Wired
Presdales Grants Officer has successfully applied to the Electrical Safety First charity for a grant for two class sets of wire strippers, along with plugs, wire, fuses and screwdrivers, to improve the delivery of the Year 10’s annual electrical plug safety workshops in their Physics and Science lessons. These workshops involve: stripping electrical wire, learning the roles of each wire, how to correctly change a fuse and how to wire a standard UK electrical plug.
Rewiring a plug teaches our students about the principles of mains electricity, including the role of each of the three wires, the properties of conductors and insulators and the function of a fuse. This workshop will reinforce the concepts of circuit completion studied in previous years as well as the importance of electrical safety, the dangers of electric shock and about electricity in the home and using it safely.
Whilst accepting no liability, we hope they may be able to put their new skills to use at home in due course!
