Road safety for primary schools - Our Journey
Our Journey is our brand-new active travel and road safety education programme for primary school pupils aged 4 to 11 years old.
A suite of digital video lessons and accompanying resources tailored to specific year groups will guide pupils on a graduated behaviour change programme throughout their time at primary school, with the aim of encouraging them to make safer and more active journeys. Students will be taught essential safety skills through a mix of storytelling, featuring student-designed characters, instructor presentations and teacher-led activities.
The digital video lessons will allow teachers greater flexibility to deliver the programme at an appropriate time around existing curricular priorities.
All sessions are available now. Please email sustainabletravelplanning@shropshire.gov.uk to request them.
Reception
Our reception session teaches pupils the road safety code through the brand-new story 'Mary and Tom's Journey to School', illustrated by Emma Lawrence Designs and featuring student-designed superhero 'Super Zeb'. Teachers will then lead a game to help students learn the road safety code.
Year 3
Our year three workshop features our student-designed road safety superheroes teaching students how to stay safe when travelling on a scooter to school. Teachers will work with students to design scooter safety posters to feature in their classrooms.
Year 6
Our year six session focuses on the transition to secondary school, and provides key safety advice to students on the new journeys they may make. Teachers will lead an exercise to help students plan a journey.