YOUNGSTERS at a Prudhoe school received lessons in health and safety from a local developer this week.

Adderlane Academy hosted Gentoo Homes, which is currently building the 404-home Cottier Grange development on the former Prudhoe Hospital site, for a health and safety visit on Tuesday.

Gentoo’s health and safety manager, David Box, delivered a fun and interactive assembly to the whole school, which included a hard-hitting scenario-based video which showed how playing dangerously on a building site could end in tragedy.

And as part of the session, pupils volunteered to be dressed up in full personal protection equipment to highlight the level of protection needed by anyone entering a construction site.

David Box, health and safety manager at Gentoo, said: “As a responsible housing developer it’s extremely important for us to raise awareness of the huge dangers posed by construction sites such as Cottier Grange, especially to children.”

Emma Potts, headteacher at Adderlane Academy, said: “It’s really important for us to raise awareness of the health and safety risks posed by building sites and we hope the children will listen to Dave’s advice.”