Road Safety with Constable Debbie 16.5.16

Constable Rick and Constable Debbie came to teach us about ROAD SAFETY

We learnt to look for things around the road, where we should be walking to keep safe, where to cross, and what drivers look out for.

We discussed what traffic is- cars, trucks, police car, motorbike, bus- traffic is something on the road that has wheels.

If we will cross the road we need something that will help us cross. - mums and dads, big people, road patrollers- they can see the cars, they are taller. When it is safe to cross they will tell you it's is safe to cross the road. 

We need to look and listen to make sure we are aware of what is happening. 

 

 We went to the gate to do an activity. 

We had to close our eyes and listen to what we could hear. -cars, wind, trucks, speedy cars, birds chirping. We need to keep listening to traffics to keep ourselves safe. 

Don't go on the red man. Wait for the green man and make sure the cars have stopped before crossing the road.

We looked for signs for the drivers- read and white give way signs- slow down and stop, be careful. 50- car can only drive at 50km an hour. Blue signs -road sign. Bus stops- where the bus stops.

Driveway- we need to stop and look for cars. Not all cars in driveways are coming out- we know this if they have no noise coming from it, no person, the wheels are stopped, no lights are on. We can't see up all driveways, some are sneaky because we can't see up them because of fences and other things. 

We named some parts of the road.

Footpaths are for out feet and scooters. The curb is near the road so we stay away from it because it is Next to The road is for cars, the gutter is for water.

Room 1 discussed what they learnt when they got back to class. These are some of the things they said...

• You are only allowed to cross the road when no cars are coming.
• Wait for the green man to come up.
• Don't go on the red man because the cars wont be stopped.
• Cross the road with a teacher, our mums and dads, and road patrol children.
• Watch out for motorbikes, police cars, cars, trucks,bus, ambulance.
• Bike o the road.
• Walk on the footpath, away from the curb. 
• We saw some signs that are helpful for the cars.