Lesson 1: Stepping stones to road safety

This pack contains everything you need for lesson plan 1.

Age: 3 to 6

This pack contains everything you need for lesson plan 1, Stepping stones to road safety.

Lesson objectives:

  • To develop familiarity with the Stop, Look, Listen and Think sequence.
  • To know that pedestrians walk on the pavement and vehicles travel on the road.
  • To know how to walk safely with a grown up and hold hands when walking near the road.

This pack contains everything you need for lesson plan 4, Road rangers.

Learning objectives

  • I know that pedestrians walk on the pavement and vehicles travel on the road
  • I know safer crossing places and how to use them
  • I know the Stop, Look, Listen and Think sequence
  • I know how to ride a bike or scooter and cycle or scoot safely
  • I know how to use the correct behaviour to keep myself safe

Safer journeys anthem

In this lesson, school children learn the Safer Journeys anthem.

Download the Safer Journeys anthem on the Vimeo website. From there, simply click on the ‘Download’ button.

Use these resources to teach pupils the song:

The Safer Journey anthem is also available with Welsh subtitles this is shown below. If you wish to download this version, click here again this will take you to Vimeo’s website. From, there simply click on the “Download” button.

In this lesson, your pupils will extend their road safety skills to think about how they can travel safely in the dark and when it’s hard to see. A range of activities will encourage better knowledge of the importance of reflective and high vis features of clothing/bikes and scooters. This is lesson plan 2.

For this lesson, you can:

Lesson objectives:

  1. I know how to help others see me in the dark.
  2. I know how to ride a bike/scooter and cycle/scoot safely.
  3. Understanding why it is important to be bright and be seen.