CHILDREN as young as six are being warned about the dangers of taking drugs.

The warning comes from schools worker Sarah Robinson, who has been working with children in Middlesbrough.

She and colleague Sarah Lawrence have been working with pupils from Newham Bridge, Pennyman, St Thomas More, Newport and Corpus Christi primary schools, in the Brambles Farm and Easterside areas.

They were teaching the children about drugs and medicines.

They finished off the project with a revue at Hallgarth Comprehensive School, which has special performing arts status and where thre pair are art workers.

During the performance, the two graduates invited children and their parents to help them decide what could safely be eaten or drunk, what needed adult guidance and what was dangerous and should be locked away in a cupboard.

Their message was that parents need to talk to their children about the dangers of drugs, medicines and dangerous liquids.

Sarah Robinson said: "It is pretty basic, telling them what they should put in their mouths and should not put in their mouths.

"We were asked to do it by people organising the Healthy Schools Project and we have done it through theatre because that way it really grabs the kids' attention."