Road safety

Some resources for teaching road safety:

• From Northern Ireland Curriculum:

In Out and Beyond Thematic unit What's out there page 12  and 13 

and Going Places 

 

also from that pack resource 22 traffic lights and crossing the road

 

 

 From my Box net

A survey How do you get to college WORD  

A survey How do you get to college PDF

A survey about going out on your own  PDF   

A survey about going out on your own WORD
A travel safe guide can be found on the northern Ireland page https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/

in the search section put in travel safe guide 

• Road safety starts on page 19

  From My Box net 

A music based activity -listening  for modes of transport in songs PDF

A music based activity - spotting modes pf transport in song WORD 

Bus Key words

A bus key word worksheet available to download from My Box net as a Publisher or PDF  

Travel by bus

A maths worksheet on out journey times  suitable for E2/E3

Traveling Safely when Out and About has a section on bus travel

The Railway

• Railway Safety : A resource from Skills workshop

https://www.skillsworkshop.org/resources/railway-safety-discussion-prompts

• A tick sheet  about level crossings 

Bullying and Harrasement at the Railway station

Watch the video  NO LONGER AVAILABLE 2021

The best time of the day

In groups discuss:

What happened here? What could have happened? 

 Emma is about to jump on the track to fetch her headphones just as a fast train is about to pass. She may be too upset to look for trains and she hasn’t heard a train approaching. Chris – who just bullied her – ends up saving her life.

Bullying and harassing others can put them in danger by alienating and isolating them. Even an un-thoughtful act can put others in real danger. 

These notes are taken from the website Track off no longer available

Feedback to the class

Information sheet:

some tips for staying safe no longer available

Keeping Safe Out and About

Staying Safe Out and about is a free download from Foundation for people with Learning Disabilities.

being safe when out and about Suzy Lamlugh Trust not  intended for learning difficulties bu the tips apply https://www.suzylamplugh.org/personal-safety-out-and-about

Suzy Lamlugh Trust: Personal Safety Video

Staying Safe Out and About a guide to traveling around London- but useful information for all.

Safety at the railway station.

Teaching the rules about the Yellow Line on the railway platform

Read the Story of the man in Perth Australia

Watch the short film on  You Tube

People Power frees man

Watch the video Safe at the station part 1

Use an information sheet  Word  or PDF about Yellow Line rules and Mind the Gap !

A instruction sheet for a follow up task: Create a poster 



Visiting the Railway station:


A tick sheet to use when visiting a railway station. Word version

PDF version 





From Skills workshop An e2/3 powerpoint about Train safety 

'A railway safety PowerPoint to be used as a discussion on why we need to stay safe around railway lines. Can be used as a speaking and listening tool to form discussion points or as a reading comprehension.'

Southern Rail have produced a series of videos on how to use the ticket machine

See my other Train travel blog entry: Train Safety

Transition and Beyond

Newham Easy Read site is about the issues that face young people with a learning disability when they leave school or college.

Some of the information is geared to London and the Newham area but there is lots of information which could be used by anyone in the UK. There are sections on relationships, travel training, leisure, work,money,support, day services,living on your own,safety and education.
It is written in simple language with pictures and sounds so that it can be used by young people with a learning disability.

Vist to an Airport

You may be lucky enough to be planning a residential / holiday with your students .This interactive airport activity The Birmingham International Airport experience explains how the airport works from arrival to take off and includes photos and has lots of short videos, This resource is suitable for young people and adults with a learning difficulty. There are a couple of pages that have literacy and numeracy questions related to the airport which can easily be skipped over if the level is too high.

Using the Travel training resource a2bsafely

a2bSafely is an excellent travel training resource for students with learning difficulties.

Content
It has a series of short videos showing young adults making a journey. It is narrated in a clear voice. It has 4 levels
Each level has a choice of journeys :

corner shop route
bus route
pool route
school route
park route

Assessing and RecordingWhen the student has completed a journey they can print out a tracker sheet which summarises what they have learnt .

It can be used as a record and to discuss with the student .

The map detailing all the routes can also be downloaded for the student. There are also newsflash certificates for rewarding good practice at crossing the road and highlighting where more practice is needed .The website ensures that students move through the levels by restricting access to level 3 and 4 . You must turn these on using the toolbox under the PLAY section .

Learning OutcomesThe learning outcomes section tells you what the student will learn in each section It does not however detail the level of each skill. The best place to look for detail is the tracker pages in the download section.



Parent /learner guide
There is a learners/parents guide Step by Step to go alongside this interactive teaching tool . It can be downloaded in PDF form.




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