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• State-wide program in partnership with Transport for NSW and Macquarie University
• Focused on improving the safety of young children as passengers, pedestrians and at

play

• Supports consistent road safety education and promotes safe travel practices with

families and communities

• Delivers professional development workshops, resources, support and advice to

assist educators to create road safety education that is locally relevant and driven

www.kidsandtraffic.mq.edu.au

In partnership with Transport for NSW and Macquarie University

Safe Journeys Safe Communities Principles for processes and practices

INVITE ENGAGE INVESTIGATE EXPLORE COLLABORATE CREATE EXTEND EMBED DOCUMENT SHARE www.kidsandtraffic.mq.edu.au

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• To respect each other’s experience

knowledge and context

• To learn from each other to create

shared understanding and meaning

• To support each other to keep all our

children safe

• To nurture relationships and

processes that continue beyond any project

• To foster outcomes that honour the

process as much as the product

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INVITE AND ENGAGE

• Early childhood education services
• Family support and early intervention services
• Peak early childhood groups
• Local network groups
• Elders and community

members

• Local government agencies
• Commissioned art work

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Artwork by Colin Wightman

INVESTIGATE AND EXPLORE

• Discuss best practice road safety

behaviours and legislation

• Identify local road safety concerns

and issues and current community practices

• Explore and build on previous

road safety education strategies

• Develop an ongoing plan of action

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COLLABORATE AND CREATE

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Work with educators, management, families and communities so that road safety education:

• recognises children’s agency while acknowledging

they are not yet able to be independently safe in the real road environment

• is informed by observation and evaluation of

children’s learning and contexts

• is inclusive of the diversity within children’s abilities,

experiences, circumstances and backgrounds

• is embedded in play-based, child-centred learning

supported by the Early Years Learning Framework.

EXTEND AND EMBED

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• Connecting with community
• Building on long-term sustainable

relationships

• Strengthening local capacity
• Whole of service approach:

policies, programs, partnerships

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DOCUMENT AND SHARE

• Nine community specific road

safety initiatives and partnerships documented

• Shared on the Kids and Traffic

website

• Explored with educators

through Kids and Traffic professional development workshops

• Focus of the 2015/16 Kids and

Traffic Gazette

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Safe Journeys Safe Communities Initiatives, resources and templates

www.kidsandtraffic.mq.edu.au

In partnership with Transport for NSW and Macquarie University

Safe Journeys Safe Communities Initiatives, resources and templates

www.kidsandtraffic.mq.edu.au

In partnership with Transport for NSW and Macquarie University

Louise Cosgrove Team Leader Kids and Traffic Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program Macquarie University louise.cosgrove@mq.edu.au 02 9805 3204 0408 283 084