Kokopu School Road Safety – Overview

STRAND / Odd years / Even years
Passenger
(suggested topics; travelling in a car/bus, managing hazards as a passenger, bus stop environment, bus trips – EOTC, travelling on a farm bike)
Events: Trips/camps, Ronald McDonald, / Context -
0  Environment (knowledge)
0  Rules and Laws
0  RS In action (demonstrating the skills) / Context -
0  Environment (knowledge)
0  Rules and Laws
0  RS In action (demonstrating the skills)
Topic - / Topic -
Pedestrian
(suggested topics; parts of the road, people who can help, walking on a footpath/no footpath, negotiating hazards, selecting safe crossing points, crossing: the road, at controlled lights/pedestrian crossings, where there are no controlled lights, at pedestrian crossings, at intersections, between parked cars, walking in car parks, playing safely)
Events: Feet First, World Walk to school month-Oct, / Context -
0  Environment (knowledge)
0  Rules and Laws
0  RS In action (demonstrating the skills) / Context -
0  Environment (knowledge)
0  Rules and Laws
0  RS In action (demonstrating the skills)
Topic - / Topic -
Rider
(suggested topics; wearing helmets, maintaining bikes, cycling safely, following traffic rules and laws, identifying hazards, using other wheeled recreation devices)
Events: Bike Wise Week, Triathlon, / Context -
0  Environment (knowledge)
0  Rules and Laws
0  RS In action (demonstrating the skills) / Context -
0  Environment (knowledge)
0  Rules and Laws
0  RS In action (demonstrating the skills)
Topic - / Topic -
Sustainable Transport
One unit biannually in the senior school.
Events: Environment Day June 5, Feet First / Topic - / Topic -

Teachers can mix, match and integrate strands. By Margaret Chapman and Leanne Hawke