Safety on the Road | Activities | Road Signs | Seatbelts | Road Safety | Visibilty | Traffic Hazards

A series of demonstration, practice, extension and testing activities on aspects of safety on the roads including walking to school, being seen at night, seatbelts, road signs, Green Cross Code, hazards on the road and safety on a bike.
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A journey to the school A simple message for very young learners that you don't go out without an adult, you hold on to them at all times until you are in the schoolyard.	Be Seen 1 A simple site explaining the importance of being seen in the dark by wearing fluorescent and reflective clothing. Young learners have to 'dress' the characters appropriately.	Build a bike An excellent interactive site which allows learners to 'build their own bike' by a simple 'drag and drop' activity. The bike is not completed unless all the parts are in the correct place.	Accident Statistics Quiz A quiz for more able learners where the answers have to be obtained from reading statistics.
Be safe all year round A simple site which gets learners to understand the dangers of each of the seasons by placing text of these dangers to the appropriate season.	Be Seen 2 A series of excellent colourful slides with tips on safety about being seen.	Crossing the road safely An excellent activity on the 'Green Cross Code'. The activity is a 9 piece jigsaw which covers a picture. As learners complete the 9 question quiz parts of the picture are revealed. When complete an animation reiterates all the young learners should know.	Be Seen Wordsearch 1 A simple wordsearch activity using words that young learners should be familiar with.
Crash An short but excellent interactive site which shows the effects of wearing and not wearing a seat belt when a car hits a wall at 20, 30 and 40mph. Although it is only a cartoon creation with the sound and imagery the reaction of learners could be dramatic	Colourful Cars A simple game of matching car design cards. A game of memory and concentration.	Design a Poster An excellent format as learners have to choose a headline, type and colour of font, input text and select a picture to go with their text. A simple but effective way of getting young learners to put some thoughts about reflective clothing on screen.	Be Seen Wordsearch 2 A second simple wordsearch activity using words that young learners should be familiar with.
Crash Test Dummies A visual explanation of how crash test dummies help with car safety.	Crossing Catastrophe A simple jigsaw type activity for younger learners who have to recreate the photographs of four 'lollipop people'.	Find the Hidden Message An excellent word activity consisting of 11 clues. The first letter of each answer give a specific road safety message. This uses an acrostic format to a specific topic.	Cycle Safety Wordsearch A simple wordsearch activity involving words about cycling road safety.
Jess's Journey A simple activity which would serve as a means of checking whether learners had grasped the concept of where it is best to cross the road.	Cycle Safety A series of excellent colourful slides with tips on cycle safety.	Bus Musts An excellent 'magnetic word' game. Learners are given a set of words from which they have to create 4 sentences concerning the rules of bus travel. NB The word ALWAYS is the title.	Cycling Accident Quiz A quiz for more able learners where the answers have to be obtained from reading statistics.
Journey to the playground A simple message for very young learners that you don't go out without an adult, you hold on to them at all times until you are in the playground.	I Spy Car Journey The concept for this interactive activity is excellent. Getting a young learner to concentrate on the buildings, trees, road signs and pedestrian crossings they may encounter as if they were driving a car is brilliant.	Bus Must Nots An excellent 'magnetic word' game. Learners are given a set of words from which they have to create 4 sentences concerning the rules of bus travel. NB The word NEVER is the title.	How Bright are you? A series of 16 questions, the answers of which give you the first letter of a road safety phrase.
Name That Sound Another excellent activity linking safety with spelling. An activity in which the learner gets to hear a sound associated with road safety and then has to spell the word or words the sound depicts. A clever activity involving listening skills.	In Car Safety A series of excellent colourful slides with tips on in car safety.	Safer Routes A simple activity which links road safety with maths co-ordinates. The learner has to simply follow the grid references by clicking on the correct arrows guiding the cyclist to school via a safer route. The next part is to type in the return grid reference.	How Road-wise are you? A series of 10 questions about road safety. A score is given at the conclusion of all the questions.
Protect Your Head An excellent activity which links road safety with spelling. There are 12 spelling mistakes in the passage that learners have to identify and correct.	Know Your Bike A simple activity of 'dragging and dropping' the various part names onto a bike. Learners have to take care as some of the positioning has got to be quite precise.	Seatbelt Word Game Another simple activity which links spelling with safety. Learners have to see how many 3, 4, 5, 6 letters and over they can make from the word SEATBELT.	Know your road signs A series of 9 questions about road signs. A score is given at the conclusion of all the questions.
Rules of the road A series of tips about basic cycling safety on the road.	On the Road A series of excellent colourful slides with tips on road safety.	On Your Bike Another excellent interactive bike safety activity. There are 7 repairs need to be done to the bike before its safe to use. Learners have to identify the repairs and correct them from the options given. May only suit more able learners.	Parts of a bike wordsearch A simple interactive wordsearch completed on screen. Would aid spelling and link with other 'bike word' activities.
Safer Routes to School An excellent activity in which learners have to 'drag and drop' a variety of crossing options into the picture. Be warned some of them are very 'position specific'. I tried to put one where it should go but it wouldn't because I was two centimetres off.	Ready for the Road A simple interactive activity in which young learners choose 4 characters in turn and give them a helmet and reflective strips.	Which Restraint? A simple but excellent interactive activity which informs learners about the need for different types of restraint for different size and weight of passenger. Learners have to weigh and then choose the correct restraint for each of the various passengers.	Passenger Accident Quiz A quiz for more able learners where the answers have to be obtained from reading statistics.
Stop, Look, Listen, Live An excellent site which sadly cannot be split into individual activities except from the home page. Covers all aspects of road safety on foot, on wheels and on the road. Each section has a number of sub-sections which are broken down into smaller parts.	Reflective Helps An excellent activity where learners have to identify where there are 11 reflective objects in the picture. The picture is set in the daytime but when the button is pressed in the bottom left hand corner of the screen the picture is transformed into night		Pedestrian Wordsearch A simple wordsearch activity involving words about pedestrian road safety.
The Balloons An interactive site for younger learners. When clicked on each balloon has an important rule about road safety.	Roadside Snap A simple game of matching road sign cards. A game of memory and concentration.		Safe in the car A series of 9 questions about safety in the car. A score is given at the conclusion of all the questions.
WordWheel Another activity linking safety with spelling. An activity in which clues are given to the word required to be spelled from the letter given. There are 3 rounds and the words get longer and harder.	Safer Crossing Places The learner 'controls' the character Roxy to cross a road at a zebra crossing. By clicking different letter keys Roxy walks, waits, turns, looks and listens. The correct combination allows Roxy to cross the road and on to the pelican crossing.		Safe in the car wordsearch A wordsearch completed on screen. Would aid spelling and link with other 'car' activities.
You & your bike A series of tips about basic cycling safety before setting off.	Spot the Mistakes An activity in which learners have to spot the 7 mistakes (bike safety hazards) that are shown in the picture. As they 'double click' on the hazard it 'corrects itself'. A simple but excellent short activity which makes its point.		Test cycling knowledge A series of 9 questions about cycling. A score is given at the conclusion of all the questions.
	Street Safety A simple colourful series of slides about walking safety. A bit American in terminology but useful for very young learners.		Safer Places to Cross A series of 9 questions about safe road crossing places. A score is given at the conclusion of all the questions.
	Walking On the Pavement A simple activity of matching the cards with the same pictures showing pedestrian hazards.		The Green Cross Code A series of 8 questions about the Green Cross Code. A score is given at the conclusion of all the questions.
	What's Wrong An activity in which young learners have to spot the 8 mistakes (car safety hazards) that are shown in the picture. As they 'double click' on the hazard it 'corrects itself'.

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Streetwise in the daytime An activity in which learners identify those people who are being streetwise during the daytime.	Road Safety Signs An activity in which learners drag and drop the correct signs to match the descriptions given.	Roadwise An excellent activity set as a crossword where learners answer questions by inputting their answers into the crossword.	Green Cross Code An activity in which learners drag and drop the sentences into the correct order.
Streetwise at night An activity in which learners identify those people who are being streetwise at night	Road Safety Game 1 An activity in which learners help Maggie get to school by using the arrow keys. You get more points for choosing safe routes and clicking on things you think are dangerous. Score enough points and get other levels.	Streetwise Drag and drop the items on the right in order to plan an ideal town.
Be Seen A simple animation showing the comparison between being seen day and night when riding a bike.	Road Safety Game 2 An activity in which learners help Maggie, Max and Molly get to school by using the arrow keys. You get more points for choosing safe routes and clicking on things you think are dangerous. Score enough points and get other levels.	Spot the Difference Learners have to spot 7 differences in 60 seconds between the two pictures of road safety.
Be Seen, Be Safe A short animation showing a boy cycling to see his friend. At a number of points learners are asked what should Max do. Good as a discussion on points of safety.	Are You Streetwise? An excellent drag and drop activity placing road signs with their meanings.
You and Your Bike Learners can click on a series of numbers to find more information about being ready to ride their bike.	Green Cross Code Drag and drop the 6 statements into the correct order of the Green Cross Code.
Rules of the Road A series of pictures to explain how cyclists should behave whilst on the road.	Road Sign Pairs Learners match the pairs of road signs hidden behind the cards.
Street Safety An excellent series of short animations showing how to cross the road, using pedestrian crossings and traffic lights, walking on the pavement. Each section has a song with lyrics to print. American words like sidewalk but if it hooks youngsters????
Road Sign Drawings An excellent set of drawings which can be enlarged and/or downloaded.
Who is Streetwise? 2 pictures, one in the daytime and one at night, which can be enlarged to identify those people who are being streetwise.
Be Seen A simple 2 screen animation showing how a cyclist is seen during the day and during the night.
Traffic Sound Downloads An index of sound files of traffic noises perhaps for learners to identify.	Matching Pairs Road Signs Learners match the pairs of hidden road signs.	Word Scramble Learners have to drag and drop the letters in the grid to make up a word that has a connection with road safety. There is a picture clue.
Stop Look Listen Live Game To enter the site, click the button to "create a new hog", then give your hedgehog a name. This site encourages children to think about road safety, and has sections for when they are on foot, on wheels and in the car, with lots of games and quizzes.	Lucy Goes to School Learners have to say whether two cards have matching pictures. When they do they become parts of the message - stop, hold hands, listen and think before you cross the road.	Town and Country Hazards Learners have to identify the 3 main hazards shown in the picture and click on their number listed down the right hand side.
Street Safety Songs For each of the American safety areas there is a song, an animation and song lyrics to print if required.

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