Students of the Public Primary School SPSK organize a series of actions as part of the “Reflective School”. They are intended to promote safe road traffic as well as to alert pedestrians to wear reflective vests.
As every year, the Public Primary School of SPSK joined the “Reflective School” program, organized by the Provincial Road Traffic Safety Council, Road Traffic Department of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Krakow, Kuratorium w Krakow, Małopolskie Provincial Office and the Marshal’s Office of the Małopolskie Voivodeship.
The aim of the action, in the form of a competition, is to promote safe behavior in traffic, sensitize to the need to wear reflections, as well as equipping students with reflective elements.
As part of the “Reflective School”, a number of initiatives were organized at the school, in which all students and teachers were involved. On September 22, during a sports picnic, children from grades I to III with loud shouts, songs and rhymes encouraged all participants to wear flares. The students repeated their “reflective procession” on September 28, when, while walking around our town, chanting slogans and carrying colorful banners, they handed out reflections to the inhabitants they encountered and paid attention to the necessity of wearing them.
An art competition was organized at the school. The task was to perform any technique of work “Safe Way to School”. The participants showed great ingenuity, their works were interesting, aesthetically done and aptly pointed out the correct behavior on the road. In addition, students could demonstrate their knowledge about safety by taking part in a team competition on this subject. “What do the traffic signs look like?”, “Which side of the road should you move?”, “How to go to the other side correctly?” these are just some of the questions that his participants were facing. The individual primary school classes also competed against each other, fighting for the title of “the most reflective class”. Students also prepared educational wall leaflets and their class slogans promoting the wearing of reflections which made of reflective fabrics. The sale of “reflective cookies” was very popular – this way children were also encouraged to remember about reflections.
To sensitize drivers to the need to take care of their own and others’ safety, and draw their attention to the need for special vigilance around the school, all pupils and teachers created a “reflective chain” along the road. The seniors were also not forgotten – after the rosary service, the students handed out educational leaflets, reminding them of the obligation to wear reflectors.
As part of the “Reflective School” campaign, students of younger classes, under the direction of Anna, prepared an educational scene in which they introduced their friends to safe ways on the way, while class I students participate in the educational program “Safe Pooh Academy”. In other lessons, children, supported by teachers, consolidate knowledge in the field of communication education, a great help in this area was a visit to our school policemen and city guards who fixed the most important rules of road traffic with children and gave out all reflective elements to all students.
The initiatives described are not the only ones undertaken under the “Reflective School”. Students are still waiting for “Reflective disco”, which will apply to the admission ticket – any reflective material, as well as a solemn gala summarizing the whole project. The special guest will be the councilor of the Małopolskie Province, Philip Kaczynski, who will give the winning students diplomas and prizes funded by him.
The organizers hope that all organized activities will serve to increase road safety. Of course, they do not end with the finale of the “Reflective School” action, but they will also continue in the following months…