The Road Safety Unit aims to visit as many Year 1 to Year 6 pupils as possible each year.
The sessions available are detailed below.
Year 1
The module consists of:
- What is traffic?
- Stop-Look-Listen-Think!
- Holding hands
Year 2
The Year 2 module consists of two sessions each lasting 30 minutes. Worksheets and folders accompany each session to complete the pack.
Session 1 – Memory
- The importance of remembering
- Stop, look, listen and think
- Safe and unsafe places to cros
Session 2 – Communication
- Different ways of communicating, verbal and non-verbal
- Communication on the roads, traffic signals and signs
- The Police and School Crossing Patrols communicating to traffic and the importance of fluorescent reflective clothing
Year 3
The Year 3 module consists of a 1 hour Mini Walk and Talk to help teach essential pedestrian skills. The session is accompanied by follow up worksheets and covers three main themes:
- Stop, Look, Listen and Think
- Crossing between parked cars
- Crossing at junctions
Year 4
The Year 4 module consists of two sessions each lasting 45 minutes. Worksheets and folders accompany each sessions to complete the pack.
Session 1
- The dangers faced by cyclists
- Identifying hazards
Session 2
- Journeys
- Using safer crossing places
- Planning a journey
Year 5
The module consists of two sessions lasting approximately 45 minutes and 1 hour respectively and is entitled “Walk and Talk”. Worksheets accompany the module as follow-up work.
The first session discusses how to keep safe as a pedestrian, a cyclist and a passenger. The aim of the walk is then explained.
The second session involves taking the children on a walk around their school, looking and talking about the road traffic and the hazards/dangers around their area. Teacher participation is essential and volunteer helpers are desirable so the class can be split if necessary into two supervised groups.
Year 6 - Risk and independent travel
Transition and teenagers road safety is an issue because a growing need for independence clashes with a change that brings about more hazards than this age group will have faced before. Issues such as independent travel, changing journeys and distractions can all have an adverse affect on any child’s safety.
This involves class sessions designed to raise awareness of road safety and the change from Primary to Secondary School. During these sessions we will cover an overview of road safety, attitudes to road safety and how change affects them.
Teachers
The Government's Department for Transport web site provides you with free lesson plans and worksheets for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. All these have been written by Educational professionals. They are designed to meet curriculum targets in each subject but also to provide teachers with a forum to discuss aspects of road safety, particularly on the School journey. To download the free lesson plans and resources go to Government's web site at the link provided below:
Walk to school campaigns
Bury Road Safety Unit supports the regional, national and international Walk to School campaigns by providing schools with the necessary information to promote the Walk to School Week, usually during June and/or October. To find out more about the Campaign visit the Walk to School web site at the link provided below. The web site provides lots of new curriculum ideas that support the Campaign and there are some fun pages for children too.
How to contact us
Bury Road Safety Unit, Lester House, 21 Broad Street, Bury, BL9 OAW
Phone: 0161 253 5552
