Dear Parents

On Tuesday 4 August 2009 all Year 11 students will be attending a 'Fit to Drive' workshop aimed at reducing the road toll and trauma on young drivers and helping them to survive and enjoy the independence of driving.

The workshop will involve small group discussions and a larger group presentation that will focus on:

• Helping identify some of the facts about teenage road crashes
   

• Helping the student find out what they need to do to be a safe driver
   

• Helping identify some of the risk taking behaviours that lead to road crashes and what the student can do to develop strategies for being safe and looking after others

The workshops are about putting the student in charge to find out what they can do to tackle the problem of reducing the road toll amongst young people.

• Peer education workshops involving small groups of students working with trained facilitators to consider the consequences of dangerous risk taking and peer group pressure in a road safety context

• A road safety presentation

• A Melbourne Fire Brigade case study

• A braking exercise carried out in a car on school property.

NOTE: Students will only be able to participate in the braking exercise if they have returned a signed permission form. Please ensure the linked excursion/permission Form is completed and returned to your child's Tutor or HOY by Friday 31 July.

If you already have an excursion form on your computer please fill in the details at the top of this page.

Kind regards

Sharyn Curtis & Shane Downie
Heads of Year 11