This morning, as part of Year 1's Outdoor Week, we focused on Road Safety. We learnt about different types of crossings that help keep us safe (how many can you identify?) as well as how to be safe and be seen when out on our bikes or scooters. The children went out in small groups to identify information related to roads and how to cross safely. Children were confident recognising the zigzag lines outside of school, as well as parallel lines. They knew these shouldn't be parked on as it stops the children from being able to identify hazards easily and therefore cross the road safely. Other groups created information videos, posters or leaflets about how to stay safe around the roads. It was great to see how hard some children worked on these. We also saw children using vehicles in their role play to act out how to cross the road; this is a great example of 'learning through play'. 

Children learnt the song below (see link) in order to remember that we need to:

Stop

Look

Listen

Think

The 'Think' is particularly important; we cannot always hear electric vehicles moving, so we need to 'think' and double check it is safe when crossing the road.

Why not ask the children how much they can remember about keeping safe? We were very impressed with how sensible they were when out today. 

Think Song

https://www.think.gov.uk/resource/safer-journeys-anthem/ 

For more information

https://www.think.gov.uk/