RACQ teaches road safety to students in regional Queensland
RACQ’s Education Team has hit the ground running this year, visiting almost 20 schools across Queensland in the past week to deliver vital lessons in road safety.
Club Education Manager Julie Smith said the team taught 2,403 students from Texas, the most southern school in the state, across the Goondiwindi region, in Brisbane and north Queensland.
“For some of these students, this was the first time they were learning about the importance of road safety, which we know can mean the difference between life and death for children, no matter where they live in Queensland,” Ms Smith said.
“It’s always rewarding to see how engaged the students are and how important it is for them to make conscious and safe choices, particularly given the varied traffic conditions they will likely face, including road trains, caravans, farm machinery, highways, country roads and exposure to driving at a young age on rural properties.”
Ms Smith said the Club had also launched a new Distraction Program for high schools.
“This program focuses on the interaction between adolescent, novice drivers and technology, such as mobile phones, as well as how passengers, peer pressure and different emotions and social settings can impact driver behaviour,” she said.
“Distraction is one of the leading causes of fatal crashes and with many of us, including our youth, so addicted to mobile phones, we believe this will be extremely beneficial in educating students about the irreversible consequences distraction can have when behind the wheel.”
Ms Smith said the range of highly interactive road safety programs were tailored to suit every year level.
“Prep and Year 1 students are taught how to cross the road and enter and exit the car safely, Grade 3 students discover bike safety and the importance of wearing protective gear and Grade 5 and 6 children learn about bike, pedestrian and passenger safety,” she said.
“We use several props throughout the presentations, including replica traffic lights, a roll-out road and interactive technology to make sure the kids are engaged.
“In our high school programs, such as Docudrama, Cash IQ and Driver IQ, students are equipped with tangible, real-world strategies to handle situations such as breakdowns, car crashes, decision-making processes and how to be safe drivers and passengers as well as how to self-manage finances”.
Ms Smith said RACQ’s Education Team was excited to build on a successful teaching year in 2021.
“Last year we taught 69,000 students across more than 340 schools in Queensland and we look forward to delivering our valuable safety lessons to both new and returning students this year,” she said.
“We’ve been delivering educational programs in Queensland schools for 15 years and continue to introduce programs to protect our most vulnerable road users”.
Schools the RACQ Education Team visiting in the past week:
|
School |
Grade |
Program |
|
Texas State School |
Prep to Year 10 |
Streets Ahead and Driver IQ. |
|
Yelarbon State School |
Prep to Year 6 |
Streets Ahead |
|
Goondiwindi State High School |
Year 11 and 12 |
Cash IQ and Driver IQ |
|
St Mary’s Catholic College Goondiwindi |
Year 9 and 10 |
Driver IQ |
|
Border Rivers Christian College Goondiwindi |
Year 10, 11, 12 |
Docudrama |
|
Tingalpa State School |
Prep to Year 6 |
Streets Ahead |
|
Mt Gravatt East State School |
Prep to Year 6 |
Streets Ahead |
|
St Marys College, Toowoomba |
Year 11 |
Driver IQ |
|
Padua College Kedron |
Year 12 |
Driver IQ |
|
St Columban’s Caboolture |
Year 12 |
Docudrama. |
|
St Margaret Mary’s, Townsville |
Year 11, 12 |
Docudrama |
|
St Coleman’s Catholic Primary School, Home Hill |
Prep to Year 6 |
Streets Ahead |
|
The Cathedral of St Anne and St James, Townsville |
Year 12 |
Distraction |
|
Abergowrie State School |
Prep to Year 6 |
Streets Ahead |
|
St Teresa’s College Abergowrie |
Year 11, 12 |
Distraction |
|
Aitkenvale State School |
Prep to Year 6 |
Streets Ahead |
|
Ingham State High School |
Year 11, 12 |
Distraction |
|
Heatley Secondary College, Townsville |
Year 11, 12 |
Distraction |
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