Road Safety Learning for Early Years and Primary RoSPA Child Safety Conference – A Sharing 17 February 2015 Radisson Blu, Glasgow Mairi Blair, Road Safety Scotland

Overview • Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2020 • Road Safety Scotland • Lifelong learning • Road safety within Curriculum for Excellence • Learning resources for early years and primary • Questions • Contacts

Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2020

priorities targets

…everyone’s responsibility targets and

priorities

2020 (2013) Killed - 40% (41%) Seriously Injured - 55% (36%) Children killed - 50% (60%) Children SI - 65% (56%)

children drivers aged 17-25 rural roads speed seatbelts drink drive leadership sharing intelligence and good practice

partnerships

Strategic Board Operational Group SG/TS secretariat

Local Authorities Police Scotland

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Motoring/charitable organisations

Academics

Road Safety Scotland • Transport Scotland – the Scottish Government’s

Transport Agency Transport Policy Directorate Transport, Accessibility and Road Safety Road Safety Scotland

• responsibility for Education and Publicity

Lifelong learning …not just Scotland

“To be effective, road safety education shall be provided on a systematic and continuous basis in pre-school establishments, primary and secondary schools, within out-of-school activities and places of further education.”

(UN)

Road safety learning …. in Scotland • Strategy to ensure that children and young

people have access to road safety learning • Road safety approaches and resources … researched, developed, evaluated … designed by teachers for teachers … supported by local expertise

Curriculum for Excellence

Skills for learning

Skills for life Skills for work

Effective contributors

Confident individuals

Responsible citizens

Successful learners

Curriculum for Excellence • expressive

arts • health and

wellbeing • literacy and

English • maths and

numeracy • science • social studies • technologies

Go Safe with Ziggy! • Early level and P1 ▫ Launched 2010 ▫ Six stories based around the

seasons ▫ Links to CfE’s experiences

and outcomes ▫ Big Book Sets – pre-school

sector, P1 classes, community groups

▫ Little books for home ▫ Partnerships - Scottish Book

Trust, Scottish Childminding Association, Education Scotland

▫ www.gosafewithziggy.com

…..buggy book • A bright noisy rhyming story for

0 – 3 year olds, developed as part of the early years development

• Ongoing partnership with the

Scottish Book Trust • Part of the Bookbug Baby Bag

- initial Health Visitor visit

streetsense2 • Core primary resource -

Early, First and Second - P1 to P7

Challenges knowledge,

attitudes and behaviour Enables children to self-

reflect Interactive activities Teacher notes Links with experiences and

outcomes of CfE www.streetsense2.com

JRSO All together for road safety • Second level - P5 to P7 ▫ JRSOs are Junior Road

Safety Officers ▫ Co-ordinate a wide range of

road safety activity in school, with support of an adult

▫ Encourages peer learning and promotes partner working

▫ Links with experiences and outcomes of CfE

▫ www.jrso.com

Thank you for listening! Any questions? Mairi Blair Road Safety Scotland mairi.blair@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk enquiries@roadsafetyscotland.org.uk 0131 244 6133