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Overview of this session
1. Why teach Traffic Safety Education (TSE)?2. How to teach TSE3. An overview of Kids On The Move
4. Kids On The Move and the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS)
5. Working Kids On The Move into your program6. 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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The Kids On The Move resource contains 3 books and a DVD video
3. An overview of Kids On The Move
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Book 1 contains ideas for taking a whole school approach to improve road safety for students
3. An overview of Kids On The Move
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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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Book 2 contains a mix of classroom and practical activities forteachers of VELS levels 1 and 2, focusing on keypedestrian and passenger safety issues
3. An overview of Kids On The Move
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3. An overview of Kids On The Move• 4 Modules:
1. Roads, Vehicles and Traffic2. Stop, Look, Listen and Think3. Pedestrian Safety4. 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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Book 3 contains a mix of classroom and practical activities for teachers of VELS levels 4 and 5, focusing on keycycling, pedestrian and public transport safety issues
3. An overview of Kids On The Move
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3. An overview of Kids On The Move• 4 Modules:
1. Why road safety matters2. Pedestrian Safety3. Cycling4. 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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A child’s 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
3. An overview of Kids On The Move
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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 activityHealth knowledge and promotion
Interpersonal development
Building social relationshipsWorking in teams
Personal learning The individual learnerManaging personal learning
Civics and citizenship Civics knowledge and understandingCommunity 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
• RACV Street Scene• Metlink Travel On• Victoria Police Youth Resource Officers• Bike Ed• School Travel Planning• Walking School Bus
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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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