Teaching Aid Calendars
The Road Safety Teaching Aid Calendar is provided by the Department of the Environment Road Safety Education Officer Service who appreciate the valuable road safety education carried out by teachers.
The Calendar is an established teaching aid resource, used by teachers in Nursery, Primary and Special Schools throughout Northern Ireland.
There are three versions of the Calendar.
EARLY
A first calendar developed for the Foundation Stage (Nursery Year , Year 1 + Year 2)
MIDDLE
A middle calendar developed for Years 3, 4 and 5
UPPER
A final calendar for Years 6 and 7
The Road Safety Teaching Aid Calendars are for the school year September - June (term-time only). The calendars have been designed and produced to help teachers educate their class about an important road safety lesson throughout the school year. The messages are as simple as possible for the children but allow teachers to expand the message to suit their class or local circumstances in order to explain the road safety points.
Road Safety fits into many parts of the Curriculum: and suggested links are provided on each calendar page, for example:
The photographs in the calendars are taken in different parts of Northern Ireland using primary school children in real-life traffic situations. Every attempt is made to select locations that can be easily identified by local children. This adds interest for the pupils.
In addition to the suggested curriculum links, the photographs can be used as a basis for further discussion and work on road safety topics eg. Maths - with your teachers, count the vehicles passing the school gate.
Skooter has been created as the Road Safety teaching character to appear in all the calendars and additional road safety teaching materials produced by the Department of the Environment Road Safety Education Officer Service.
Click here to see Skooter use the Pelican Crossing Teachers are encouraged to use the calendar as part of their teaching plan each week during the school year.
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