School Traffic Safety Teams
Why have a School Traffic Team?
Schools have a vital role in helping students to stay safe –and that includes on their journeys to and from school.
Along with a Whole School Approach to Safer Journeys for Children, a school traffic safety team supported and managed by responsible volunteer students and supervised by adults, can be vital to students travelling safely.
A school traffic safety team provides an invaluable service for school children crossing roads near your school and taking the school bus. Being on or managing a School Traffic Safety Team is a significant responsibility that requires an equally significant commitment, but it pays enormous dividends for the school children, their parents and caregivers and the community as a whole.
What is a School traffic Safety Team?
It can be a
• a school patrol, helping pedestrians at pedestrian (sometimes called zebra) crossings and school
crossing points (called kea crossings). School patrols control traffic as well as pedestrians
AND /OR
• a school warden (sometimes called traffic warden), helping pedestrians at less busy crossings. School
wardens aren’t allowed to step into the road, stop or control traffic
AND /OR
• a bus warden, supervising children travelling to and from school on bus services that either your
school provides or are provided under contract by the Ministry of Education
AND /OR
• adults who help and support students to fulfil these duties
A partnership approach
A school traffic safety team is a partnership between students and the principal , the board of trustees, teachers, the school community, New Zealand Police and the local authority or NZ Transport Agency responsible for controlling the roads in your area (the ‘road controlling authority’).
The following resources help train your School Traffic Team in partnership with the NZ Police Education Officer
School Traffic Safety Manual.pdf
A SOLO and NZC Curriculum resource about explanation writing -which may be useful for the whole class to support the Traffic Safety Team
Road safety and writing explanations (RTF document 139kb)
Make your own traffic safety manual (powerpoint 532kb)
The suggested text and areas which need to be included in the School Traffic SafetyTeam Manual
Here are suggestions for EACH SLIDE which the teacher and students to develop the school patrol and school warden personalised manual
