Highland school safety team could save children
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MORE than 200 children in the Highlands have been trained as junior road safety officers to help encourage sustainable travel and awareness on the road.
Primary six and seven pupils from 47 schools gathered at Culduthel Christian Centre in Inverness to learn about their new roles.
Depute Leader of Highland Council, councillor Alasdair Christie said: “This important training day is ultimately about saving lives.
“This vital role empowers children within their schools not only to share road safety education information to their fellow pupils, but also to encourage pupils to think about and use sustainable travel choices on the school journey, with the aim of having a safe and healthy Highland school population.”
The Junior Road Safety Officer (JRSO) programme aims to give children an active role within their schools and a chance to make a difference to road safety.
The pupils will now be tasked with various responsibilities such as organising a road safety notice board, delivering safety presentations to classes or assemblies and running school road safety competitions.
At the training day (organised by Highland Council’s Road Safety Team) the new JRSO’s were provided with information from a number of organisations.
Highland Council, Police Scotland, Road Safety Scotland and Cycling Scotland will all support them in their new roles.
Their training follows the launch of the Scottish Government’s road safety app Klang at www.klangtheroadhome.com. The app was used to help the children understand possible dangers on the road.
