Teachers
Road Safety is a vital part of every child's education.
Our role is to support you in providing this through the whole range of curriculum subjects. Support may be in the form of resources and lesson plans, practical pedestrian and cycle training, special events or class visits.
This page is designed to give you an outline of what we do, and what web based resources are available. If you are looking for something else please contact us as we can usually tailor our activities to meet you requirements!
| KS1 | Reception | Year One | Year Two |
| Key themes | Seatbelts, hold hands, what is traffic, safe places to play | Seatbelts, hold hands, what is traffic, stop- look -listen, safe places to play | Green cross code, safer places to cross, be bright be seen |
| Suggested activities | Role play, class based training, road safety songs | Role play, class based training | Playground activities, investigating reflective / florescent |
| KS2 | Year Three | Year Four | Year Five | Year Six |
| Key themes | Green Cross Code, safer places to cross, hazards, Cycle Skills | Green Cross Code, safer places to cross, crossing where there are no "safer places", hazards | Safer Cycling, seat belts, speed, Arrive Alive (highway code for young road users) | Accident procedure (999), making roads safer, safer routes to secondary schools |
| Suggested activities | Urban trails, local area mapping (hazards . crossings), practical training | Traffic survey / speed check, crash car testing, practical training | Urban trails, survey, practical training | Urban trails, survey, practical training |
| KS3 | Year Seven | Year Eight | Year Nine |
| Key themes | Safer routes to school, Cycle Training Plus, "travelwise" | Risks, traffic & the environment | Road crashes & consequences, vehicle safety |
| Suggested activities | Urban trails, design safer routes, write rules for appropriate use of public transport, practical cycle training | Timeline of personal road safety achievements (pre school to present day), traffic survey, role play unsafe situations, riskometer | Speed gun survey, investigate contributory factors of crashes (drugs, fatigue etc), design crash test cars |
| KS4 | Year Ten | Year Eleven |
| Key themes |
Traffic environment, road user behaviour, post accident procedure |
Road collisions, causes and remedies, Pre-driver Education |
| Suggested activities | Highway code quiz, analyse accident stats, investigate contributory factors of crashes (drugs, fatigue, distractions, etc), first aid training | Consider different forms of transport, redesign local roads to incorporate safety features, seat belt survey, highway code quiz |
If you find any other useful Road Safety websites let us know (and we might just send you a goody bag for your efforts!).
A fantastic place to find out more about the hedgehog adverts, including interactive games.
"Arrive Alive" is the DfT highway code for young road users. Paper copies can be ordered from us free of charge.
Are we there yet?
A great new teaching resource from North Yorkshire, dealing with child in-car safety. Includes notes and ideas for KS1 and KS2 teachers.
The DfT Road Safety section gives details of national campaigns.
A guide to the highway code for young people.
"Safety Matters" is a website that forms part of Renault's "Safety for All"" package. It contains information for teachers, parents and children.
"Safe to Travel" is an interactive tool enabling young people to discover safer routes and methods of travel. It has been developed by Birmingham Signposting Service.
The RoSPA website includes an online catalogue of their safety resources.
