Sample road safety education program - Kindergarten to Year 3: Semester One
This sample program has been developed using SDERA’s Challenges and Choices resource. Schools are encouraged to use Challenges and Choices to develop a road safety education program across all year levels, choosing one road safety topic to focus on each term.
Kindergarten/Pre-primary / Year 1 / Year 2 / Year 3Term 1 - Passenger safety / Unit 1.1 Click clack front and back
· Picture talk - restraints
· Shared reading – Jeffrey
· Music and movement – Click Clack and Click it in
· Arts ideas – add a restraint
· Puzzles and games – restraint puzzle
· Parent information and at-home activity – restraints
· Home corner – in the car
· Replicating the real world – right fit
Unit 1.2 The safety door
· Picture talk – safety door
· Arts ideas – safety door
· Music and movement – The Footpath Side
· Role-play – safety door situations
· Parent information and at-home activity
· Replicating the read world –outdoor play
Unit 1.3 Safer journeys
· Picture talk – in the car
· Brainstorm – what is a passenger?
· Music and movement – A Ride in the Car
· Parent information and at-home activity – safer passengers
· Home corner – playing in the car / Unit 1.1 Click clack front and back
· Picture talk – restraints
· Maths investigations – tally sheet
· Music and movement – The Seat belt Song, I’m a Little Seat belt, Buckled up Tight and Click it in
· Arts ideas – restraint collage
· Role-play – solve the problem
· Assertive communication – whose responsibility?
· Parent information and at-home activity – restraints
· Replicating the real world – restraint models
Unit 1.2 The safety door
· Picture talk – safety door
· Sequencing information – using the safety door
· Arts ideas – comic strip
· Music and movement – The Footpath Side
· Decision-making model – think about your choices
· Out and about – drop off and pick up areas
· Parent information and at-home activity – safety door
· Replicating the real world – road network tablemat
Unit 1.3 Safer journeys
· Shared reading – The Surprise Visit
· Brainstorm – a safe passenger
· Brainstorm – safer car activities
· Music and movement – A Ride in the Car
· Role-play – unsafe journeys
· Barrier game – safer and unsafe
· Parent information and at-home activity – safer passengers / Unit 1.1 Click clack front and back
· Brainstorm –passenger words
· Music and movement – Rolling Down the Highway
· Decision-making model – Think about your choices
· Values continuum – restraint opinions
· Parent information and at-home activity – restraints
· Replicating the real world – movement in a car
Unit 1.3 Safer journeys
· Picture talk – in the car
· Y chart – safer passengers
· Music and movement – Travelling in the Car
· Puzzles and games – games for in the car
· Values continuum – safety metre
· Planning – planning a trip
· Assertive communication – passenger scenarios
· Parent information and at-home activity – safer passengers
Unit 1.4 Using public and community transport
· Picture talk – bus travel
· Circle talk – fact or opinion?
· Text innovation – the bus song
· Music and movement – The Bus Song
· Role-play – bus trip
· Out and about – excursion
· Parent information and at-home activity – using public transport
· Home corner – bus travel / Unit 1.1 Click clack front and back
· Brainstorm – who wears restraints?
· Four squares – checklist
· Arts ideas – cartoons
· Role-play – asking for help
· Values continuum – restraint opinions
· Parent information and at-home activity – restraints
Unit 1.3 Safer journeys
· Graffiti – safer behaviours
· Guest speakers – distracting the driver
· Head talk – long trips
· Mind map – having a safer journey
· Placemat – passenger scenarios
· Role-play – safer and unsafe
· Parent information and at-home activity – safer passengers
· Replicating the real-world – distracting the driver
Unit 1.4 Using public and community transport
· Picture talk – bus travel
· Guest speakers
· Story map – travelling on the bus
· T chart – on the bus
· Arts ideas – wanted
· Music and movement – Ride the Bus Right Rap
· Decision-making model – think about your choices
· Role-play – bus scenarios
· Parent information and at-home activity – using public transport
Term Two - Pedestrian safety / Unit 2.1 Hands are for holding
· Picture talk – hold my hand
· Arts ideas – hand messages
· Music and movement – This is the Way we all Hold Hands, Hold hands tightly, If you Want to Cross the Road
· Role-play – shopping trip
· Parent information and at-home activity – hold my hand
· Replicating the real world – setting up roads
Unit 2.2 Stop!
· Picture talk – crossing the road
· Arts ideas – stop sign
· Music and movement – musical statues
Unit 2.3 Safer places to cross
· Picture talk – safer places to cross
· Music and movement – Where do we cross?
· Parent information and at-home activity – safer places to cross
Unit 2.6 Crossing the road
· Arts ideas – people crossing
· Music and movement – Stop, look, listen, think
· Parent information and at-home activity – crossing the road / Unit 2.1 Hands are for holding
· Shared reading – Hands are for Holding
· Brainstorm – adults who can help me
· Arts ideas – hold my hand collage
· Music and movement – Hands are for Holding, We Know
· Decision-making model – think about your choices
· Parent information and at-home activity – hold my hand
· Unfinished sentences – photo thoughts
Unit 2.2 Stop!
· Picture talk – crossing the road
· Music and movement – green feet, red feet / stop right now
· Out and about – physical barriers
· Replicating the real world – stop on the spot
· Out and about – local area walk
· Parent information and at-home activity – safer places to cross
Unit 2.3 Safer places to cross
· Picture talk – safer places to cross
· Music and movement – Where do we Cross?
· Replicating the real world – traffic environment
Unit 2.4 Hazards when walking
· Out and about – walk and talk
· Parent information and at-home activity – take a walk together
Unit 2.5 In the car park
· Picture talk – in the car park
· Music and movement – In the Car Park
· Sequencing information – getting and out of the car
· Decision-making model – think about your choices
· Parent information and at-home activity – staying safer in car parks / Unit 2.1 Hands are for holding
· Shared reading – Where’s Jess mum?
· KWL – safer pedestrians
· Arts ideas – places to hold hands
· Music and movement – Somebody and The Hold my Hand Rap
· Values continuum – safer or unsafe
· Role-play – what can you do?
· Think-pair-share – what would you do?
· Parent information and at-home activity – hold my hand
Unit 2.2 Stop!
· Picture talk – crossing the road
· Maths investigations – reaction time
· Music and movement – spot
· Replicating the real world – speed and stopping
Unit 2.3 Safer places to cross
· Four squares – safer places to cross
· Guest speaker – traffic warden or police officer visit
· Out and about – local area walk
· Parent information and at-home activity – safer places to cross
Unit 2.4 Hazards when walking
· Brainstorm – no footpaths
· Role-play – pedestrian hazards
· Parent information and at-home activity – take a walk together
Unit 2.5 In the car park
· Graffiti – safer car park strategies
· Parent information and at-home activity – staying safer in car parks
· Replicating the road environment – road network tablemat
Unit 2.6 Crossing the road
· Shared reading – First Best Friends
· Maths investigations – road width
· Music and movement – Let’s go Walking, Safe crossing and Eyes, ears, brain and hands
· Sequencing information – steps to cross the road
· Decision-making model – what could you do?
· Parent information and at-home activity – crossing the road / Unit 2.3 Safer places to cross
· Graffiti – road safety terminology
· Brave talk – I feel, I think, I can
· Placemat – pamphlets
· Out and about – local area walk
· Parent information and at-home activity – safer places to cross
· Replicating the real world – road model
Unit 2.4 Hazards when walking
· Brainstorm – what’s a hazard?
· Decision-making model – think about your choices
· Parent information and at-home activity – take a walk together
· Journal – reflective writing
Unit 2.5 In the car park
· Brainstorm – keeping safer
· Role-play – puppet show
· Out and about – features of a car park
· Parent information and at-home activity – staying safer in car parks
Unit 2.6 Crossing the road
· Maths investigations – checking speed
· Text innovation – the three little pigs
· Parent information and at-home activity – to and from the bus (if applicable)
· Out and about – systematic search strategy
Unit 2.7 Safer ways to get to and from school
· Brainstorm – getting to school
· Guest speaker – safe routes to school
· Out and about – walking talking day
· Parent information and at-home activity – safer ways to get to and from school