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BBC Newsround - Tagging For Kids On School Trips
May
Kids are set to be kept safe on school trips thanks
to special tags.
The number of trips has gone down recently as teachers
are worried about pupil safety, and the School Trips
Plus service aims to reassure them.
Each pupil is given a tag with a number just for their
school on it. If there is a problem on the trip then
all the teachers are rung on their mobiles.
Parents can also ring the service, which launches this
month, for a message on how the trip is going.
That means that if the trip is running a bit late on
the way home teachers can leave a message with the service
that parents are able to listen to by ringing up.
Lots of teachers have recently said they are worried
about being taken to court if something goes wrong on
a trip. It's hoped this system should keep kids a bit
safer.
Sophie, aged nine, who tried out the tags, said: "If
we keep these tags it'll make our school trips extra
safe. If our parents get worried, they could ring up
and see how the trip is going."
More than 200 schools have contacted the company behind
the scheme to look into setting it up. |
