Safe Around Schools
Road Safety tips over the School Holidays
With school holidays approaching, daily routines will change. Everyone becomes more relaxed and there will be different locations for your children to play in during the holiday period. There may be changed traffic environments and new safety concerns that families need to be aware of.
To help keep our children safe, here are some handy key road safety tips during the holidays:
- Always supervise your children. Do not allow them to play in driveways or on nature strips.
- Hold hands with your children when near roads and walking through carparks or shopping centers as these can be busier with frequently reversing and moving vehicles.
- Practice Stop, Look, Listen & Think every time you cross the road.
- Teach children about road safety every time you are out near the roads - practice these life skills at traffic lights, zebra crossings and footpath curbs.
- Roads, footpaths, parks, carparks, and bike tracks can look very different in the holiday period or maybe totally foreign to a child – take time to explain this to your child.
- Ensure your child is in the correct child restraint and always wears their seatbelt when in the car.
- When your child rides a bike or scooter, ensure they wear a helmet. See below information to choose the correct helmet and fitting.
More Resources for parents over the school holidays:
Mental health supports for students over school holidays (education.vic.gov.au)
Helmets: What you need to know - Courtesy of Road to Zero
The Safe Around Schools Team wish all Casey Schools a very happy and safe holiday.