Teaching Aid Calendars
The Road Safety Teaching Aid Calendar is provided by the Department of the Environment Road Safety Education Officer Service.
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 Nursery, P1 + P2
MIDDLE  A middle calendar developed for P3, P4 and P5
UPPER  A final calendar for P6 + P7
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 you teach an important road safety lesson to your class throughout the school year. The messages are as simple as possible for the children but we rely very much on you to expand the message to suit local circumstances and fully explain the road safety points.
The Department of the Environment Road Safety Education Officer Service appreciates the valuable road safety education carried out by teachers.
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
Please try to use the calendar as part of your teaching plan each week during the school year.
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