Wirral primary school selected for workshop by Mini First Aid

Antiseptic Cream company Savlon has partnered with Mini First Aid to host first aid workshops for children.

The workshop taught the children at Stanton Road Primary School in Bebington key life skills ranging from what happens to their bodies if they were hurt and how they would be treated by a grown up, to understanding basic first aid knowledge required for a first aid emergency.

Mini First Aid is the UK’s largest specialist Paediatric First Aid training company, having appeared on Dragons' Den and securing investment from Sara Davies MBE.

The initiative successfully provides early years with first aid workshops and training. 

The classes are certified by The First Aid Industry Body, Association of First Aiders & Federation of First Aid Training Organisations, whilst also meeting the 2020 National Curriculum requirements.

Bandage demo (Image: Mini First Aid)

Mrs S McShane, headteacher at Stanton Road Primary School, said: "We are thrilled to have been offered this opportunity.

"The session was so carefully thought out, insightful and informative and it was great for the children to engage in an experience like this outside of their usual classroom activities.

"It was lovely to see the children’s confidence and skills building throughout the session and it has left them with a great sense of independence and reassurance that they know how to act in a first aid emergency."

The children were shown how to deal with bumps, burns, breaks, bleeding, how to carry out CPR and, how to deal with choking.

Beckie teaching (Image: Mini First Aid)

The Mini First Aid course content has been carefully crafted in partnership with educational psychologists, teachers and first aid industry bodies, and all its trainers are experienced in working with children as young as three years old.

At the end of the workshops the children were awarded a certificate and booklet to take home.

Sara Davies MBE, Dragon’s Den entrepreneur and investor in Mini First Aid, said: "As first aid is such a vital life lesson, it’s amazing that Mini First Aid and Savlon have partnered up to deliver such a positive and impactful initiative.

"The classes have provided the children of Stanton Road Primary School with skills that they not only use throughout their childhood, but later in life too."

Founded in 2014 by mum-of-six Kate Ball, Mini First Aid was a response to a lack of early years focused and child-friendly first aid courses available to adults and children.

The workshops are hugely beneficial to the children, whilst also providing reassurance to parents and teachers that their children are equipped with the correct tools and techniques needed to remain as safe as possible.