The facts
Client:
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Location: Blackburn
Services: Road Safety Education
Sector: Road Safety
Start/Completion: 2002 - Ongoing
The project
Educational inputs are delivered on a rolling programme
across a wide age range, from Nursery to Year 6 at
Nurseries/Pre-Schools & Primary Schools throughout
Blackburn with Darwen They are all Road Safety Officer led
sessions.
Nursery: Aims and
Objectives
- To remember to hold hands with an adult whenever you are near
the road.
- To identify different types of traffic.
- To understand how dangerous traffic can be.
- To understand what red and green lights mean. RED – STOP /
GREEN - GO
- To recognise and understand the use of a seatbelt as a
restraint.
Reception: Aims and
Objectives
- To remember to hold hands with an adult, or hold onto the
buggy, whenever you are near the road.
- To identify different types of traffic.
- To understand how dangerous traffic can be.
- To recognise and understand the use of a seatbelt as a
restraint.
- To learn Stop, Look, Listen, Think
- To introduce 3 safe places to cross the road.
Year 1 – Pedestrian Training (see
Related Projects)
Infant and Junior Assemblies:
Aims and Objectives
- To recap on prior knowledge of Road Safety – holding hands/safe
places/dangerous places/in car safety/SLLT
- To introduce Fluorescent and Reflective Materials
- To discuss what these materials do at different times of the
day and the importance of wearing these materials.
- To introduce and discuss cycle safety
Y4 Level 1 Basic Skills Cycle Training (see Related
Projects)
Year 5 – Safer Routes to School: Aims and
Objectives
- To explore the road environment around school
and gain an understanding of safe pedestrian behaviour and unsafe
driver behaviour.
- To challenge the misconception that roads are
dangerous and encourage walking to school as a viable, healthy and
sustainable alternative to the car.
Year 6 – Level 2 Cycle Training (On
Road) (See Related Projects)
These inputs provide consistent growth of
road safety knowledge, each year building on prior knowledge of
road safety issues, from basic issues such as holding hands and
wearing a seat belt to looking at the impact traffic can cause on
us as road users as well as the wider issues concerning road
safety.
Capita Symonds' Casualty Reduction Team’s
Manager and Coordinators set up the educational programme for the
Borough. An annual review of the scheme takes place so as to
incorporate any new information or to change methods of delivery
etc.
The programme is coordinated and delivered by
the Casualty Reduction Team’s ETP Coordinator and the Educational
Road Safety Officer.
The selection criteria was collated from the
needs of the educational establishments and targeting specific
areas by using local accident data and social deprivation data
within the Borough.
The educational programme is offered to all
establishments throughout the Borough, approximately 80 nursery
establishments and 53 primary schools.