Road safety education at primary school generally focuses on passenger and pedestrian safety. Children begin to take more responsibility for keeping themselves safe on the road – such as remembering to use a seat belt, being safe on and around public transport, selecting safe places to cross roads and using the correct road crossing procedure. In Years 4 to 6, bicycle education also becomes a key focus. However, up until age 12 most children do not have the skills and experience to be safe in complex traffic without supervision.

Several primary school programs and resources have been developed. These include:

Kids On The Move
Bike Ed
Traffic Safety Storybooks
Travel On (METLINK)
Street Scene (RACV)


Kids On The Move
Kids On The Move is the new key Victorian traffic safety education resource for primary schools, which targets a minimum level of traffic safety education.

The resource comprises three books and a DVD - A child’s world of traffic, for parents/carers of Prep children.

Kids On The Move aims to: 

• assist school communities to understand their role in delivering essential traffic safety education;
• provide a variety of teaching and learning activities and link these to the Victorian Essential Learning Standards; 
• identify additional enrichment activities for school communities to address local priorities; and 
• provide key road safety information to parents/carers, including activities they can undertake with their children in real traffic environments and to link traffic safety education activities to other programs that complement this area of learning.

Kids On The Move effectively replaces VicRoads RoadSmart program that many schools will have in their resource centre or library. RoadSmart remains a valuable resource and provides schools with additional traffic safety education activities to enrich their program and children’s learning.

How to get Kids On The Move
The Kids On The Move roll-out commenced in early 2007. To find out about the Kids On The Move information sessions in your area, contact your Regional Senior Program Officer. The contact details of the relevant officers can be found on the Traffic Safety Education website.

Bike Ed

Year level	Years 4 to 6
Description	The updated Bike Ed, released in 2009, has a fresh look and some useful new resources. Bike Ed teaches children the skills and knowledge to ride a bicycle safely and independently. The program involves a mix of practical activities conducted off-road (in the school grounds) and on-road (on local roads) together with classroom activities.  It contains five modules: 'Getting started'; 'Basic bike skills'; 'Building skills for riding in traffic'; 'Riding on paths' and 'Riding on-road'.
Materials	Instructor’s manual A Family Guide to Bike Ed – information for parents and carers NEW! DVD: Ed’s Excellent Bike Ed Adventure NEW! Traffic sign cards NEW! Vehicle cards Cycling scenes - images with teaching notes NEW! Outdoor activity checklists Bike Ed CD-ROM NEW!
Sample	Family guide - information for parents and carers [PDF, 3,280KB, 24pp]
Other languages	A Family Guide to Bike Ed has been translated into 5 different languages: A Family Guide to Bike Ed – Arabic [PDF, 3,331kb, 24pp] A Family Guide to Bike Ed – Mandarin [PDF, 3,845kb, 24pp] A Family Guide to Bike Ed – Somali [PDF, 3,644kb, 24pp] A Family Guide to Bike Ed – Turkish [PDF, 3,621kb, 24pp] A Family Guide to Bike Ed – Vietnamese [PDF, 3,663kb, 24pp]
Cost	$88 (including GST) Additional components - the manual and DVD - can also be purchased.
Orders	VicRoads Bookshop ph: (03) 9854 2782 Alternatively you can download and complete the Bike Ed order form and return it to the VicRoads Bookshop.

 
Bike Ed Challenge Guide
The Bike Ed Challenge gives students an opportunity to test their bike riding skills in an exciting series of activities based on the popular Bike Ed program. The Bike Ed Challenge Guide shows how easy it is to run the Bike Ed Challenge at your school and takes you through the preparation and staging of the event.

Bike Ed Challenge Guide [PDF, 1,100KB, 68pp]


Traffic Safety Storybooks for Lower Primary School

Year level	Pre-school and Primary-aged children
Description	Set of storybooks
Materials	Four storybooks: Don’t Forget the Cheese, Pa! - pedestrian safety When Penny Was Mum - safe play The Surprise Visit - passenger safety First Best Friends - travelling to school safely
Orders	VicRoads Bookshop (03) 9854 2782

Travel On (METLINK) 

Year level	Primary-aged children
Description	A comprehensive public transport program which includes: Teacher resource guide Classroom visits by specialist teachers Assistance with excursions using public transport and bonus travel vouchers for schools.
Registration	Register for Travel On Metlink Tel: 9619 5241 (METLINK)

 

Street Scene (RACV)

Year level	Primary-aged children (Prep to Year 6)
Description	RACV Traffic Safety Educators are available to visit primary schools to deliver classroom sessions from Prep to Year 6.
Materials	Each school visited also receives a Teacher Guide that includes a range of integrated teaching ideas and activities, and provides curriculum links.
Contact	RACV Tel: 9790 2924

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