Schoolchildren have received expert advice in a fun and informative way to warn them of the dangers of not taking care while crossing the road.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Road Safety Scheme worked closely with two primary schools in the Cynon Valley to introduce the new road safety training scheme called Kerbcraft.
For 10 weeks children from Oaklands Primary School and Penywaun Primary School took part in the scheme.
Cllr Andrew Morgan, Cabinet Member for Transport and Customer Care at Rhondda Cynon Taf Council said: “We are all aware of the possible dangers associated with traffic on the road and the sooner we educate children on these hazards, the safer they become.
“Once again, these initiatives manage to inform and educate young children in an entertaining manner which helps them to remember the basic rules of road safety.”
Kerbcraft is a practical child pedestrian training scheme, developed at the University of Strathclyde. It is designed to teach pedestrian skills to five to seven-year-olds, by means of practical road-side training rather than teaching in the classroom.
It is built around teaching three skills:- choosing safe places and routes; crossing safely at parked cars and crossing safely near junctions.
Children are taught in the road environment near their schools, in pairs or groups of three children, by trained volunteers.
Local parents also volunteered their time and support to attend the events and become actively involved.
At the conclusion of the course the children also performed their “Road Safety Rap” to an assembly hall filled with friends and were awarded certificates and a bag of goodies.
