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Kingswood Secondary Academy, along with the wider community, collected over 200 pairs of football boots to donate to The Penyem village, The Gambia.  A Corby company named RecycleMartUK kindly shipped the football boots, along with hundreds of football kits donated by Hellenic Football Club, books and stationery from the generous pupils of Kingswood all for FREE. The company has agreed to doing a free shipment to The Gambia each year, giving Kingswood pupils, staff and the wider community an amazing opportunity to continue to support a fantastic charity which has been close to the hearts of our Academy for nearly 20 years.

Watch this space for our next up and coming Penyem project! Please see Miss Carroll for any further information.

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Due to Safeguarding policies and some students taking their morning and lunch break at the front of the Academy, we are unable to open the vehicle gates to parents, carers, visitors or deliveries.

Please note that during the times of 11.10am to 11.30am and 1.30pm to 2.10pm the gates will remain closed.

Students needing to leave for an appointment can sign out as normal and leave via the pedestrian gate.

Thank you for your understanding and co-operation.

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Network Rail commissioned a short film ‘18’ to highlight the dangers of trespassing on electrified railway and the devastating and far-reaching consequences this can have.

The film script was developed through safety workshops at three schools in Northamptonshire and implores teenagers to stay safe and keep off the tracks.

Over 250 pupils aged 11 to 16 took part in the workshops which saw them devise scenarios on the tragic repercussions playing on the railway can have, particularly focussing on the added danger brought by overhead line equipment, which carries 25,000 volts.

The scripts were then reviewed by youth-led production company Fully Focussed and Kingswood Secondary Academy in Corby was chosen as the winning script and formed the basis of the film. This approach was chosen by Network Rail to specifically target the hard to reach teen audience, who are most likely to trespass on the railway. 

The film is just the latest aspect of a huge safety campaign as part of the Midland Main Line Upgrade, which sees the railway electrified from London to Kettering and Corby via Bedford and is the biggest investment in the line since the Victorian era.

In addition to the film workshops, Network Rail has carried out workshops with primary school aged pupils and created radio and newspaper adverts. Network Rail will also be carrying out a schools roadshow in 2019 and 2020.

Rob McIntosh, Route Managing Director at Network Rail, said: “Safety is our top priority and whilst this huge investment will bring vast benefits to passengers in the region, we need to highlight how dangerous overhead line equipment is.

“Electrified lines are always on with 25,000 volts running through them constantly. Anyone coming in to contact with the wires will suffer horrific injury and, likely, death so it is absolutely vital that people keep off the railway at all times.

“We’ve developed this film with teenagers to really get the message home that mucking about on the railway is incredibly dangerous and not worth the risk.”

The film is available to view on YouTube at https://youtu.be/udaS3NDCkk0 and will also be shown to pupils when Network Rail carries out school roadshows in 2019 and 2020.  This is a short hard hitting film (please note - it deals with adult themes).

Link to this Network Railway article:

https://outlook.office.com/owa/?realm=kingswoodsecondaryacademy.org&path=/mail/inbox

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