Support for Schools
Road Safety is a vital part of every child's education.
Our role is to support schools in providing this through the whole range of curriculum subjects. Support may be in the form of resources and lesson plans, practical training, special events or class visits.
Voluntary Groups
We offer free resources and advice to voluntary groups for all ages in the Dudley Borough. It may also be possible for a member of our team to visit your group.
We can support many organisations including:
Leaflets for schools
Our Schools Booklet, giving more details on what our service can provide, is available to download (see bottom of page), or can be requested in paper format.
Leaflets that provide an overview of our services for schools are available for download at the bottom of the page.
Key themes for each year group
The tables below outline the key themes for each year group, and some ideas of the activities used to explore these themes. Please contact us through the details below.
KS1 | Reception | Year One | Year Two |
Key themes | Seatbelts, hold hands, what is traffic, safe places to play | Seatbelts, hold hands, what is traffic, stop- look -listen, safe places to play | Green cross code, safer places to cross, be bright be seen |
Suggested activities | Role play, class based training, road safety songs | Role play, class based training | Playground activities, investigating reflective / florescent |
KS2 | Year Three | Year Four | Year Five | Year Six |
Key themes | Green Cross Code, safer places to cross, hazards, Cycle Skills | Green Cross Code, safer places to cross, crossing where there are no "safer places", hazards | Safer Cycling, seat belts, speed, Arrive Alive (highway code for young road users) | Accident procedure (999), making roads safer, safer routes to secondary schools |
Suggested activities | Urban trails, local area mapping (hazards . crossings) | Traffic survey / speed check, crash car testing | Urban trails, survey, practical training | Urban trails, survey, practical training |
KS3 | Year Seven | Year Eight | Year Nine |
Key themes | Safer routes to school, Cycle Training Plus, "travelwise" | Risks, traffic & the environment | Road crashes & consequences, vehicle safety |
Suggested activities | Urban trails, design safer routes, write rules for appropriate use of public transport, practical cycle training | Timeline of personal road safety achievements (pre school to present day), traffic survey, role play unsafe situations, riskometer | Speed gun survey, investigate contributory factors of crashes (drugs, fatigue etc), design crash test cars |
KS4 | Year Ten | Year Eleven |
Key themes | Traffic environment, road user behaviour, post accident procedure | Road collisions, causes and remedies, Pre-driver Education |
Suggested activities | Highway code quiz, analyse accident stats, investigate contributory factors of crashes (drugs, fatigue, distractions, etc), first aid training | Consider different forms of transport, redesign local roads to incorporate safety features, seat belt survey, highway code quiz |
