Your IDEAS, Your INITIATIVES

Road Safety and Mobility Project for

Schools 2014
School name:
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA CONSTANTIN GH. MARINESCU
City: GALATI
Country: ROMANIA
Teachers Name: LAURA TABACARU
Teaching area: Primary School
Class: 2 A
Number of students: 23
Age of students: 8 years

Description:
Description:
Together with the students we joined this international initiative in order to implement the
educational programme YOUR ideas, YOUR initiatives - Road Safety and Mobility Project for All in
Scoala Gimnaziala Constantin Gh. Marinescu Galai.
The world we live in exposes the children to lots of dangers. One of the purposes of modern
education is to prepare them to successfully face different crisis situations that might appear.
In this project we wish to make known the traffic rules on public roads and form a preventive
behaviour to the children.
The contents of the project focuses on the students quality of traffic/pedestrian partner.
During the allocated classes, the students discover the traffic rules, new conducts and solutions
to real situations through games, discussions and observations. At the same time they refresh
and update their knowledge, skills and abilities already acquired.
Argument:
The local project implemented at my class comes as a consequence of:

Observation of the childrens behaviour in the pedestrian traffic and on the playgrounds

Talks with the students which prove that they do not always choose their playgrounds
correctly and safely

Realization of the necessity to introduce the theme of the road safety in the school and
family life in order to encourage the childrens responsible attitude as participants in the traffic

General Objectives:
Implementation of a programme of traffic education and providing specialized information
concerning safe traffic on public roads
Incrrease of the safety degree of the traffic participants
Specific Objectives:
Cognition and observance of traffic rules
Forming prevention and civilized behavioural skills on public roads
Understanding the role of the traffic warden
Cognition of the consequences of nonobservance of traffic rules
Forming pozitive character traits
Development of the sense of respect towards all traffic participants
Methodological Resources:
Interactive methods, conversation, observation, explanation, problem solving, brainstorming,
debate, case study, role play, team work, partnerships, didactic games
Material Resources:
flipchart, computer, video projector, internet, printer, powerpoint presentations, didactic
games, images, drawings, posters, tokens, diplomas, consumables
Financial Resources: self-financing
Organizational Forms: frontal, individual, groups, pairs

1. Title:
KNOWING AND OBSERVING THE TRAFFIC RULES

Contents:
Traffic dictionary, indicators and signs used in traffic
Making up short stories on images
Formulate suggestive messages for each given situation
Consequences of nonobserving traffic rules
Quiz: Do we behave correctly in traffic?
Presentation of images, case studies, group discussions about the safest
playgrounds and riding the bike on public roads
The Road Safety Alphabet - poster

Below, there are some photos taken during this activity:

The children create messages (in Romanian) for each poster

We dont cross the street walking

between parked vehicles

We dont play in the

street

We buckle up for safety

We walk on the
sidewalk politely

The children participating at the quiz

The quizs slides

The children colouring the poster named The Road Safety Alphabet

2. Title:
HELP CALIN FINISH THE ROUTE online game
In this game Calin has to reach the finish line of the route observing the
traffic rules. As a pedestrian, the boy must know that the street can be
crossed only on the marked pedestrian zones. Calins movements are made
with the help of the mouse, in his nearest vecinity. If he tries to cross the
street on unmarked places, he will be forced to repeate the route.
Place of activity: computer room

3. Title:
THE TRAFFIC WARDEN, THE CHILDREN
CHILDRENS FRIEND

Contents:
Interactive activity having as guest an officer from the Police Inspectorate of
Galati County, Crime Analysis and Prevention Department
Game-competition: Right or Wrong
Prizes obtained at the end of the competition: Good Pedestrians Permits
Topics: Road Safety, Risky Behaviors, Responsible Behaviors, Actors of
Prevention, Street Safety/Safety for all

The topics debated with the whole class

Most of them want to answer and participate in the debate

Right or Wrong: The students show the green card if the statement is right
and the red card if the statement is wrong

Everybody is happy to obtain The Good Pedestrian Permit

The children receive their diplomas and are congratulated

Class 2 A received an important award.

4. Title:
WE LEARN HOW TO TRAVEL SAFELY

Contents:
Observance of good behaviour rules on the street and in the common transportation
means during the didactic travels to various institutions, in this school semester
At The Bread Factory

At The National Bank of Romania - Galati Agency

5. Title:
LITTLE PEDESTRIANS drawings
drawings

6. Title:
THE FUTURE OF THE CAR - drawings
drawings
The role of the car changes. Let's rethink its future!

Something new, interesting and developing their creativity

7. Title:
THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY a big puzzle
Let's imagine a livable city !
The students first imagine their own community. They design a map of the
community, mark roads and empty land on which constructions may later
appear.
Each student receives tokens representing houses, shops, schools,
churches, administrative buildings etc. After cutting out the tokens they
consider necessary, the students decide the place for the buildings, the
way to use the land, the names of the streets and other aspects related to
the community.
The individual works are then assembled on a stand (white board), thus
obtaining a larger community, a town/city. Our town as we imagine it will
be in the future.
Below, there are some photos taken during this activity:

Thank you for your attention

Class 2 A
Teacher Laura Tabacaru