Wellbeing

3/4HT Kew Traffic School 

The sun shone brightly and seemed to mirror our excitement as we headed off on our excursion to Kew Traffic School last Monday.   Helmets and water bottles in hand, we arrived ready to continue our learning about staying safe.

Upon arrival, we participated in an interactive safety presentation where we learned lots of interesting facts on how to make sure that we stay safe when travelling on roads.  For example:

• Children less than 145 cm tall should not sit in the front seat of a car.  This is because if the airbag is deployed in a crash, it could seriously injure the passenger by hitting them in the face if they are not tall enough. (Adelia)
• We all know that traffic lights are red, yellow or green and that red means stop, yellow means get ready to stop and green means go.  We learned that all other road signs are coloured using the same system.  For example, freeway signs are coloured green because on a freeway you go; stop signs are coloured red because you need to stop.  (Marques and Chelsea)
• My favourite signs were the yellow ones because they mean that anybody who was walking somewhere could check carefully and go if it was safe to do so! (Maggie)
• You need to be careful and watch what you are doing and where you are going all the time. (Deng)
• We should travel on the right hand side of the road when riding. (Lee-Leanne)
• I learned how to use my brakes and ride my bike better. (Nathan H)
• When you cross a road, you need to look side to side because if the traffic light is red some cars might not brake in time and stop for you.  (Thien-An)
• When riding your bike, you should start pedalling with your right leg on your raised right pedal.  This is called the power position. (Adelia)
• I learned how to cross a road safely. (Dre)
• Your helmet needs to be nice and tight when riding a bike or scooter. (Edie)
• Children 12 years and under are allowed to ride their bikes on the footpath. (Mrs Holroyd)

Walking around the traffic school, we proceeded to put this new learning into practice.  We practiced how to cross roads, and what to do at roundabouts, intersections, traffic lights, street signs, and railway crossings.

Then the best part – we got to ride bikes and scoot around the mini village.  We practised riding on the right hand side of the road and obeying traffic signs and traffic lights.  Mrs Holroyd got dizzy watching us go round and round!  We had the best morning ever at Kew Traffic School.