Road+Safety+Councils

**//[[image:smile12.gif caption="Student Council Ideas" link="http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=625"]] Welcome to the Student Road Safety Council Page.//**

 * //Click on your school to find the Student Council planning//**
 * 1) **Invercargill Middle School**
 * 2) **Ascot Community School**
 * 3) **Central Southland Rural **
 * 4) **Limehills**
 * 5) **New River Primary School**
 * 6) **Makarewa**
 * 7) **Waverely Park**
 * 8) **Riverton**
 * 9) **St Teresa's**
 * 10) **Winton**
 * 11) **Tisbury School**
 * 12) **Waianiwa **


 * //Student Road Safety Councils mandate could be to://**


 * Increase student exposure to road safety issues and concepts.
 * Create and foster a caring/family school culture.
 * Help enlist support from parents.
 * Provide opportunities for leadership and decision making skills.
 * Develop positive relationships with stakeholders such as city councils, Nz Police, parents, BOT etc.
 * Encourage life skills.
 * Enhance self-esteem.
 * Develop avenues where positive personal growth will occur.
 * Empower students to make sound decisions based.


 * //The council could be involved in the following responsibilities or activities://**
 * Reflect and review on all aspects within and outside the school environment with Road Safety being paramount.
 * Establish links with significant groups-BOT, Principal, RSC, PEO etc.
 * Lead/assist with the whole school events such as Feet First, Bike Wise week, WOW.
 * Develop own programmes to address the need of the school.
 * Provide a Road Safety statement to the Principal and/or BOT for the school newsletter and/or website, strengthening links with the wider community.
 * Develop a 'council' blog to post new events and strategies.
 * Encourage parents to respond to road safety issues by running competitions eg-design a road safety slogan or poem.
 * The 'council' could offer a cup of tea/coffee for parents who walk there child to school.
 * Access a large map of the school zone-see RSC-, identify possible hazards, and establish safest route to school.
 * Establish 'park and walk' zones.
 * Establish a school notice board.
 * Provide a weekly safet hint to all classes-could be linked to the value or virtue of the week.
 * Run a "Spot the Safe Student" of the week award. Acknowledge in assembly, newsletter, blog, website.etc
 * Establish students 'walk meters'. Students graph their daily distance, compare weekly against other classes.
 * Interview older people in the wider community in order to compare then and now methods of getting to school-anticipate future trends.


 * //Ideas to help School Councils//**
 * [|Ideas for creating informative displays.]
 * [[file:distraction_sheet.pdf]]
 * [[file:Play Safe game.pdf]]
 * [[file:signposters.pdf]]
 * [[file:Reaction tester.pdf]]
 * [[file:Quiet activities.pdf]]
 * [[file:Safety Songs.doc]]
 * Toolbox for kids[[file:Toolbox ideas to involve students.doc]]
 * [[file:Facilitation strategies for groups.doc]]
 * [[file:School Councils-For Everyone.doc]]
 * [[file:School Councils-Well Supported.doc]]
 * [[file:School Drop off zone parent letter.doc]]
 * [[file:School dropoff pickup safetytips.pdf]]
 * [[file:Student Council-Involving Students.doc]]
 * [[file:Student Council-appropriatley recognising..doc]]