Staff and students at Cowes Enterprise College were blown away by the incredibly powerful ‘Head On’ session provided by the Isle of Wight Emergency Services last Thursday.
Two staged demonstrations of true-to-life emergency calls to a crashed vehicle were held on the netball courts to demonstrate the aftermath of dangerous driving to Years 10, 11, 12 and 13. The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Hampshire Constabulary were all involved in the demonstrations.
4 of the College’s sixth form students, Harriet Lusty, 18; Callum McFarlane, 17; Mitchell Hamer, 16 and Georgia Prangnell, 16, were used as actors during the demos. This was an incredibly shocking experience and was followed by two workshops lead by the emergency services to give students an insight into the true dangers of unsafe driving.
Mitchell Hamer, who played the ‘dangerous driver,’ said:
“It was a great experience and I’m very proud to have been a part of it.”
The emergency services played true recordings of 999 calls, gave speeches and played a recording of a mother’s account of their son’s car crash.
Jemma Harding, Vice Principal and coordinator of the event within the college said:
“The academy is incredibly appreciative to all the Emergency Services giving up their valuable time to help educate our students with such critical issues – the impact has been significant.
Article continues below this advertisement “We are very proud of all our students who took part in the day and would also like to thank parents and the academy staff who supported the event.”
