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Educating children from an early age to know and respect the traffic rules is the goal Educapipol project, developed by the local police and NGOs involved with the collaboration of the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment, and Councillors Education and Public Safety of the City of Cartagena.
The Mediterranean CEIP La Manga has been the center selected to start implementing this project driver education.
This morning, 170 children aged between 3 and 5 years have been received on arrival at the school for several local police officers who were offered a friendly smile starting a day which will see the closest side of the profession.
Today Mario has come to class the police is your friend, that's the message you are looking to record in the minds of these children so that they instill fear into the players and foster a good relationship between police and citizens from ages early, as explained Mario Macias, president of the NGOs involved in the local police.
The day began with a talk for children, more than 25 children from 3 years looking gawking at the police as Mario explained to them basic lessons in road safety education as it is to get off the car by the side of the street or always have to walk hand in hand, Dad or Mom to cross the street.
The students, divided into three age groups, have also been able to learn how to play correctly on a circuit circulates signposted road to the times.
Most exciting for some small, like Peter Joseph, age 5, has been mounted on police cars, sirens and start wearing a police hat.
This project will get further small minds that the police help and protect us, and encourages collaboration with the monitors.
Small have engaged in this activity preparing a mural depicting the correct movement along a street have also brought their own bikes have been manufactured home and home plate to act as police cyclists and ensuring road safety, as Pilar explained Macián, center director.
The activities are appropriate for each age group (3, 4 and 5 years) and for the small circle has been used specific material sent by the Traffic Department, explained the coordinator of early childhood education center, Cristina Garijo, who pointed that the main objective is to encourage children to respect traffic signals, take the belt, be properly seated on the bus, know the traffic light and circular yet know to be good pedestrians in the futur o.
Fun and learning go hand in hand in this activity, Educapipol, which began last year as a pilot project with explanatory sessions in some schools in the municipality and given the good results this year will total 17, the days are made in different nursery schools and primary education in the municipality.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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