured, making children difficult to see in the lower light conditions in early morning or in the late afternoon. Fluorescent arm bands or jackets help drivers spot youngsters. Reflective bands or stickers on bags help reflect car headlights when its dark.

2. Stop look listen

The oldest advice is the best. Look right, look left and then right again. Keep looking and listening as you cross the road. Use your eyes and ears and never hurry into a road

3. Find a safe place to cross

Avoid crossing near parked cars if possible. Never cross the road from behind a bus. Know the difference between zebra and pelican crossings and how to cross at each type.

4. Be aware of stranger danger

Police recorded 569 offences of child abduction in 2014. Make sure your child knows never to talk to or take presents from strangers or go with anyone they don’t know or trust.

5. Be safe in the car

Don’t distract the driver and always wear a seatbelt. The Dept of Transport recommends children over 12 years or 135cm in height may use an adult seat belt, but also continue using booster seats until they are 150cm tall. Make sure you know which side to get out of and avoid oncoming traffic.