Teddy tumbles - onto the web!

Warrington Road Safety Unit, in partnership with Warrington Grid for Learning, have made ‘Teddy’ a favourite part of the WGFL website.

Teddy Takes a Tumble was originally a storybook written by students studying for a Diploma in Childcare and Education at Skelmersdale and Ormskirk College, after they completed a study of seatbelt and child restraint usage outside schools, shops and leisure facilities.

The book was then developed into a road safety campaign by LARSOA’s northwest group, which received a commendation at the 2002 Prince Michael Road Safety Awards.

Now part of the Warrington Grid's Foundation Stage on-line resources, the Teddy story has been 'voiced-over' by pupils at a local school and sound effects have been added. Children are then asked to try to match the sound effect at the appropriate time in the story. Although the site is aimed at children, adults also seem to enjoy making the cat miaow!

"75 per cent of child casualties in Warrington are injured as car passengers and having quality resources like Teddy means that we can explore new and exciting ways of delivering road safety," says Maureen Theobald, Warrington road safety manager.

To view the site, go to: www.wgfl.org.uk/teddy.htm.