Transitioning to Secondary School

Teaching length: Over 30 minutes

Transitioning to Secondary School

Road casualty data shows that the number of child pedestrian casualties doubles between the ages of 9 and 11, with incidents more likely to happen during drop-off and pick up times. 

This free, printable activity sheet helps parents prepare their children for more independent travel, especially as they start thinking about the move to secondary school. The sheet includes simple tips for parents to share on practice journeys and an interactive Safe Adventures quiz for children. 

Click on the icons above to download the activity sheet.

We’ve also teamed up with The National College to launch a new guide for parents and educators, designed to help children build essential road safety skills as they gain independence. Get the resource here.

Our Tales of the Road resource remains a key tool for empowering children with the knowledge to stay safe and is especially useful as they transition to more independent travel. A print-friendly version of the booklet is also available, condensed for easy use but packed with the same helpful advice and information. 

For more information on supporting children’s road safety as they move to secondary school, visit our Safe Adventures page.  

Tales of the Road

Tales of the Road is designed to empower children with the knowledge to stay safe on our road. 

The resource contains tips and interactive games to help young road users navigate the workbook quickly and easily. It can be accessed and completed online, or can be downloaded, allowing progress to be saved and continued another day – perfect for children to come back to whether they are learning remotely during half-terms and summer holidays or in the classroom. 

A shorter, print-friendly version of the booklet is now also available, including all of the same information and advice but in a condensed format. 

Features of Tales of the Road include:

  • Interactive question and answer sections, with name personalisation
  • Green Cross code reminders
  • REMEMBER! Key safety tips
  • Glossary with additional words and definitions

To access or download the resource, click on the icons above. You may want to look at our other free education resources available such as:

History of Tales of the Road

Tales of the Road first launched over  ten years ago. During that time, we’ve provided teachers and road safety educators with resources ranging from short videos that give children tips on how to cross the road safely, to interactive games that children can use to build their road safety skills 

As more of our audience move to digital channels, Tales of the Road gives schools and parents an easy way to access the resource online and to engage children through interactive learning. 

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 will need:

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.