Children play safe at workshops

Over 1,500 children from schools around the Olympic Park are taking part in health and safety drama workshops run by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).

The workshops focus on teaching children how to stay safe around construction sites. Using storytelling, props and costumes, actors give a theatrical performance to the children. The class is then invited to discuss what they have watched and participate in an interactive drama session.

Fourteen primary schools from the five Host Boroughs (Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Greenwich) are involved in the programme ahead of the summer holidays. Next term 10 secondary schools will also participate in the project.

Attending one of the sessions in Tower Hamlets today, ODA Chairman John Armitt said: ‘With the biggest regeneration project happening on their doorsteps, it is important we talk to local children about the 2012 project and make sure they understand the dangers of playing near what will become the largest construction site in Europe.

‘Health and safety will always be our number one priority – not just for the thousands of workers building the new venues and infrastructure, but also for our neighbours who live and work around the Olympic Park.’

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