Traffic Safety Grade 2

Discussion Tell me about your neighbourhood.

List some of the traffic in your neighbourhood, traffic on the road, on paths, and on rails.
Invite the class to contribute to a list of all the different types of road users and vehicles
that a pedestrian needs to loo out for. !s"
# $hy do you need to stop before crossing a road%
# $here do pedestrians need to stop% &eg. at the erb, at the edge of the footpath, on the
shoulder of the road, on a pedestrian refuge, on the median strip, at the side of a vehicle
in a carpar, 'here there are drive'ays(lane'ays)
# $hat could happen if they didn*t stop%
# +o' do you no' if it is a good or bad place to stop% &eg. is it bet'een pared cars% Is
there a clear vie' of traffic in every direction%)
Invite the class to contribute to a list of all the different types of road users and vehicles
that a pedestrian needs to loo out for. !s"
# $hat do pedestrians need to loo for% &other road users such as" cars, trucs, bicycles,
motorcycles, buses, other pedestrians)
# $here do pedestrians need to loo% &all around)
# $hy do they need to loo in every direction%
# So 'hat could happen if you only looed once, or only in one direction%
!s the children to close their eyes. +ave them listen for a one,minute period and as
them to tell you 'hat different sounds they heard. !s"
# $hich direction did each sound come from%
!s"
# $hat sounds can you hear 'hen you are outside% &eg. traffic sounds, engines, bells,
sirens, 'histles, beeps, screeching, music, ticing pedestrian crossings)
# $hat do pedestrians need to listen for% &eg. Instructions or orders from older people,
permission from crossing supervisors, vehicle sounds, 'histles)
# $hat maes it difficult to listen for traffic sounds%
+ave the class mae Stop, Loo, Listen, Thin posters and display them around the
school.