Mobile Phone Safety

True or False? 2000 phones are stolen per day in the UK. People under 18 accounted for 48 per cent of the victims. A third of the people stealing mobile phones were aged 15 or 16. 49 per cent of all street crime involves the theft of a mobile phone.

Read the newsround article Do you feel at risk from phone thieves?

In small groups to come up with a Crimewatch style description of a mobile phone robbery near the school, they must describe all aspects of the crime, for example: What the victim wore Where they came from Where they were going What time it was What the muggers looked like What made the victim vulnerable

Look at the advice from Kent police about keeping safe. Feedback Look at the advice from Kent police about keeping safe. How could that person have been safer and possibly avoided being a victim of phone theft?

Prepare a letter to the school magazine or local paper explaining why young people are easy targets for phone theft and how students can keep their mobiles safe. Or Make a poster directed at younger students explaining how they should behave to stay safe when walking home from school.

Plenary Carrying a phone can make you safer by keeping you in touch with parents and friends - but it also puts you at risk of robbery. If you follow the steps to keeping safe, owning and using a mobile phone can be very beneficial.

Quiz – How much have you learnt? http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/teachers/pshe_11_14/subject_areas/behavio ur_risks/newsid_1750000/1750958.stm