Road Safety
Education (RSE)
Primary
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North Ayrshire Council Road Safety Education offer a full road safety educational programme which compliments the Street Sense resource. (More information on Street Sense below) There is a road safety presentation tailored to link with Street Sense for each stage of primary school. If you would like the Road Safety Officer to visit your school or would like help or advice on any road safety matter, please see contact details in introduction.
P1 Getting To School Safely
P2 Busy Street
P3 Pelican Crossing
P4 Today’s Fear
P5 Keep Your Head (cycle safety)
P6 Risky Business or Activities
P7 Risky Business or Activities
There are various leaflets, posters and booklets on Road Safety Education available for teachers children and parents.
Streetsense
is a road safety education resource for all primary schools in Scotland
and each North Ayrshire School should have
their own copy. The resource
is an important part of the national strategy for road safety education in
Scotland. The aim of the strategy is to ensure that all children and young
people in Scotland receive a minimum amount of road safety education at school -
covering specific topics at certain times.
It covers Levels A to E and aligns to the Health Education 5-14 National Guidelines, to be taught in Personal and Social Development. Other curricular links, for example Information and Communications Technology 5-14 National Guidelines, are highlighted. Streetsense also links to Citizenship and to the concept of a Health Promoting School.
Streetsense 2 has now been delivered to every primary school in North Ayrshire and supports the original Streetsense. Each school has been allocated a number of packs to suit the school roll. This means that there is one pack in every classroom in all North Ayrshire Schools.
The new Streetsense2 update has now brought the pack into line
with the national guidelines for A Curriculum for Excellence.
Each level of the resource has cross-curricular planning sheets, which can be
used to provide evidence of working across the curriculum. Streetsense2 can be
fully utilised to equip young people with the four capacities to be a confident
individual, responsible citizen, effective contributor and a successful learner.
With the equivalent of a class of young people killed on Scotland’s roads in an average year, this new resource will be an important tool to help young people stay safe on our roads.
The resource is also available online at
www.streetsense2.comThis means the resource can be used on the interactive white boards as a whole class activity.
Scottish Cycle Training Scheme
The Scottish Cycle Training Scheme (SCTS), is offered to all P6/7 pupils throughout Scotland by the Road Safety Unit.
The scheme is designed to give pupils the skills
and knowledge they need to ride safely and sensibly on the road and thus help
reduce the significant numbers of child cyclists involved in road accidents. The
students learn a variety of manoeuvres off road, complemented by cycling theory
in the classroom.
The cyclists learn basic control exercises, emergency stop, right and left turns from minor to major and major to minor roads. All of these exercises include observation and signalling skills and a general awareness of traffic. The classroom based work covers the highway code, bike maintenance, journeying and environmental awareness. Pupils are continually assessed on their progress throughout the course. The scheme is linked to the National Curriculum Framework.
The scheme is run in partnership with primary schools, the Road Safety Unit and adult volunteers. All volunteers are fully trained, supported and monitored by the Road Safety Officer.
If you would like to assist in a local cycle training scheme please see the contact details in the introduction
Junior Road Safety Officers
The national Junior
Road Safety Officers (JRSO) scheme is available to
primary schools throughout Scotland.
Schools are encouraged to 'employ' two senior pupils to become JRSOs for the school. Their role is to administer a notice board, talk in classes or assemblies and run competitions on road safety within their school and to check out the web site for up to date road safety information.
The JRSO scheme has a dedicated website and the "Staff Room" area has all the information that teachers will need to know.
There are a number of downloadable documents on the site which give information on setting up and running a local JRSO scheme, or you can download them from here.
Streetwise Guys
The Streetwise
Guys website
is aimed at 8 to 14 year olds in primary and lower
secondary. In particular, it targets children in the transition period from
primary to secondary, when they are most at risk.
The website uses interactive games to educate young people about road safety in a fun way. It can be used in the classroom, whilst teaching road safety. There are curricular links to Information and Communications Technology and Health Education 5-14 National Guidelines.
Belisha, Sprocket, Amber, Bumper and Gutter (the dog) are the Streetwise Guys. They have been designed to be cool, funky and appealing to young people. You visit them first at their gang hut. Once inside the hut, you can find out interesting things about keeping safe. There are also games like 'dog on the run' and 'on yer bike'.
Theatre in Education
'The Journey' is aimed at P6 pupils and is forum theatre – there is audience participation throughout the play, where the pupils are invited to make certain decisions and also carry out role-play. Key road safety messages in this play are walking and cycling safely to school, transition from primary to secondary school and peer pressure when crossing the road.
The play looks at the developing relationships between a group of friends as they pass from primary 6 and 7, into secondary school and the state of adolescence. Jack, Kirsty, Ronny and Paula discover on their way to school, a place of which no one else is aware, ... a disused railway arch beside a busy road. They can pull back the corrugated iron fence and enter into a secret and secluded world that belongs to them only. In this place they confide in each other, have a good laugh and try to understand and come to terms with the changes that affect them.
As they grow older they experience more freedom and begin to stay out later in the evenings, going further afield. The lack of parental control is not always accompanied by the sense of responsibility it requires, and when a new kid, Mike, stumbles into the gang's secret place the balance and behaviour of the group is thrown into disarray. Loyalties are challenged, boasts are made and a feeling of bravado permeates the group.
Other Road Safety Links
a2bsafely
www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk
www.hedgehogs.gov.uk
www.roadsafetywestscotland.com
www.protectchild.co.uk
www.baldybane.org.uk
www.highwaycode.gov.uk
since 10th August 2007
