Ambulance NHS Trusts, Red Cross and St.John’s are also resources along with private Emergency Ambulance firms who are often under used by schools.If the Emergency Service presenters are sufficiently well briefed and the pupils are appropriately prepared a community approach can be taken to risk by using such resources.An excellent example of this has just been released.The RNLI have a Youth Section at rnli.org.uk/young.asp which gives access to a wide range of resources including All Aboard – KS 2 Resource with poster and teacher’s notes plus activities and a KS£ resource which may be of use since it covers beach visits etc called Get on Board.The Coastguard (Maritime Coastguard Agency –MCA) and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) have teamed up to make young people aware of the dangers near water.They have produced an interactive CDROM entitled MAYDAY for KS2 pupils. This is an extensive resource with the CDROM as well as information, activity cards and teacher’s notes with ideas for follow up projects.

MAYDAY is structured so that it can either be used with groups or by individuals and has a wide range of activities which ends in a “Round Britain Yacht Race.”As well as helping in selling the “risk” message and thus linking directly to the Health and Safety Curriculum the pack is linked to KS2 in Humanities, Environmental Studies, Literacy and Numeracy, ICT, Citizenship and PHSE.This is a FREE resource and is divided into five sections:1.Staying Safe – an ideal piece of pre visit instruction which helps the children to recognise risks when they are near the sea. This part of the resource also introduces the Beaufort Scale, Shipping Weather Forecasts and the idea of maritime charts and maps.2.Rescue! Uses Scenarios to encourage children to use their judgement to make risk based decisions to help other people.

3.Crew – This introduces the children to the people who risk their lives to help others on the sea and looks at how they are trained and what motivates them.4.Safer by Design – Children find out about PPE and the wider range of safety equipment used as control measures when a calculated risk is taken by those who face the “angry sea” to help save lives. This section also has some interesting Numeracy work based on speeds of helicopters and boats in rescue situations.5.Round Britain Race – In this section children plan and take part in a race, choosing equipment, planning routes as well as choosing their team.

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