During the month of June, there are weekly road safety tasks designed for you to complete with your child. As lockdown restrictions are slowly lifted and the volume of traffic on our roads continues to rise again, this weeks focus is aptly on pedestrian safety.
The task concentrates on safe pedestrian practice and we hope that it will help your child develop positive habits as they learn from doing and following your example. Please talk to your child about and practise the following safe pedestrian habits with children under the age of 8:
Holding hands with an adult or holding on to a buggy (shopping trolley if in a supermarket carpark);
· Walking on the footpath (on the inside of the footpath with the adult closest to the roadside);
· The simple message of STOP, LOOK and LISTEN:
o STOP behind the kerb;
o LOOK and LISTEN for traffic before crossing the road;
o LOOK and LISTEN for traffic while you cross the road.
And the following safe practise for children over the age of 8:
The Green Cross Code – children are generally considered to be ready to judge speed and distance of traffic from the age of eight years. Knowing and being able to use the Green Cross Code is an essential life skill for all children:
o First find a safe place to cross;
o Stop with your toes behind the kerb (or grass verge on a country road);
o Look and listen in all directions for any traffic;
o If any traffic is coming, let it pass;
o When the road is clear, walk straight across the road;
o Keep looking and listening for traffic as you cross.
· Walking on the footpath (on the inside of the footpath with the adult closest to the roadside)
Enjoy going on walks with your child & remember these safe practices at all times!
Attached is also two associated worksheets which can be used to reinforce the learning but are not intended to be used in isolation.
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