31 March 2004 00:00 A wheely powerful message for kids

The wheels on the East Midlands Electricity (EME) Power Discovery Bus are going round again as they make their annual journey to primary schools across the region.

Last week, school children at Westgate Junior School in Lincoln spent the day on EME’s bus learning all about electricity and electrical safety.

The children were able to watch a safety video, and build electrical circuits with buzzers, motors and lights. The bus also houses its very own ‘Hazard Valley’ – a large model landscape featuring urban and rural scenes full of potential hazards for children to spot.

The bus has been specially designed to teach schoolchildren across the East Midlands about the dangers of electricity, while also supporting the national curriculum.

Jerry Carnell, Safety Adviser at EME, said: “We run the Power Discovery Bus as a free educational resource to schools across the EME region.

“Throughout the UK, approximately 120 children a year are injured in electricity related incidents so we really want to help children understand the dangers involved.

“We’ve done our best to make the bus fun at the same time as getting across a very important safety message, so hopefully they’ve all had a great day out at the same time as learning lots.”

Since its launch in 2001 the bus has visited over 100 schools, reaching more than 10,000 schoolchildren.

For further information on the Power Discovery Bus, visit EME’s website – www.powerdiscoveryzone.com. It is a fun website, designed especially for children and updated every month with new safety tips, competitions, cool fact files and questions and answers about electricity.

ENDS

Notes to editors:
The Power Discovery Bus will be visiting the following Lincolnshire schools:
1 April – Edward Richardson Primary School, Horncastle
13 May – Seathorne Primary School, Skegness
16 July – Amber Hill School, Boston

The Power Discovery Bus will also be going to the Lincolnshire Show from 23– 24 June.

For further information and photographs contact:
Emily Highmore on 024 7642 4292