Understanding The Highway Code

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Understanding The Highway Code

• Assembly Plan
• Key Stage 2

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What are rules?
Can anyone tell me what a rule is?
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Why do we have rules?
Why do you think we have rules?
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Why do we have rules?

• Rules are designed to protect us and keep us
  safe.
• If we ignored rules, there would be lots of
  accidents and injuries.
• Sometimes there are consequences for breaking
  rules. For example, if you hurt someone at school
  on purpose you would be told off.

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What rules do you follow at home?
You probably have rules at home that you follow.
Can you think of any?
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Here are some rules you may follow
Wipe your feet
Time for bed!
Rules
No littering
Brush your teeth
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Where do you find rules?

• Can you think of some other places that have
  rules?
• Here are a few suggestions
• School
• Library
• Swimming pool
• Road

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School rules

• School rules help keep
• you safe and help the school
• to run properly.
• Can you think of any rules
• for your school?

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Library rules

• When you are in a library
• one rule is that you need
• to keep quiet so that
• other people can read
• and concentrate.

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Swimming pool rules

• Your local swimming pool
• will have rules to
• keep you safe.
• Rules probably tell you
• not to run by the pool
• or jump in.

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Road rules

• There are millions of
• cars on the road, not including
• other road users such as cyclists
• and pedestrians.
• With so many people using
• the road, it is important that
• rules are in place to help
• everyone stay safe.

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The Highway Code

• The Highway Code includes rules for all road
  users such as pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.
• Many rules are legal requirements and it is
  illegal not to follow them.
• Other rules are a guide to safe road use.

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The Highway Code

• For pedestrians, The Highway Code teaches you how
  to walk safely alongside the road, how to stay
  safe and visible in the dark and how to cross the
  road safely using the Green Cross Code.

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The Highway Code

• The Highway Code also teaches road users about
  the different road signs and markings as well as
  giving drivers safety information about safe
  travelling speeds.
• Can you think of any road signs you have seen?

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The Highway Code

• Road signs can be
• separated into four groups
• Warning signs These
• are triangular with a
• red border and look like
• this

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The Highway Code

• Signs that give orders
• which are round,
• with a red border.
• They look like this

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The Highway Code

• Signs giving positive
• instructions. These are
• mostly circular with a
• blue background and look
• like this

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The Highway Code

• Signs showing directions.
• These are square or
• rectangular and can be
• different colours depending
• on the kind of route. They
• look like this

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What would happen?
Now you know how important it is to have rules
like The Highway Code, what do you think might
happen if we did not have rules for the road?
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What could happen?
Some of the characters in the next picture are
not following the rules of the road. What are
they doing wrong and what could happen to them?
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