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Overview of this session

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Why teach Traffic Safety Education (TSE)?

How to teach TSE
An overview of Kids On The Move
Kids On The Move and the Victorian Essential Learning Standards
(VELS)
5. Working Kids On The Move into your program
6. Conclusion

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1. Why teach TSE?

Victorian unintentional injury deaths for children
aged 5 to 12 years of age, 2000-2003

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1. Why teach TSE?

Serious injuries and fatalities by road user group for
children aged 5 to 12 years of age, 2001-2005 Victoria

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1. Why teach TSE?

Primary school aged children are at significant risk when using the
transport system
Safe road use behaviour develops over time and needs to be
constantly practised and reinforced in a range of different travel
contexts
All members of the school and general community share
responsibility for the safety of children when travelling
There is a duty of care as we encourage children more to use active
transport eg. walking, cycling when travelling to and from school,
it is essential they can do so safely

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2. How to teach TSE

Research shows that TSE requires continuous, age appropriate and
sequential education across year levels
It needs a combination of parents/carers and teachers working
together to provide experiences in the classroom and in real traffic
environments
The Traffic Safety Education Strategy recommends a minimum level
of TSE Prep to Year 2, Years 6 and 7, and Year 10 in recognition
of the demands on curriculum and classroom time
In primary schools use Kids On The Move and other TSE programs
and resources

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3. An overview
of Kids On The
Move
The Kids On The
Move resource
contains 3 books and
a DVD video

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3. An overview
of Kids On The
Move
Book 1 contains ideas
for taking a whole school
approach to improve
road safety for students

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3. An overview of Kids On The Move

Rationale for TSE
Overview of Kids On The Move
Kids On The Move and the Victorian Essential
Learning Standards (VELS)
Guidelines for conducting TSE activities
Ideas for whole school community approaches

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3. An overview
of Kids On The
Move
Book 2 contains a mix of
classroom and practical
activities for
teachers of VELS levels
1 and 2, focusing on key
pedestrian and
passenger safety issues

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3. An overview of Kids On The Move

4 Modules:
1. Roads, Vehicles and Traffic
2. Stop, Look, Listen and Think
3. Pedestrian Safety
4. Passenger Safety
Within each module there are core and enrichment
activities, including take-home activity sheets
Activities include components for in the classroom,
exploring the local area and things to do at home

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3. An overview
of Kids On The
Move
Book 3 contains a mix of
classroom and practical
activities for teachers of
VELS levels 4 and 5,
focusing on key
cycling, pedestrian and
public transport safety
issues

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3. An overview of Kids On The Move

4 Modules:
1. Why road safety matters
2. Pedestrian Safety
3. Cycling
4. Public Transport
Within each module there are core and enrichment
activities, including take-home activity sheets
Activities include components for in the classroom,
exploring the local area and things to do at home

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3. An overview
of Kids On The
Move
A childs world of traffic
is DVD video designed
to educate
parents/carers of
children in Prep to Year
2 to the developmental
issues that put children
at risk when near traffic

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4. Kids On The Move and the VELS

The VELS includes standards at six levels which are broadly
associated with the years of schooling from Prep to Year 10. Kids On
The Move focuses on:
VELS Levels 1 and 2 (students in Prep Year 2)
VELS Levels 4 and 5 (specifically, students in Years 5, 6 and 7)

Traffic safety education fits well within the VELS three interrelated
strands of learning skills, knowledge and behaviours in:
Physical, Personal and Social Learning
Discipline-based Learning
Interdisciplinary Learning.

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4. Kids On The Move and the VELS

Within the Physical, Personal and Social Learning strand TSE
relates most to the following domains and dimensions:
DOMAIN

DIMENSION

Health and physical

education

Movement and physical activity

Health knowledge and promotion

Interpersonal
development

Building social relationships

Working in teams

Personal learning

The individual learner

Managing personal learning

Civics and citizenship Civics knowledge and understanding

Community engagement
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4. Kids On The Move and the VELS

From within the Discipline Based Learning strand TSE concepts
can be taught and explored eg.
Mathematical skills can be drawn upon to develop the skills of estimation,
stopping distances, spatial relations
English skills can be developed through reading, understanding and
recognition of rules, advice, signs and road markings

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4. Kids On The Move and the VELS

Through the Interdisciplinary Learning strand skills can be
enhanced for listening, viewing and responding, presenting,
investigating and designing, producing, analysing and evaluating and
thinking
These are important skills for decision making and problem solving in
relation to safe travel

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5. Other resources and programs

Slideshow with images of
traffic signs and scenes is
available to download from:
www.arrivealive.vic.gov.au
www.vicroads.vic.gov.au
Kids On The Move poster

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5. Other resources and programs

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RACV Street Scene

Metlink Travel On
Victoria Police Youth Resource Officers
Bike Ed
School Travel Planning
Walking School Bus

5. Working Kids On The Move into your

program
Spend some time looking through the book relevant to your class
Think about how the modules and activities link to other units and
work you have planned
Discuss when and how you could include modules and activities into
your class program
Report back to the group

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6. Conclusion
Obtaining more copies of the Kids On The Move resource contact
the VicRoads Bookshop Tel: 9854 2782
You may be contacted in the future to get feedback on the resource
and to find out how you have used it
Any questions?

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