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0 - 7 age range - Foundation / KS1

Teddy Takes A Tumble

Story book for parents and carers of under fives.

A story sequence which explores the need to use appropriate restraints when travelling by car. An unrestrained teddy bear is thrown to the front of a car when the driver is forced to brake harshly. The bear's owner, a small boy, is safely restrained and so obvious comparisons are drawn.

Let's Begin

An A4 pack containing a range of topics and ideas for pre-school age range children.

In addition to road safety, this resource covers other health and safety issues. It uses topic webs to help leaders and managers incorporate health and safety education within the topics that many already cover.

Includes a leaders book with topics and ideas, 20 photocopiable worksheets for children and information for parents.

Road Safety Through Play

Aimed at pre-school group leaders, this illustrates how road safety education can be easily integrated within regular activities.

This A4 booklet selects key road safety themes and identifies activity ideas for children to take part in. It also suggests ways to communicate the activities to parents so that information can be reinforced as they make journeys together with children.

Right Start Child Pedestrian Training Programme

A Practical and progressive programme for children in Reception through to Year 2.

The programme aims to help children acquire the knowledge and experiences to help them become safer pedestrians. The programme operates through schools.

Worksheets, pictorial aids and relevant training for adults taking part are provided by the Road Safety Group.

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'Let's Be Safe' Big Book

uitable for literacy based activities. Available in whole class format and supported by A4 children's version.

Uses cartoon images in story theme depicting various ways in which a family uses the roads on a typical journey to the park.

Copies can be ordered online here:

'Big Book' order form online

or by post by using this form:

'Big Book' order form by post

Topics For Young Children

Identifies regular topics and themes and gives suggestions for integrating road safety activities within them. Provides ready to use photocopiable worksheets.

Activity Book 1

A colourful write-in activity book in A4 format.

The activities involve reading, writing, colouring, counting and solving puzzles. Features pedestrian safety, cycle helmets, bus travel, seat belts and 'be safe, be seen' information.

Go Again With Science

This colourful series provides a range of practical and investigative science activities. Useful easy reference planning information is included. This resource aims to help children develop their road safety awareness within the context of scientific learning.

There are four A4 booklets in the series:

'Road Senses'

5 - 7 year old age range
'The Senses' is a commonly covered Key Stage 1 topic that relates especially well to road safety education. 'Size', 'Looking', 'Listening' and 'Touching' are used.
These activities are aimed at enabling children to develop practical road safety skills

Go With Science - Road Senses

'Colour and Light'

5 - 11 year old age range.
Aims to help children to become more aware of the role colour and light play in our lives, with particular emphasis on the way we use the roads.

Go With Science - Colour & Light

'Seasons'

5 - 11 year old age range.
Provides activities to enable children to observe and understand seasonal changes and the effects of weather on road safety.
For pedestrians, cyclists or passengers in vehicles.

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'Movement'

5 - 11 year old age range.
Focuses on developing children's understanding of the scientific principles which govern the movement of all objects, but especially vehicles and traffic.

Go With Science - Movement