Charlton School

On Friday 28th January 2022 at 08:30 while on their way to school the Charlton students photographed with Steve Tyler (PCSO) below came across an elderly lady who had fallen over and was unable to get herself up this resulted in her being on the floor overnight and becoming hypothermic. These students helped the lady to get up off the wet cold floor and called her an ambulance. They offered her reassurance and basic first aid until a qualified first aider arrived.

The students said that the first aid work they have done in their personal development lessons at Charlton helped them to assess the situation and get the lady into a safe position, they called for an ambulance and made sure she was in safe hands before continuing their journey to school, to sit an English Mock exam!

Andrew McNaughton, Charlton School principal said ‘As a school, we are tremendously proud of these Y11 students and the care they gave a member of our community. They demonstrated their strength of character and proved themselves to be responsible young adults’. The students all received a commendation letter from the Principal and a phone call home from PCSO Steve to show how impressed the school had been with their potentially lifesaving actions. Steve Tryer, PCSO, said ‘It’s great to see our students out and about doing good deeds in the community, we really think these students should have some recognition for their work as active, responsible citizens in our local community’.

Above: Steve Tyrer (Charlton School’s PCSO), Oli, Josh, Ayden, Erin, Keighley (Demi was not available to be photographed).