Students last week took part in assemblies focused on Bonfire and Firework Safety, welcoming representatives from Tyne and Wear Fire & Rescue Service into school to highlight the dangers associated with fireworks and bonfires.

Bonfire Night is the busiest night of the year for the fire service, placing significant pressure on its resources and requiring difficult decisions about where to deploy crews. Students were reminded that it is illegal for anyone under 18 to buy, possess or set off fireworks, while lighting an unauthorised bonfire can be classed as arson and potentially lead to a criminal record.

The assemblies also explored the ‘Ripple Effect’, helping students understand how poor decisions can have far-reaching consequences, affecting not only themselves but others around them, both in the short and long term.