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Special
2020/2021
Edition
Win a priz
e for
your scho
ol in our
competit
ion
JUNIOR ROAD SAFETY OFFICER
HANDBOOK
Sponsored by Pedal Power, Portsmouth Cycle Exchange and Velopy Cycles
www.portsmouth.gov.ukC o n te n t s
JRSO and Smart Steps competition 3
Welcome 4
Why is road safety important? 5
Why is active travel important? 5
What is Portsmouth Smart Steps? 6
Important messages for JRSOs to share 7
Activity Planner 9
Activities that count towards your Portsmouth Smart Steps
Awards: 12
Websites to visit 17
2JRSO AND
SMART STEPS
COMPETITION
Whether you are working towards your Bronze,
Silver or Gold award, your school can still win one of
our amazing prizes!
Scootability training 10 Bike Safety Checks
in the summer term* and lights**
Make sure your school works as hard as you can to be
in with a chance of winning.
*Scootability session available to all pupils in the winning school
who would like to participate.
** The winning school has the responsibility to allocate the 10
safety checks and sets of lights. Bikes need to be taken to the
Portsmouth Cycle Exchange for the safety check. No replacement
parts will be provided but the shop will be able to offer you advice.
3We l co m e
Congratulations on being chosen to be a Junior Road
Safety Officer (JRSO).
You now have a very important job; to teach pupils, parents and teachers
all about road safety and active travel. You can do this through lots of fun
activities and you will keep people safe and help your whole school.
Look up information on the internet (see page 17 for places to look).
If you complete all the road safety activities for the year, your JRSO team
will be rewarded with a Bronze, Silver or Gold Portsmouth Smart Steps
award for your school.
I hope you really enjoy your JRSO role.
Have fun!
Portsmouth road safety officers
road.safety@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
4Why is road
safety important?
Traffic accidents are the most dangerous
thing to under 16s. Children are injured on
Portsmouth’s roads each year. The most
If we can tell
common cause of children being injured is people how
behave in a s to
running out into the road or crossing afe way on t
roads, we ca he
between parked cars. n reduce acc
idents
and save live
s.
Why is active
travel important?
Active travel is when you walk, cycle or scoot. If you actively travel to school
you can keep cars away from school to make it safer for pupils. If everyone
leaves their cars at home there will be fewer traffic jams and much less
pollution. Cleaner air is better for
everyone and the environment.
Walking, scooting or
u
cycling to school keeps yo
fit and healthy and most
importantly it is FUN!
If you live very far from
school, or your grown-up has
to drive, you can still actively
travel into school. You can
ask them to park a little way
from the school site and
walk the rest of the way.
This is called parking
and striding.
5What is
Any activ
ities you
carry out
must be
within sch
ool bubble
and must s
Portsmouth
follow yo
school’s c u r
oronaviru
safety po s
licy.
Smart Steps?
Portsmouth Smart Steps is an awards scheme to reward schools that get
pupils, parents and staff travelling actively and safely to school.
JRSOs help teachers to:
• Record how people are travelling
• Do road safety audits to see what is in and around your school to help
you travel actively and safely
• Run activities to get more people involved
• Spread road safety messages to pupils, parents and teachers
Teachers record how you are getting on with a simple spreadsheet and
email evidence of your work to your road safety officer. You will be awarded
a trophy when you complete the activities needed for each level.
6Any activ
ities you
carry out
must be
Important messages
within sch
ool bubble
and must s
follow you
school’s c r
oronaviru
for JRSOs to share
safety po s
licy.
Here are some important road safety topics. Have a look through and select the messages
that you want to work on this year. Try to discuss as a team and with your teacher which
ones are most important to your school and why.
Safe places to cross - zebra crossings, lollypop people, traffic lights, pelican and toucan
crossings, traffic islands, footbridges and subways are all safe places to cross. Crossing
between parked cars or on busy roads is very dangerous. Can people identify safe
places to cross? Sometimes people HAVE to cross between parked cars so they must do
the Green Cross Code twice (once at the kerbside before stepping into the road, and
again at the edge of the cars they are crossing between).
t sorts Do you know h
The dangers of distractions - wha ow long it take
cars to stop? Lo s for
n you
of things can be a distraction whe distances and
ok up stopping
are crossing the road? How can you the playgroun
mark them out
in
sure
avoid being distracted and make can see.
d so that every
o ne
n?
you give the road your full attentio
How can we encourage everyone
ne to
The Green Cross Code - everyo actively travel? Do people know
LISTEN eve ry why
must STOP, LOOK and active travel is important? Promo
sure te
time they cross the road. Make parking and striding too.
Green
everyone knows, and uses, their
Cross Code.
Are your year five or year six
pupils doing Bikeability training in
school? Make sure they book on.
Does everyone know the ABC
of bike checks? (Air, Brakes and
Chain). Can you show them?
7More important messages
for JRSOs to share
To share information throughout the year, We must make sure that everyone knows
why not create JRSO notice boards (you how to travel actively AND safely. Give
may need more than one, so that each messages about safe walking, scooting and
bubble can see one!)? Plan assemblies and cycling. What are the top tips? Has your
have a dedicated section on the school school done any Child Pedestrian training or
website. Scootability training?
Let everyone know why being What are the dangers on the roads near to your school?
bright is important and how Can you identify them and tell everyone how to stay safe?
they can make themselves as Make sure people know where the safe crossing points
visible as possible to drivers. are around your school and that they must use them!
If you are going by car Do parents and other grown-up
Think about in-car safety. s
know about high back know that they must keep the
always make sure people
e of these until you are school zigzags clear? Why is
booster seats (you need on
ars-old), the importance of this important and how can you
either 135cm tall or 12 ye
st not distract the driver. remind them?
seatbelts and that you mu
Think about how the weather and seasons affect road safety. There are lots more people out
when it’s warm so the roads and pavements are busier. In winter, the mornings and evenings
are dark so you need to be bright. At Christmas time lots of people get new bikes and
scooters, so some cycle training in January is a good idea.
t
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know the a To
questions.
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As
JRSOs
ad safety
Ask your ro r
office
8Ac t i v i ty
The best JRSO team
s carefully plan activ
throughout the year. ities
Think about:
e r
When is best for a Be
n n
Bright event?
Pl a
When do most people
get new bikes?
When are people outs
ide most?
These are the things
you need to do to ac
the Portsmouth Smar hieve
t Steps Awards:
BRONZE SILVER GOLD
Month Bronze Silver Gold
Recruit the JRSO team and do the induction with your teacher
Set up regular meetings
Make plans for events
Do a hands-up survey to Do a hands-up survey Do a hands-up survey
see people how travel to and questionnaire for and questionnaire for
November school parents and pupils to see parents and pupils to see
how they travel to school how they travel to school.
Write a report on your
findings. Create a plan to
increase active travel to
and from school. See
what works best.
Complete the road safety audit
Do your first activity or event to work towards your Portsmouth
Smart Steps Award
Create a plan to get staff Run a focus group with
actively travelling to and staff and create a plan to
from school get staff actively
travelling to and from
school
Recruit Infant Road Recruit Infant Road
December Safety Officers Safety Officers and
You can recruit complete Child
infant JRSO’s with Pedestrian training for
the help of a member them
of school staff within
each bubble to help with Do your second activity
child pedestrian training. or event to work towards
Remember - you your Portsmouth Smart
cannot mix bubbles. Steps Award
Update your headteacher
and governors
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
9BRONZE SILVER GOLD
Month Bronze Silver Gold
Check that your school is booked to have Bikeability
Do your second activity Do your third activity or
or event to work towards event to work towards
your Portsmouth Smart your Portsmouth Smart
Steps Award Steps Award
Do your fourth activity or
event to work towards
Januaryy
your Portsmouth Smart
Steps Award
Update your head Update your head
teacher and governors, teacher and governors
and engage them in an and engage them in an
activity activity
Do your second activity Do your third activity or Do your fifth activity or
or event to work towards event to work towards event to work towards
your Portsmouth Smart your Portsmouth Smart your Portsmouth Smart
Steps Award Steps Award Steps Award
Attend the JRSO Attend the JRSO
networking event run by networking event run by
Febraury Unfortunately g your road safety officer your road safety officer.
rkin
JRSO netwo ities Arrange a joint event
nd a ctiv
events a with another school
p lac e right
can’t take your Meet with your road
now. Speak to ting
ee
RSO about m S
safety officer to discuss
up th ro u g h M plans to make your route
Te am s . to school safer
HALF TERM
Update pupils, parents, Update pupils, parents,
RSO or the school RSO or the school
webpage with your webpage with your
achievements achievements
Do your fourth activity or Do your sixth activity or
March event to work towards event to work towards
your Portsmouth Smart your Portsmouth Smart
Steps Award Steps Award
Do a hands-up Survey to see how people travel to
school now that you have started your activities -
have they had any effect?
10BRONZE SILVER GOLD
Month Bronze Silver Gold
Do your third activity or Do your fifth activity or Do your seventh activity
event to work towards event to work towards or event to work towards
your Portsmouth Smart your Portsmouth Smart your Portsmouth Smart
April Steps Award Steps Award Steps Award
Update headteacher and
governors on your
activities
EASTER HOLIDAYS
Do your fourth activity or Do your sixth activity or Do your eighth activity or
event to work towards event to work towards event to work towards
your Portsmouth Smart your Portsmouth Smart your Portsmouth Smart
Steps Award Steps Award Steps Award
May
Make sure you have Update your head
updated your head teacher and governors
teacher and governors on your hard work
on your hard work
HALF TERM
Do a hands-up Survey to see how people travel to school to see the effect that
your activities have had.
June
Get your progress spreadsheets sent to your road safety officer by the middle
of June to be considered for JRSO Champion of Champions and to receive your
Portsmouth Smart Steps by the end of term
JRSO Champion of
Champions event
July
f
Awards presented to Champion o ’t
w o n
JRSOs in school Champions year.
is
take place th plete
com
You can still ss
your progre r a
ts fo
spreadshee an
w in
chance to for
amazing p rize
your sc h o o l!
11Here are some of the activities that
count towards your Portsmouth
Smart Steps Awards:
Assemblies by JRSOs and 1 x Assembly Alternat
external speakers. You can invite
BRONZE assembly ive
Present th ideas!
your school crossing patroller, e asse
Hampshire Fire Service, the yourselve mbly
Record an s
e interview
police, civil enforcement officers 2 x Assemblies xternal spea with
SILVER ker throug an
(traffic wardens), or community Teams o h MS
wardens to come and speak in Get in tou r Zoom.
ch with
assembly. Your road safety arrange th us to
3 x Assemblies (one with is
officer can help you to arrange GOLD
this. parents and governors)
Pompey
Monster
Walk to Sch
ool More activities
Challeng e
Currently
Suspended • Pompey Monster Walk to School
Challenge The winn
will win S ing school
training coota
• Pompey Monster Walk to School Week . Wait un bility
told it’s s til we are
afe
• Glow Day (come to school in high vis) only one to do this (but
school
in the en can win
d!)
• Poster competitions
• Scootability training
• Install scooter storage or bike storage in
your school
• Put up information posters and a notice
board
• Run a Bikers Breakfast (pupils and staff
that cycle to school get a healthy
breakfast on arrival)
• Create a Parent Pledge (ask parents to
Bi
g buse
s pledge to keep the school site car free) breakers
Walkin e within mus kfas
t
tb
must b les • Set up a walking bus bub e within
bubb bles
12More activities N
recom ot
at this mended
t
social ime due to
distan
cing
• Ticket cars on zigzags (either make own tickets or go
out with civil enforcement officers)
• Write a termly newsletter to parents
Write a er • Hold a Clean Air Day (a day where no one drives to
newslett school)
• Promote Park and Stride maps to parents (your road
safety officer can help you with this) Start a
noticeb
• Put a JRSO noticeboard somewhere visible oard
to pupils
• Run Child Pedestrian Training sessions (your road
safety officer can provide everything you need for
this)
• Hold lessons on air pollution
• Use air pollution monitors in your school grounds
• Create songs or a film
• Post road safety messages on your school social
media or webpage
Create
a song
• Run workshops or a film
Design a
puzzle
• Design puzzles, colouring pages and fact files for
pupils
There is so much you can do! Be as creative as you like.
Your road safety officer can give you help and advice on
any of these activities.
13Pompe
can’t co y Monsters
m
schools e to any of the
at the m
Pupils ca oment.
n still us
to help w e charac
ith im ters
messag po
es or to rtant
colourfu cre
l notice b ate a
oard
etc.
14Pompey
Monste
rs can’t
come to
The Pompey Monsters are Portsmouth’s road safety schools a ny of th
at the m e
monsters. Each one has a special road safety message: Pupils c o ment.
an still u
to help s e cha
with imp racters
messag ortant
es or to
colourfu c reate a
l notice
Stomper - the leader of the Pompey board
etc.
Monsters. He loves to get everyone
walking safely to school. “I can get to
school quickly on my fantastic feet,
and you can stomp to school along
the street”
Eagle Eyes - is all about the ‘look’ part of the Green
Cross Code; he looks out for dangers on the road. “My
eyes are huge I look all around, I look out for cars to
stay safe and sound.”
Chatter Natter - loves to chat to her grown-up and friends
on the way to school. It’s much better doing this when you
are walking, cycling or scooting! “I like chatting to school, I
can talk all the way, but stop to cross the road so I am safe
every day”.
Stripes - knows what all the lines on the road mean; the
yellow zigzags mean cars can’t stop outside schools,
and zebra crossings are safe places to cross. “Zebra
crossings are great and easy to see, that’s why I have
black and white stripes all over me”.
Scoot - loves to whizz everywhere, but he knows how to
stay safe. “Scooting is great and keeps you fit, but if it’s
crowded or busy I stop for a bit”.
15Pompey
Monste
rs can’t
come to
schools a ny of th
at the m e
Breezy - our clean air monster. Pupils c o m e nt.
She loves active travel to keep an still u
to help se cha
the air we breathe nice and with imp racters
messag ortant
clean. “Cars make pollution so es or to
colourfu c reate a
let’s keep them away; to keep l notice
the air nice and fresh walk, scoot board e
tc.
or cycle every day!”
Wheels - loves to cycle. He knows how important
Bikeability is and always wears his helmet. “My two
wheels are speedy and I can cycle so well. I have a
helmet a horn and even a bell”.
Neon - can glow in the dark! He knows that drivers can
only see people at night if they are dressed up nice and
bright. “I am always colourful and extra bright so cars
can see me on a really dark night”.
Your road safety officer can tell you all over the summer holidays where you can
about the Pompey Monsters and might be win your own cuddly Pompey Monster!
able to arrange a special visit from
Find out more about Pompey Monsters
Stomper himself! There is a seven week
and their activities at www.portsmouth.
Pompey Monsters Walk to School
gov.uk and search ‘Pompey
‘Pompey Monsters
Monsters’’
Challenge available to a few selected
schools each year where pupils that walk If you would like to include the Pompey
to school can collect Pompey Monster Monsters in your activities please
keyrings for their book bags. There is also contact your road safety officer and we
a Pompey Monsters Walk to School Week can let you know how.
and the Stomp For Stamps scavenger hunt
16We b s i te s to v i s i t
Have a look at the following webpages for useful road safety and active travel info:
Click My Journey Hampshire or visit www.myjourneyhampshire.com/education
Click Clean Air Day or visit www.cleanairday.org.uk
Click Brake or visit www.brake.org
Click Think! or visit www.think.gov.uk/education-resources
Click Road Safety Week or visit www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk
Click Travel in Portsmouth or visit www.portsmouth.gov.uk; search ‘Travel’
Click Pompey Monsters or visit www.portsmouth.gov.uk; search ‘Pompey Monsters’
Click My Journey Portsmouth or visit www.myjourneyportsmouth.com
If you find any other useful webpages and resources please write them here and share
them with your road safety officer and other JRSO teams!
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