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Pedestrian road safety skills
Year 4
Teachers’ information
What is the pedestrian road safety skills programme?
A pedestrian training programme for primary aged children (Years 1, 3 and 4) which aims to
develop the child’s road safety skills and road awareness.
Year 4
Aim:
To revise the Green Cross Code (the children may recognise this as Stop, Look
and Listen), to plan a safe route and to introduce road signs.
Objective:
By the end of the session children will be able to recall the Green Cross Code,
identify and plan a safe route and understand the importance of road signs.
Note:
The activities within the booklet need to be photocopied and may be used in
the classroom or at home.
Resources
needed:
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volunteers, parents or carers, if activities take the group outside
the school
worksheets/activities within the booklet
fluorescent tabards suggested for roadside activities
Useful websites for teachers, pupils and parents
www.talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk
www.trafficclub.co.uk
www.dft.gov.uk
www.3m.co.uk/intl/uk/3MStreetwise2008
www.bmweducation.co.uk/learningcentre/coolwayz.asp
Green Cross Code - refresher
Aim:
To remind children of the rules of the Green Cross Code.
Objective :
By the end of the session children will be able to confidently recall the Green
Cross Code and its importance.
Ask the following questions:
What is the name of the code we use to cross the road?
The Green Cross Code
Recall the steps of the code:
Find
First, find a safe place to cross. What is a safe place?
A pedestrian crossing, such as a zebra or pelican crossing.
Away from parked cars.
Stop
Where and why?
Step back from the edge of the kerb, at a safe distance from the passing traffic.
Look
All around. Why?
To ensure the road is clear to cross.
Listen
Always listen as well as look. Why?
Sometimes you can hear traffic before you can see it, such as emergency
service vehicles. Never cross the road whilst chatting to people, listening to
your ipod or talking on a mobile phone.
Cross
Keep looking and listening as you walk across the road.
Arrive safely.
Route planning
Aim:
For the children to understand the importance of planning a safe route.
Objective:
By the end of the session children will be able to plan a simple route using safe
places to cross.
Start by revising the safe places to cross:
Name the types of crossings (some may be recalled from Year 3 training session).
• controlled crossings with traffic lights (traffic lights control vehicles and red/green man to
control pedestrians eg pelican, puffin and toucan*)
• zebra crossing
• pedestrian islands
• footbridge
• subway
• school crossing patrol (lollipop person)
Ask the children to think about the roads where they live.
• Do they have safe places where they can cross?
• Do they have to cross between parked cars?
• Is their house near a bend or a road junction?
• Discuss the dangers of crossing near a bend, junction or between parked cars.
Remember
The shortest way may not be the safest way. It is worth walking a little further to stay on
well lit roads with pavements and where there are safe places to cross.
Activity:
It is important to plan a route using the safest places to cross. Freddie Fox
wants to go to school. To do this he must cross over busy roads, walk past
roundabouts and cross junctions. Use the worksheet to draw a line showing
Freddie’s route. Name the safe crossing places Freddie has used.
Lesson approximately 45 minutes.
Extended activity- If possible visit the local area to observe traffic situations and crossing
places and how they may affect routes taken.
*Pelican Crossing: Push button control with lights to stop traffic and green man to show it is safe for
pedestrians to cross. A beeping sound tells blind people to cross and has a fixed crossing time.
Puffin Crossing: As above but has detectors that can tell when people are waiting to cross and allows
enough time for them to cross safely before allowing traffic to proceed.
Toucan Crossing: As a pelican but has a red/green bicycle as well allowing cyclists to ride across the road.
Name
Draw a line showing the safest route for Freddie to get to school.
Start here
Road signs
Aim :
For children to understand the importance of road signs and their meanings.
Objective:
By the end of the session children will be able to identify the different shapes of
road signs and understand their meanings.
Ask the children what different shapes of road signs they have seen.
(Use the flash cards as a visual aid for each shape)
• triangle
• circle
• rectangle or square
Which shape would give road users a warning? A triangle. (Hold up the red triangle)
The picture that appears inside the triangle will tell us what the warning is about.
Which shape would give road users an order? A circle. (Hold up the red / blue circle)
• Red circles indicate you must not do something
• Blue circles indicate you must do something
The picture that appears inside the circle will tell us what the order is about.
What meaning do the squares and rectangles have? (Hold them up)
They give us information such as the names of places and directions.
Why is it so important to have road signs?
They are the rules of the road, without them road users would be able to do as they like and
our roads would be extremely dangerous.
Activity:
The children can use the worksheet to identify the different road
signs and their meanings.
Lesson approximately 35 minutes.
Road signs illustrations
Road signs
Below are 4 descriptions of road signs. Can you draw and colour what you think
each sign will look like? Write underneath whether the signs are warning, order
or information signs.
a) Traffic lights ahead
b) The speed limit is 30 mph
c) You must not cycle
d) A school is nearby
Road safety quiz
Road safety quiz to assess pupil’s learning.
This may be completed in the classroom or at home, and maybe an individual
activity or a classroom activity by dividing the class into small groups of 5 or 6.
1.
What are the rules of the Green Cross Code?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
2.
Name 3 safe places to cross.
a)
b)
c)
3.
What sign would you draw to tell motorists the speed limit is 30mph?
4.
What is a good colour to wear so that cars can see you clearly in the
a)
night
b)
day
5.
Which is not a safe place to cross? (Circle the answer)
a)
Zebra crossing
b)
just before the top of the hill
c)
School crossing patrol (lollipop person)
6.
When you are standing at a pelican, puffin or a toucan crossing, what does
it mean when the green man starts flashing?
a)
you should not start to cross
b)
you should run across quickly
c)
7.
only adults can cross
Create your own warning sign and explain its meaning.
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