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Educational play
6th January 2009
In response to the huge success of our educational fun pack, and as a further commitment to help schools raise children’s awareness of the hazards of electricity, we have developed an educational play and related workshop about electrical safety for primary schools.
The play, which is a lively fun piece of ‘panto’ style theatre, was piloted in December, being performed to school children between the ages of 5 and 11 in schools in and around the Bath area.
The play’s theme is ‘promoting electrical safety around your home’. It has colourful characters including brother and sister Simon and Sally Socket who, throughout the play, are helping their mum with chores that involve the use of electrical appliances around the home. And, as with all good pantomime-style plays, there is also a naughty character, Victor Voltage, and a catchy electrical safety song written especially for children.
The characters, who are based on the ‘Switched On Kids’ characters, encourage interaction with the audience during the performances, which are intended to be immediately followed by a workshop session to reinforce the safety messages learned during the play. The workshop also encourages discussion and debate with the children about electrical safety issues.
Following the success of the pilot, we intend to roll out the play to more schools this year. To see the Switched On Kids characters, visit our kids website, www.switchedonkids.org.uk .
