The issue of safety at school constitutes a central and key problem. A lot of reforms were introduced that were to improve the educational system but on the contrary it caused the overload. The schools with school safety directives and prophylactics within this field. During the two years of implementing the project and thanks to the project we could sort out appropriate steps that one is obliged to take and algorithms were introduced that allow for conscious, effective and adequate actions under stressful conditions or ones that cause destabilisation and disorder. An appropriate reaction was worked out – that corresponds with an actual danger level and the possibility of getting help from appropriate institutions which constitutes a key element and guarantees keeping the right level of safety at schools. The main aim of the project was to create healthy, safe and friendly environment of an educational institution, growing potential as far as safe students’ functioning at school is concerned together with boosting the competences and facilitating the cooperation between the bodies responsible for children’s and adolescents’ safety. During implementation of the project two final product were made: “School rules Of conduct while dealing with crisis” and “The contents of teaching on the subject of road safety”. The worked out materials constitute a compedium of knowledge with the range of subjects, contents, rules, procedures and forms of cooperation for ensuring the conditions that guarantee safety at school. Direct beneficiates of the project were the teachers, police officers as well as the workers of the school authority 62 people altogether. Within the project activities done in order to ensure the safety of children At schools police officers conducted 480 hours of speeches, discussions / workshops for 104 students and 80 hours of training for 41 teachers. Five types of main activities have been covered in the project: 1. foreign trainings / experiences exchange for people working over the rules of conduct in case of occurence of crisis situations at school and a program for teaching concerning safety in road traffic. 2. Safe communication and crisis situation behaviour classes for students 3. classes / trainings for school teachers on the subjects above. 4. First aid training for both the students and the teachers of the school. 5. International project meetings for coordination teams of the project. Moreover a great number of other activities within this field were accomplished such as: establishing the cooperation with road traffic units and offices, establishing reaction teams for crisis situation in the schools, preparing students to pass bike or motorbike licence, establishing the school road traffic teams, purchase of reflections organising a road safety challenge and many more. The implementation of the project has brought many favourable results it is most of all increased safety of students at schools in addition some of the most important of them are: - making a teaching programme “The contents for teaching road and traffic safety” - making “The school’s rules of conduct in case of crisis situation occurrence at school” - increased knowledge of English language, competences and knowledge within the field of safe road communication and the safety in crisis situation for administrative / office workers, police officers, teachers, students and other people engaged in the implementation of the project. The cooperation of the police, local government administration, schools and other active organisations allowed for achieving the aim, which is ensuring safety for school students and boosting the effectiveness of pedagogical and prophylactic activities.
Safety is a fundamental aspect of a person’s life, shaping his thoughts and aspirations. The importance of safety for human existence is shown in a simple, yet meaningful thought of K. Neyman: “Safety is not everything, but without safety everything is nothing”. The aspect of safety in schools is a key and central issue. As a result of numerous reforms, intended to improve the education system, schools have been encumbered with guidelines concerning safety and prevention. In order to meet the expectations of teachers, parents, and tutors we have decided to realise the subject in our project with the help of our experience in ensuring safety and pedagogic supervision over schools and other educational facilities. A proper reaction to an actual level of danger and acquiring support from adequate institutions is a key element and a guarantee of keeping a correct level of danger. Therefore, it is crucial to arrange the specific course of action and to implement algorithms enabling conscious, effective, and adequate measures in events of tension, stress, or destabilisation of order. Current actions of schools’ principals show the necessity of creating programmes concerning general safety of students and improving teachers’ qualifications in that field. The main objective of the project is creating a healthy, safe, and environment-friendly educational facility, developing the potential of safe functioning of students at school, and improving competence and cooperation between subjects responsible for the safety of children and youth. The aforementioned issues were the reasons to create rules and principles of acting in case of an emergency at school and the programme of teaching safety in road traffic. The finished materials will comprise a compendium of knowledge in terms of teaching contents, rules, procedures, and forms of cooperation aimed at ensuring the safety at school. Teachers, police officers, and members of school administration (20+ people) are beneficiaries of the project. Those representatives will take part in short trainings and use their acquired knowledge to create two final products of the project. There are planned workshops for students (conducted by police officers and teachers) and trainings for teachers (100+ students of primary, secondary, and upper-secondary schools and 40+ teachers) as a part of the project’s measures concerning students’ safety at schools. There are five types of main measures in the project: 1. Trainings abroad/exchange of experience for people formulating rules and principles of acting in case of emergencies at school and programme of teaching concerning safety in road traffic. 2. Workshops for students on traffic safety and emergency safety. 3. Training courses and workshops for teachers on the abovementioned subject. 4. First-aid trainings for students and teachers. 5. International project meetings for project coordinating teams. Furthermore, other activities connected with the project’s subject are planned, including: establishing cooperation with traffic centres, creating emergency response teams in schools, preparing students for cycling and moped license exams and creating school road clubs, purchasing safety reflectors for students, organising traffic safety quiz, and many more. The realisation of the project will have numerous beneficial results, first of all the improvement of students’ safety at schools. Other important advantages include: - formulating the programme of teaching traffic safety, - formulating rules and guidelines of acting in case of an emergency at school, - improving English language skills, competence and knowledge of traffic safety and emergency safety in case of administration personnel, police officers, teachers, students, and other people involved in the realisation of the project. The project also offers long term benefits for a wider group, it is open for various public actions, and, if realised with an adequate analysis of dangers and public expectations, it will be treated as a common good. Regular cooperation of the police, government bodies, schools, and other active organisations will enable achieving the target, which is ensuring the safety for students at schools. It will also improve the efficiency of preventive and educational measures.