Education and Schools Work
Visits are made throughout the year to schools where the Road Safety Team deliver a wide range of programmes addressing a number of current issues like seat belt wearing, crossing roads and pre-driver education.
Children respond to lively, stimulating lessons and it is our aim to make these sessions memorable for the children as well as providing them with advice that could help prevent them being injured on our roads. During the Academic Year 2006-2007, over 14,000 Hackney school children received input from the Road Safety Team in their schools.
Road Safety education though, is not just about working in schools and the team are keen to form links with the wider community in Hackney. Hackney is a diverse community and the road safety team welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can work with different groups to make Hackney a safer place to live, work and travel in.
Teachers
As well as visits to schools, there are a number of resources the Road Safety Team can provide teachers such as activity books and Arrive Alive (Junior Highway Code). Please contact the Road Safety Team on 020 8356 8479/8364.
For Lesson Plans and worksheets on a variety of curriculum subjects at both primary and secondary level visit http://www.dft.gov.uk/think/teachers/lessonplans/
Other Help
Other help for teachers is available at a number of web-sites including www.larsoa.org.uk (Local Authorities Road Safety Officers Association), www.rospa.com (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents), www.3M.com , www.capt.org.uk (Child Accident Prevention Trust), www.bmweducation.co.uk , www.safetymatters.renault.co.uk , www.brake.org.uk,.
Page updated: 7 Apr 2008