Strictly Road Safety

About this activity

Suitable for early years and primary school pupils.

We’re bringing together all the TfL education programmes, including STARS, under one exciting new umbrella programme called TfL Travel for Life. They will be the same great programmes, but with a new name and a new look, easier online process and dedicated support team. STARS for primary schools will be renamed TfL Explorers. STARS for secondary schools will be renamed TfL Pioneers.

Strictly Road Safety is a fun activity in which pupils' road-crossing skills are judged by their classmates in a TV-gameshow style scenario, helping to practically develop their road safety awareness.

Set up a road situation in the playground including roads, pavements, other road users and traffic lights. You can use markers, ropes and other PE apparatus to do this and ask the class to pretend to be other pedestrians, drivers and cyclists. Then, ask your pupils to practice crossing roads safely in small groups.

With Year 6 pupils and above you may want to venture out onto the road - have a look at the Pedestrian Skills Training activity card to organise a session run by road safety officers.

Follow the activity with a ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ style questioning by a panel of judges including your TfL Explorers Ambassadors team. Encourage the panel to pick out where the pupil teams did well and not so well, focusing on looking both ways, using safer crossing points and other elements of the Green Cross Code (see Resources). Reward the winning team with a certificate and, if your budget allows, a trophy or other prize.

The activity can be adapted to your pupils’ needs.

How to evidence your activity

• Involve your borough officer: Share your ideas, agree your targets and discuss any challenges you face
• Record the feedback from your pupils
• Add your story to the TfL Travel For Life website. Explain the activity, add photos of the activity in action and include your scoring sheet from the day, with any supporting notes and pupils’ feedback. 

This activity supports the Vision Zero target to eliminate death and serious injuries on London’s streets.