Pupils from New Road School, Chatham receive First Aid Certificates

At the end of June, Kathrin Smallwood, President of St John Ambulance Kent, was the special guest at an assembly at New Road School, Chatham, where she presented 31 pupils with certificates in recognition of their achievements in first aid.

Following the purchase by the school of a first aid training pack from St John Ambulance, the pupils aged nine and 10 were able to learn the importance of first aid skills that could make the difference between a life saved and a life lost.

During the assembly, the pupils demonstrated their new found first aid skills to parents and Smallwood, who then joined the children in their classroom to explain more about the importance of a basic knowledge of first aid.

She said, 'The first aid demonstrations were fantastic and I am delighted that in Chatham we now have a further 31 people able to help others, should the need arise.  We want to encourage people across every community, young and old alike, to take up the challenge and learn some first aid skills which could, one day, make a very real difference to somebody.'