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Resources - Road Safety NotesThis section gives details of the main Road Safety points covered by the drama and subsequent lesson plans. You may wish to explore this area for extra ideas for discussion or extensions. This page endeavours to explain why there is a need for Time-Out and how the resource tackles that need. Road Safety professionals and teachers using Time-Out will be able to find more facts and figures by using the weblog. Government National Road Safety Targets (Set in 2000)The government along with Road Safety professionals aim to reduce the number of:
In 2002, 192 children under 16 years of age were killed on UK roads, 4,598 received serious injuries and 31,392 were slightly injured. Data also shows that accident rates are high amongst children in the 12-14 age groups. The transition from Primary school to Secondary school often presents young people with a new found personal freedom. There is an increase in their travel time that often involves new routes and new modes of transport, exposing them to greater risk. This coupled with a propensity to take more personal risks, mean that the accident rates in this age group are particularly high. The Time-Out drama and resources investigate the nature of risk taking behaviour, and challenges young people to think about the potential consequences of their actions. It is hoped that through watching the drama and discussing the issues it raises, young people will become savoir faire regarding road safety. They will be more able to recognise the Road Safety risks they are exposed to on a daily basis and will gain a greater understanding of how to minimise these risks. A Road Safety Ethos – How Time-Out Works The lesson plans allow for a flexible approach, allowing teachers to tailor provision to the needs of their school: from a one off lesson, to building Road Safety into Citizenship or PSHE schemes of work; Time-Out is a resource that teachers can use with confidence. The lessons focus particularly on letting pupils lead discussions and lesson plans provide a variety of potential discussion points for teachers to explore with their pupils. In this way Time-Out lesson plans fit in, not only with the Key Stage 3 Citizenship and PSHE programmes of study, but also with a teaching and learning style that is widely used within these disciplines. It is hoped that through these lessons children will be able to come to conclusions, organically, through discussion and debate and consequently take a degree of ownership over their own safety. Road Safety is an issue that concerns and affects everyone. Time-Out is a way in which this message can be promoted within a sometimes hard-to-reach group by teachers and Road Safety professionals alike, with the long term aim of reducing child casualties on our roads. 
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