Cotillas Towers has already launched the school campaign "Grow Security 2008" which will take part about 600 schools in the municipality Torreño in the coming weeks.
This is an initiative organized by the Department of Education Torrena and the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health on the prevention of occupational risks in the field of education aimed at local educational centers (in schools to students in grades 5 and Primary 6) and seeks to ensure that from the earliest ages to develop habits of healthy and safe behavior at work.
For now, students have participated schools "Monteazahar", "Valentin Buendía", "The Park", "Vistalegre" and "Cervantes."
For its part, the students of the school "San Jose" will be the turn on Tuesday November 11 (9 to 13 hours), while still to confirm the dates of two centers in the area: the school " Divine Master "(involved with 112 pupils) and the IES Salvador Sandoval", with the participation of 360 students of 1 º and 2 º ESO.
Three goals
The campaign has been funded by the Regional Government with 6,000 euros and the Department of Education Cotillas Towers has been responsible for putting in place to meet three fundamental objectives: to promote and encourage the habits of health and safety performance of students in schools, developing training and dissemination activities of the working culture of prevention, strengthen teacher training in prevention, for transmission to students as a crosscutting issue, and, finally, develop a culture of prevention through the promotion of safety and occupational health at all levels of education, involving the whole society (parents, teachers, students and administration) for the generation of positive behaviors in prevention.
Training talks
This educational program includes a series of talks aimed at training students in charge of a graduate in Occupational Hazard Prevention.
Thus, in order to raise awareness among young people, encourage student participation through games, videos, DVDs and interactive multimedia CDs, creating posters, essays and practical exercises.
Similarly there will be a writing contest for schoolchildren to take part in this initiative which will address issues related to the campaign and there will be prizes for first, second and third best work.
Theatre against occupational hazard
Another of the actions contemplated in "Security Grows in 2008" is the delivery of educational material, folders, pens, hats, keychains, etc .- with the aim of promoting a culture of prevention and educate and inform children, not only in schools but also about the risks present in the home and on the street.
It aims to reach children in an illustrative manner by designing and publishing brochures, binding of comics, posters, etc.
Finally, participating students will raise awareness of the importance of adopting a defensive attitude and aptitude, as referred to occupational hazards, through a children's theater company specializing in the application of teaching techniques.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas