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On this page you will find details of a range of resources available for road safety educational purposes. In each case there is a brief description of the resource or supplying organisation, and contact details for further information or to obtain the resource.
The fact that a resource is listed on these pages is no guarantee of quality – you should satisfy yourself that the resource in question would meet your needs. Resources/supplying organisations are listed alphabetically.
If you have a resource you would like to see included on this page please contact Alan kennedy by email at: akennedy@durham.gov.uk.
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North Yorkshire County Council has produced a great new teaching resource, which deals with child in-car safety. The resource, which can be found on our website, provides Key stage 2 teachers notes about in car safety.
For further details, please contact:
David Lindsay, County Road Safety Officer, North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton DL7 8AH
Tel 01609 532616
Fax 01609 779838
www.n-yorks.net/curriculum/primary/roadsafety/index.htm
Bikewise
Bikewise’ the CD-ROM from Bromley’s Road Safety Unit is a new resource to support child cycle training and encourage adult cycling. It is an interactive multi media with information on safe cycling, bike maintenance, being seen, cycle routes, bike safety and more. There are movie clips showing children cycling on the road completing left and right turns, making it easier for children to visualise how to deal with junctions safely. There is also plenty of information for adults to encourage cycling, either to work or as a form of exercise.
An unbranded, generic version has been produced, so it may be used to complement training within your own area. These CD Roms are available at £2.50 each plus a one off £50 printing cost for having your logo, details and full colour inserts.
If you would like to see a free copy please contact the Council’s Road Safety Unit on 020 8313 4498 or e-mail at road.safety@bromley.gov.uk.
Surrey County Council’s Golden Boot Challenge
The annual Golden Boot Challenge is designed to raise awareness of the issues surrounding school travel and to encourage children, parents and schools to choose sustainable alternatives to the car on school journeys.
First launched in 2002 with 56 schools taking part, the 2004 campaign has seen 146 schools and over 29,OOO pupils across Surrey participating, and is one of the largest school travel campaigns to be held across the country.
The campaign is to be presented to the DfT and the DfES as an example of good practise to be shared nationally with other local authorities. The campaign's evaluation report can be downloaded here.
For further information, please contact David Sharpington on 020 8541 9977, James Scott on 020 8541 7442 or Diana Christie (Communications) on 020 8541 7910.
Mum or Dad leaflet
The LARSOA Yorkshire & Humber Education Working group has produced a new leaflet in the 'Mum or Dad' series aimed at parents of children starting school. The group, which includes Safe Routes to School/School Travel Plan Officers, has designed the leaflet to reflect the all elements of healthier, safer and greener journeys to school.
The style of the leaflet is in keeping with the existing very successful 'Mum or Dad' leaflet, and it is intended to produce a third leaflet in the series aimed at KS2 pupils and parents.
The leaflets can be purchased at a cost of 6p each. However, the artwork can be provided on disc for a one-off fee of £15.00
For further details, please contact Sue Snoddy: Tel: 01274 437409
Email: sue.snoddy@bradford.gov.uk
Road Rhymes
Cambridgeshire County Council have launched a new teaching resource suitable for Reception and Year 1 pupils.
The book entitled Road Rhymes features poems and riddles and is accompanied by beautiful original illustrations.
A copy of the book has been given to all Primary Schools in the County and has been greatly received by staff and children alike.
Copies of the book are now available to other authorities at a cost of £15.00 including postage and packaging.
All enquiries to our Cambridge office on 01223 717385
Safe Kids Walking
How To Get More Kids Walking to School' is aimed at primary school teachers and parents who are interested in promoting walking to school or who are developing a School Travel Plan. It gives practical information on a range of walk to school initiatives such as Walking Bus, Park & Stride and national schemes such as Walk On Wednesday.
Click here for a PDF version or go to www.safekidswalking.org.uk. A limited number of free printed copies are available from Safe Kids Walking, tel 01536 454994.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Sandwell Borough Council has developed a whole host of resources available for purchase, covering primary and secondary school, out of school activity clubs (brownies, cubs etc) and driver and pedestrian training. Details of these resources can be found at:
http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/stars/sets/products.html
Staffordshire's TravelWise Road Safety Unit
Staffordshire's Road Safety and Sustainable Travel Unit have extended their range of primary phase road safety resources.
 Crashed Vehicle Project
A recently rewritten technology project to make and crash cardboard cars. The challenge is to develop ways to make the car safer in a crash test. The resource also reinforces the importance of wearing seat-belts and sensible passenger behaviour.
The pack contains a teacher book, video exploring issues related to car crashes and an angle gauge to help set up testing equipment.
Speed
This project enables pupils to consider the problem of speeding vehicles before taking part in a practical traffic speed survey. Speed data is provided if the survey cannot be carried out. Follow-up activities look at the effect of speed on the safe use of the roads and how speed is controlled.
This resource is sold on CD for authorities to produce their own packs. In addition, resources are available to purchase on the following themes:
People Who Help Us
The local area (Around Our School)
Pedestrian training (First Steps and Stepping Out)
Be Bright Be Seen and
Cycle helmets (Egg Head)
Each resource will work as a stand alone package however in some cases extra resources are suggested to develop them further. All the resources are packaged in durable plastic boxes to make them classroom friendly (except Speed). Materials that will be used by children are laminated for strength and durability. The packaging has been designed to allow for any additions. All the packs are linked to the National Curriculum and some QCA schemes of work. Our resources have been trialled extensively in Staffordshire schools and have been purchased by many local authorities.
To see sample pages from the packs, please click on the links below.
Crashed Vehicle Project
Speed
Around Our School
Stepping Out
People Who Help Us
Be Bright Be Seen
Egg Head
Click here to download an order form as a PDF
If you would like any further information on any of the resources please contact Laura Hillyard, TravelWise Road Safety Education Manager. Tel: 01785 854035, e mail: roadsafety@staffordshire.gov.uk
Surviving on Jungle Street
The saying ‘it’s a jungle out there’ could easily refer to our roads, and to survive the jungle you need to know the law of the jungle.
Produced by Cornwall County Council Road Safety Unit, the Surviving on Jungle Street leaflet aims to inform parents and carers of the techniques to teach children road safety skills. The leaflet outlines the three key pedestrian skills and how to develop a child’s knowledge of road safety. It also helps parents and carers develop and discover safe strategies with their children of where and how to cross the road.
Jungle Street has been designed not only to support current child pedestrian training schemes but also as a stand alone resource for schools and parents and carers unable to take part in road safety programmes.
Costs for the leaflets (exclusive of p&p) are as follows:
1,000 £420.00
5,000 £555.00
10,000 £730.00
For further information, or to place an order, please contact Carol Wright on 01872 322001 or email roadsafety@cornwall.gov.uk
TO GO & NO GO
The pack includes an interactive CD with 30 copies of Record of Achievement Books. It can be used on either a white board or through a computer link, and is supported with teacher resources, printable work sheets, and letters to parents/carers - explaining what the children are working on. Each child taking part will also be given a Record of Achievement Book, which they have to complete. These 'Record of Achievement Books' are taken home to be signed off by their parents/carers after the completion of each module, which will hopefully encourage parents and their children to talk about road safety. It is hoped that this can be used as a stepping stone and improve both the children's and parents understanding of the road environment.
The Manchester Road Safety Team see this educational resource as an easy to use resource supporting pedestrian training, and a valuable and worthwhile tool that can be used within the PSHE and Citizenship curriculum.
We want to make this resource available to any authority that wishes to benefit from it. The program is now available for sale and can also be customised to suit individual requirements.
We are marketing the resource through Electromedia who can supply more information and a demonstration. Please contact Electromedia on Tel No: 0161 491 0286 or email: Judith@electromedia.co.uk
To view samples of this resource please visit the website www.electromedia.co.uk/togo_nogo
Price for a pack that includes the CD Rom and 30 Record of Achievement Books is: £24 each for 49 and under copies ordered. 50 or over packs ordered is £22 each.
Record of Achievement Books can be ordered separately. Please ring for a price. Please note that VAT is to be added to the above prices.
To order a copy or copies of 'To Go & No Go' or to find out more about these resources please contact Kerry Unsworth on Tel No: 0161 234 4480
E.mail: roadsafetyenquiry@manchester.gov.uk
The Trouble with Traffic’ and ‘Let’s Take a Walk’ Big Books
Key Stage 1 and 2
The two books, which tackle the issues associated with School Travel, have been devised for use within the Literacy Hour and have their own set of Teacher’s Notes.
The activities can either be taught as a block over 1-2 weeks in the Literacy Hour or dipped into to provide a real life context for Geography, Science or Citizenship. Each lesson plan covers the four components of the Literacy Hour including ideas for extension work.
To order a copy of the Big Books or to find out more about these resources please contact Mark Lancaster on 01522 553153
Price for single copies of either book (inc Let’s ‘Take a Walk’ teachers notes) is: £10.95 + postage and packing @ £2.39.
10 x copies + Teacher’s Notes = £109.50 + postage and packing @ £1.18 per book.
VAT is not applicable to the above prices.
To place an order please contact:
Mark Lancaster, Senior Transport Planning Officer, Lincolnshire County Council, Highways and Planning Directorate, City Hal, Lincoln LN1 1DN
Tel: 01522 553153
email: mark.lancaster@lincolnshire.gov.uk
The London Borough of Bromley Walking Bus Scheme
The Walking Bus is a scheme encouraging parents to walk their children to school along a set route. The children walk in a crocodile fashion with the 'driver' at the front and the 'conductor' at the rear, and the children are collected at 'bus stops' at specific times along the route, similar to a proper bus route.
The London Borough of Bromley have created a CD-Rom designed to help Road Safety Units and parents set up their own walking buses. This CD-ROM is a multimedia interactive experience. It contains over 200 pages of text with commentary, 500 photographs, with some 2 hours of video clips and links to useful web sites, to assist parents, children and their teachers.
The Walking Bus Initiative is a key component of the London Borough of Bromley's transport strategy aimed at reducing congestion and improving mobility and access throughout the Borough. Safety is the key to this Bus, with the route being checked by the Walking Bus Co-ordinator, a Road Safety Officer, a Road Traffic Engineer and the Police.
Every volunteer is required to have a Police check, a sufficient volunteer-to-child ratio is followed and each volunteer wears an identification badge. Parents must sign a consent form, giving emergency details and every participant on the Walking Bus is required to wear a fluorescent yellow waistcoat sporting Bromley's Walking Bus logo - a must for every fashion guru!
We are delighted that Bromley's initiative will reach such a wide audience and be used to help educate and encourage other schools and individuals to start new Walking Bus routes. Hopefully, you will be seeing more Walking Buses marching their way to schools near you very soon.
For copies of the CD-Rom contact Bromley's Road Safety Unit on 020 8313 4546 or e-mail road.safety@bromley.gov.uk
Each copy costs £2 plus p&p. |
