Road Safety Class is a project which was developed between 2015 and 2019 throughout Bucharest, the Capital of Romania, reaching not less than 65.000 kids. The project is informing 3rd and 4rd graders about the traffic rules and the importance of respecting them. Nowadays, Road Safety Class became the most complex and extensive road safety project that has ever been implemented in Romania. At the moment of speaking, we are requested by parents, high school executives and authorities to develop this project further, introducing it into high schools of Bucharest, for the future drivers.
The Safety Road Class, held every school day in Bucharest, have turned out to be a complex project and beyond that, in the autumn of 2019 we will run it as a pilot throughout big cities of Romania.
Of course, such a complex project can only be implemented with the help of an appropriate team. Our team has exceptional psychologists, who trained the Psychology and Pedagogy students to teach Road Safety, developing thus a methodology namely designed for this project. Policemen, known as “the superheroes”, attend each of our classes, students gain experience in human interaction, photographers spot every moment suitable for framing and open-minded teachers are willing to provide the little pedestrians with the everyday safety they need.
After each class we are urging the pupils, under the careful guidance of their teachers, to create a layout that has to include all the acquired knowledge.
What is more, we took The Safety Road Class further and organized some events, safety road based, in commercial spaces characterized by intense traffic of people. Thereby, in the 2017-2018 school year, we developed 5 workshops from which 3 concerned safety road and the other 2 were first aid lessons.
In June of 2018, we organized an complex event of defensive driving in the parking lot of Bucharest Mall where we had safety road workshops, bike trails with obstacles, rally car and professional drivers together with the representatives of Romanian Police, promotions and lots of prizes for our supporters.
We do not limit ourselves to educating children, so we went for the teachers too. In the 2017-2018 school year we developed 5 training courses for primary and preschool teachers at 2 highschool in Bucharest, where more than 500 teachers got instructed by psychologists and police officers.
We are not confined to offline activities, but proactively involved in social networks, such as Facebook and Instagram, where we came up with an awareness-raising campaign on the importance of the Road Safety Education.
Please, be kind to receive our invitation to watch the video presentation of our project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWYxo7f1fBk&t=33s
Here is a video of how we organized one of our biggest public event for little children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXm3hGtPNk&t=3s
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• The Road Safety Class - 1st Edition - 3rd and 4th graders
*pilot project in collaboration with Local Police, developed in only one district of Bucharest out of six*
- 1000 children
- 10 schools involved
- 30 teachers involved
- 4 policemen
- 3 volunteers
- 5000 awarnessed citizens
- 4 members of the project team
• The Road Safety Class - 2nd Edition- 3rd and 4th graders
*in collaboration with Local Police, developed in only one district of Bucharest out of six*
- 3500 children
- 34 schools involved
- 100 teachers involved
- 10 policemen
- 45 volunteers
- 20.000 awarnessed citizens
- 6 members of the project team
• The Road Safety Class - 3rd Edition- 3rd and 4th graders
*from the 3rd edition, The Road Safety Class collaborates with National Romanian Police and expands to all schools from all the districts of Bucharest*
- 10,000 children trained
- 65 schools involved
- 300 teachers involved
- 20 policemen
- 75 volunteers
- 40.000 awarnessed citizens
- 8 members of the project team
We invite you to take a look at how one day of the The Road Safety Class takes place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4rs6FLvK2k
• The Road Safety Class - 4th Edition - 3rd and 4th graders
- 25,000 children
- 130 schools involved
- 700 teachers involved
- 25 policemen
- 90 volunteers
- 500.000 awarnessed citizens
- 15 members of the project team
Here is a video with members of the core team that developes The Road Safety Class project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMssJB4pmH8
• The Road Safety Class - 5th Edition - 3rd and 4th graders
- 25,000 children
- 140 schools involved
- 800 teachers involved
- 25 policemen
- 100 volunteers
- 1.000.000 awarnessed citizens
- 15 members of the project team
We invite you to take a look at the teaser video of 5th edition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQCmrQ_pCZs
• "Be responsible on the street!" - kindergarten project
*national partnership with Walt Disney Company and Romanian Police*
- 12 counties + Bucharest, capital of the country
- 18,000 children
- 180 kindergartens
- children aged 4-6
The EDIT Association, in partnership with the Walt Disney Company and the Romanian Police, has carried out the roadside education campaign "Be responsible on the street!", to support children aged 4-6, their parents and educators in the process learning safety rules and responsibilities on the street. Thus, 18,000 children from 180 kindergartens in Romania received educational materials in October to find out what the correct street behaviors are.
• Road Safety Class - public spaces events
We took The Safety Road Class further and organized some events, safety road based, in commercial spaces and parks characterized by intense traffic of people. Thereby, in the 2017-2018 school year, we developed 5 workshops from which 3 concerned safety road and the other 2 were first aid lessons.
In June of 2018, we organized an complex event of defensive driving in the parking lot of Bucharest Mall where we had safety road workshops, bike trails with obstacles, rally car and professional drivers together with the representatives of Romanian Police, promotions and lots of prizes for our supporters and another similar event in one of the most popular parks of Bucharest.
Please, be kind to receive our invitation to watch the video presentation of our public events: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXm3hGtPNk
The Road Safety Class Layout Contest - 3rd and 4th graders
The Road Safety Class is not supposed to be only theory presented to the pupils. The Road Safety Class dynamically combines theory and practice, interactive games and real-life situations. In this regard, at the end of Road Safety Class, each classroom is invited to make a layout in which to implement everything they have learned within the classes. The best school layout will be chosen by it's school teachers in the first stage. After that, EDIT Association organize a popularity contest on Facebook for every district of Bucharest followed later by a popularity contest between the top three of each district. The winners are invited to the Award Ceremony where they receive mountain camps tickets for a week and other special prizes.
Award Ceremony of The Road Safety Class - 3rd and 4th graders
Starting from the 2nd Edition of Road Safety Class, every project has ended with an Award Ceremony where all the institutional partners, sponsors and the winning classes of The Road Safety Class Layout Contest, together with the pupils and their teachers and parents, have been invited. At the Award Ceremony, we reward with countless awards and with one week mountain camps, the best layouts chosen from all over the Bucharest's schools. These being said, Award Ceremony is also an opportunity to celebrate the end of the actual edition of Road Safety Class and look forward for the next one!
