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This episode covers practical ways to weave vital road safety messages into play-based learning using Kids and Traffic's free resources. It highlights how educators can use DIY storybook templates to co-create personalised books featuring photos of their own children, families, and local traffic environments. Tips are also shared on using their 'Guidelines for Using Passenger Safety Photos' to ensure visual accuracy while sparking organic, collaborative safety conversations with families.

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Learn Play Thrive Early Education Podcast

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Road Safety in Early Education #4: Language, literacy & learning

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Episode 4 - Language, Literacy and Learning -Apple Podcast

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This episode covers practical ways to weave vital road safety messages into play-based learning using Kids and Traffic's free resources. It highlights how educators can use DIY storybook templates to co-create personalised books featuring photos of their own children, families, and local traffic environments. Tips are also shared on using their 'Guidelines for Using Passenger Safety Photos' to ensure visual accuracy while sparking organic, collaborative safety conversations with families.

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Road Safety in Early Education... - Learn Play Thrive Early Education Podcast - Apple Podcasts

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Welcome back to the Road Safety in Early Education podcast mini-series! In this episode, we reframe the local streetscape as a giant, interactive picture book, demonstrating how road safety education naturally drives early language and literacy.

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A selection of posters to download and print.

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Episode 3 - A Framework for Programming and Planning - Spotify 

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We explore how to move beyond 'Road Safety Week' and embed life-saving messages into your daily curriculum throughout the year.

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Learn Play Thrive Early Education Podcast

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Road Safety in Early Education #3: A Framework for Programming and Planning

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Episode 3 - A Framework for Programming and Planning - Apple Podcasts

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We explore how to move beyond 'Road Safety Week' and embed life-saving messages into your daily curriculum throughout the year.

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Road Safety in Early Education... - Learn Play Thrive Early Education Podcast - Apple Podcasts

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In this episode of our Road Safety in Early Education mini-series, we explore how to move beyond ‘Road Safety Week’ and embed life-saving messages into your daily curriculum throuhgout the year. Using high-quality, play-based pedagogy aligned with the EYLF V2.0, we discuss how to use transitions, dramatic play, and children’s spontaneous interests to make road safety a natural part of early learning.

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Episode 2 - A Whole of Service Approach - Spotify

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We dive into the three core pillars of effective road safety education - partnerships, policies, and programming.

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Learn Play Thrive Early Education Podcast

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Road Safety in Early Education #2: A Whole-of-Service Approach

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We dive into the three core pillars of effective road safety education - partnerships, policies, and programming.

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Road Safety in Early Education... - Learn Play Thrive Early Education Podcast - Apple Podcasts

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In this next episode of our Road Safety in Early Education mini-series, host Linda Harrison is joined by experts Amanda and Bec to shift the conversation from “one-off incursions” to a deliberate, ongoing commitment. We dive into the three core pillars of effective road safety education - partnerships, policies, and programming. Discover why road safety shouldn’t be a stand-alone topic, but rather a living part of your service’s daily routines. Our guests explain how to move beyond basic messages and create a robust framework that embeds road safety into the very fabric of your early childhood environment.

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Episode 1 - Key Road safety Messages - Spotify 

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We explore why educators are a trusted source for families and how to effectively weave road safety messages into the daily fabric of your early years setting.

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We explore why educators are a trusted source for families and how to effectively weave road safety messages into the daily fabric of your early years setting.

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Road Safety In Early Education... - Learn Play Thrive Early Education Podcast - Apple Podcasts

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Welcome to a special edition of the Learn Play Thrive podcast as we launch an exciting 10-part mini-series Road Safety in Early Education. Recorded in partnership with Kids and Traffic, the Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program at Macquarie University, this series is designed to empower educators with evidence-based strategies for keeping our littlest learners safe.

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Translating Kids and Traffic Driveway Safety Video.

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How to keep kids safe-Community language translations

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Resources to help NSW early childhood education and care services to implement best practice in the safe transportation of children.

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MACA - Improving road safety outcomes for vulnerable children

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MACA - Improving road safety outcomes for vulnerable children

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Melissa H. Black, Maya Hayden-Evans, Sarah McGarry, Helen Lindner, Emma Clarkson, Lisa Vale, Tanya Picen, Rebecca Kuzminski & Torbjorn Falkmer (2023) Safe transport of children with disabilities and medical conditions: caregiver experiences, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2023.2210801

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Improving road safety outcomes for vulnerable children

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At Mobility and Accessibility for Children and Adults Ltd. (MACA) we're driving change to advance the rights of children and adults with disabilities and...

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Department of Education Road Safety Messages in Auslan - for older children and high school students

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Robert Townson High School have developed 15 road safety videos in Auslan to share with the deaf community.

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Key Word Sign is a tool or strategy which can be used to support children and adults with communication difficulties to understand and get their message across to others. Key Word Sign (KWS) adds...

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Department of Education Excursions and road safety

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Exursions are a great opportunity for students to practise safe behaviours in real life environments and reinforce the key road safety messages. Find tools to manage safe travel on excursions.

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Department of Education Excursions policy

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Directions for planning and managing excursions, including incursions and other variations of routine

Changes since previous version
2022 Jul 18 - updated contact details in policy statement and implementation document, Excursion Planning and Management.

2022 May 18 - updated links in implementation document, Excursion Planning and Management, to reflect revision of the Working with Children Check forms (sections 2.1.1, 7.1 and appendix 2).

2022 Mar 07 - update to policy statement and implementation document: Excursion Planning and Management - revised overseas excursions application and approval process, including introducing a common application pack for all department schools; clarified instructions to staff in relation to privately arranged tours; more explicit instructions relating to risk management, child protection and safety, and refund of unspent excursion money. Updated related documents.

2019 Oct 16 - updated contact details and made minor style changes.

2016 Mar 14 - updated main contact details.

Inclusion of excursions involving preschool children and the applicability of the Children's Services Regulation 2004
New advice on film screenings and live performances in the context of revisions to the Controversial Issues in Schools Policy
Advice on child protection issues relating to excursions to courts where the potential for students to be placed at risk of harm by being exposed to violent or sexually explicit evidentiary material.
Further direction on excursion consent forms relating to the need to clarify parental wishes and consent
Incorporation of Commonwealth Government initiatives relating to overseas excursions
Advice on reporting of incidents occurring while on excursions in context of the revised Incident Reporting Policy and Procedures
Superseded documents
This policy replaces Excursions and Other Visits (97/137), 16 June 1997, Excursions policy PD/2004/0010 v001
Excursions policy PD/2004/0010 v002 and
Excursions policy - PD/2004/0010/V003

1. Policy statement

1. Excursions are part of quality teaching and learning programs. School excursions are structured learning experiences provided or managed by the school, conducted on or external to the school site, as determined by the principal. Incursions are a type of excursion, conducted on the school site.

2. Excursions provide educational value by supporting curriculum outcomes, in consideration of the needs and resources of the school, the needs of the students and the total learning program.

3. Excursions are inclusive. All students within a specific learning group are to be given the opportunity to participate, unless exceptional circumstances exist.

4. The department has a duty of care to students while on excursions and this duty cannot be delegated to any third party or organisation.

5. Identifying and assessing risk needs to be integrated into excursion planning to ensure appropriate risk management strategies are developed. An approved risk management plan must be implemented at all stages of an excursion.

6. The obligation to report suspected risk of harm to children and young people applies throughout all stages of an excursion.

7. Schools require the following from parents and carers before an excursion takes place. Translated documents are provided where required:

1. permission for students to participate in excursions, including activities during an excursion

2. a medical information form.

8. The Behaviour code for students applies at all times while on excursions.

9. Additional mandatory procedures apply to excursions that involve overseas travel.

2. Audience and applicability

1. All NSW government schools and preschools.

2. Excursions involving preschool children are subject to specific protocols under the Education and Care Services National Regulations.

3. Residential high schools and schools in Juvenile Justice Centres are subject to specific additional procedures with regard to students in residence.

4. The following are not covered under this policy:

1. workplace learning programs

2. privately organised tours, events or other activities - the department is not responsible for these.

3. Context

1. The department is committed to providing a safe, secure, disciplined, inclusive, and quality learning environment in which students can develop their individual talents, interests and abilities through a curriculum that fosters students' intellectual, physical, social and ethical development. Excursions Planning and Management provides detailed direction and guidance to schools.

2. School excursions vary in terms of the curriculum focus, students involved, duration of the excursion and venue. Groups participating in an excursion may be a class or a group of students drawn from a number of classes or schools.

3. Excursions can range from an incursion to an extended journey occupying a number of days or weeks requiring overnight or long-term accommodation.

4. Responsibilities and delegations

1. Principals:

1. approve all domestic excursions within Australia involving their school

2. approve their own school's participation when more than one school is involved

3. ensure that a risk assessment and management plan for the excursion has been completed

4. endorse overseas excursions and submit the overseas excursions application to their Director , Educational Leadership for approval by the Executive Director in line with the department's overseas excursions application and approval process

5. maintain records of excursions and any incidents occurring on an excursion

6. exercise a duty of care towards all students, staff and other participants

7. evaluate their school's practices for the safe conduct of excursions on the basis of past experience, systemic and locally produced risk profiles and teaching and learning outcomes

8. manage any issues or incidents arising from school excursions, consistent with the department's Controversial Issues in Schools policy and Incident Notification and Response policy (staff only)

9. ensure the appropriate infection control measures are included in the planning and are followed during the excursion.

2. Teachers:

1. may initiate and organise excursions

2. exercise a duty of care to all students

3. complete and monitor risk assessments for each planned excursion ensuring there will be adequate supervision

4. report any incidents that occur on an excursion

5. who organise an overseas excursion do so in line with the department's overseas excursions application and approval process.

3. Director s , Educational Leadership:

1. endorse an overseas excursion proposal

2. endorse an overseas excursion for the approval to their Executive Director in line with the department's overseas excursions application and approval process

3. monitor schools' compliance with this policy.

4. Executive Directors:
approve overseas excursions in line with the department's overseas excursions application and approval process.

5. Monitoring and review
The Executive Director, Curriculum and Reform monitors the implementation of this policy, regularly reviews its contents to ensure relevance and accuracy, and updates it as needed.

6. Curriculum and Reform
SecondaryEducationUnit@det.nsw.edu.au

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Starting School Safely - Multiple School - Book Template

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Kids and Traffic Driveway Safety Display

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Key Road Safety Messages These Key Road Safety Messages are designed for adults to use with young children as they travel together as passengers, pedestrians and when playing. Pedestrian safety Always hold a grown-up's hand. When a grown-up's hand is not available, hold a pram, bag or clothes....

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Explore new ways we can share Key Road Safety Messages with children through creative learning […]
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Kids and Traffic Key Road Safety Messages for adults to share with young children Download Kids and Traffic Key Road Safety Messages for all the adults in a child's life Download Key Road Safety Messages to share and discuss with children and to use as the basis for road safety...

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This Safe Transport Toolkit has been developed by Kids and Traffic with funding from the NSW Department of Education, to help approved providers, nominated supervisors and educators understand their legal requirements when transporting children.

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Kidsafe - Driveway Safety - Through My Eyes - Emma and Peter

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Many educators have implemented ideas, strategies and resources from our professional development workshops at their service to engage children families and their community in the Key Road Safety Messages. Here we document some stories of road safety education in a variety of early childhood services, in different communities across NSW.

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Holding hands ... Rhyme and picture book Download template Safe arrivals and departures poster Download template Storytelling dice Download sample Here we go walking holding hands - book Download template Five happy children travelling in the bus Download template

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Tram Rail Safety - Andy's off to Kindy! View e-Book Let's go Driving in the Bus ! View e-Book

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Travelling with children with additional needs

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Transport for NSW Road Safety Education Program

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Transport for NSW Road Safety Education Program

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The Road Safety Education Program is the NSW Government's leading model of support for educating children and young people about road safety. Our Road Safety Education Program provides curriculum focused classroom resources and professional development to teachers and childhood educators throughout NSW. We partner with the NSW early childhood and school education sectors to ensure that developmentally appropriate road safety education is included as part of teachers' programs.

NSW is the only state in Australia with a comprehensive road safety partnership with the education sectors that includes a dedicated team of road safety education specialists to support teachers in the teaching of road safety as part of the NSW curriculum.

Our program partners are the Association of Independent Schools of NSW, Catholic Schools NSW, Department of Education, and Kids and Traffic, Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program. Our partnership enables classroom teachers to access professional support and teaching resources that allows them to deliver road safety education to 3000-plus primary and secondary schools.

Road safety in early childhood

Our Kids and Traffic, Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program is funded by Transport for NSW and delivered in partnership with Macquarie University. The program provides access to professional development workshops, road safety education resources, advice and strategies to more than 4000 early childhood services across NSW. Kids and Traffic provides service to:

families and carers of young children, including grandparents

educators in early childhood services and transition-to-school programs

early childhood education students in universities and TAFE colleges

state and local government, including road safety officers

early intervention and family support services

early childhood and road safety organisations.

Road safety education in schools

We fund the Association of Independent Schools of NSW, Catholic Schools NSW and the Department of Education to provide professional development to teachers in the quality teaching of road safety as part of the curriculum and wellbeing programs. Road safety is taught in Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE).

Our road safety education specialists employed in government, Catholic and independent school sectors are qualified teachers and experts in their field. They provide professional learning and advice to principals, teachers and schools about teaching road safety.

The road safety education specialists are experts in curriculum and road safety education. They provide professional learning to teachers to equip them with the knowledge and skills to teach quality road safety education. They show teachers how to use our resources in the classroom to create effective teaching and learning programs.

Primary schools

Our Safety Town website is a suite of digital and non-digital teaching and learning activities to support the teaching of road safety from Kindergarten to Year 6 in NSW primary schools.

The website includes interactive activities, comprehensive teaching notes, links to relevant transport information, and updated information for families.

Safety Town helps families to reinforce road safety messages and concepts that are taught at school.

Secondary schools

Our On the move website provides comprehensive lesson plans and resources for secondary Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) teachers to support the teaching of road safety as part of the syllabus.

Contact your road safety school education specialists

Each education sector has road safety education specialists employed to help schools with road safety in the classroom:

For more information

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Our Road Safety Education Program provides educational resources and professional development to teachers and childhood educators in NSW.