Education about rail safety at Key Stages 1 and 2 (Scotland P1 to P6) helps to provide safety awareness to young people in their early years.
So we worked with teachers to develop a range of resources to deliver fun and interactive activities that match different curriculum areas and deliver Ofsted requirements of PSHE teaching.
Assembly kit
The assembly kit on level crossing safety includes a PowerPoint slideshow with a video of our level crossings TV advert and an interactive quiz.
We’ve also developed an accompanying guide to help make running the assembly as easy as possible.
Teacher’s guide to the assembly presentation
Assembly presentation - Key Stages 1 and 2 (Powerpoint 97-2003. With link to download video.)
Assembly presentation - Key Stages 1 and 2 (PowerPoint 2007)
Assembly presentation - Key Stages 1 and 2 (PowerPoint for Apple Mac)
Lesson plans
These resources will help you run engaging classes across a number of curriculum areas and cover rail safety issues including level crossings, electrification, and trespass and vandalism.
Lesson plan activities for Key Stages 1 and 2
Supporting materials
Cross Safe song
The song "Cross Safe" has been especially created to give children a fun way to remember how to stay safe at a level crossing.
The music, lyrics and actions can be downloaded below.
Cross Safe - song lyrics and actions (PowerPoint)
Cross Safe - lyric sheet (pdf)
Cross Safe - full song (mp3)
Cross Safe - music and lead vocal only (mp3)
Cross Safe - music only (mp3)
Rail Life Safety Guide
This handy guide gives key facts and essential rail safety information for young people and those working with them. You can use it for background information or hand out copies to pupils to aid research and discussion.
Rail Life Safety Guide
Level crossings TV advert
Every year we run a TV advert highlighting the dangers of level crossings.
TV advert - Level crossings: they're not time wasters. They're life savers (mp4)
Last updated 5 September 2012