Key Stage 1

Young children should always be accompanied by an adult in the traffic environment, however they can be taught about road situations to develop an awareness of them.

Curriculum objectives for Key Stage 1

Children should always:

• Walk on the pavement where appropriate
• Recognise that roads are for traffic, pavements are for people
• Recognise features of their local roads and the people who will help them cross the road
• Distinguish between safe and unsafe places to walk and to cross the road
• Know they must stop at the edge of the carriageway, look all around and listen before crossing
• Recognise and play in safe places
• Develop the ability to keep themselves safe

Key Stage 1 Teaching Ideas

There are many topics at Key Stage 1 which can include aspects of road safety:

• Colours
• Home/where we live
• Journeys
• Light and Sound
• Out and About
• Myself
• People who help us
• Seasons
• Traffic
• Weather
• Wheels

The Curriculum

Art - making signs and symbols to use around the school

English/Literacy - stories and poems related to roads, traffic, journeys

Geography - study of the local area

History - comparing life in the past with today. Consider means of transport and its implications for everyday life

Mathematics - identification of colour, shapes, sets e.g. simple traffic surveys, counts by colour of vehicles, then type and size of vehicle

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