Secondary schools across Sussex will host Theatre-in-Education shows this autumn to highlight the importance of road safety.
The interactive performances use drama, humour and audience participation to teach students about traffic dangers.
Year 7 pupils will watch a play called Look Up, focusing on pedestrian safety, while Year 11s will see Take a Second, exploring the consequences of decisions made as passengers and new drivers.
Cllr Joy Dennis, West Sussex County Council Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, said: “I am proud that together with our partners we can bring road safety to children in an engaging way that will help them to see the importance of these messages.
“Many year 7 students will be walking to school for the first time without their parents and it is important that we help them learn how to manage this responsibility safely. Year 11 students also face new responsibilities as they enter their final year of secondary school and helping them to consider road safety in their day-to-day lives is an important lesson.”
The programme is sponsored by West Sussex County Council, in partnership with East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council as part of their vital, ongoing commitment to road safety through education. Sussex Councillors are all invited to visit participating schools to see the impact the shows have.
Theatre-in-Education will tour schools across Sussex throughout the Autumn Term, performing between 23 September to 25 October and 4 November to 22 November.
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