Information Bulletin
Junior Road Safety Officer Presentations
The Junior Road Safety Officer Scheme has been developed by Road Safety Scotland as part of a national strategy to help reduce the number of child casualties on our roads.
Children from Shetland Schools have been appointed as Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO) for the last year. They are responsible for highlighting road safety issues within their school through other pupils, teachers and the community.
Throughout the year they will be required to carry out four main tasks including, putting up and maintaining a prominent notice board, running school competitions, giving class or assembly presentations and using the website (www.jrso.com). The JRSO’s are supported during their year in post by an individual at the school along with regular visits from their local Road Safety Officer.
Road Safety Scotland launched the JRSO scheme in 2002 as part of a national strategy for road safety education in all Scottish schools. Working with their local Road Safety Officers, primary schools in Scotland are encouraged to appoint two JRSO’s from Primary 6 or 7 for a one-year period, to be road safety champions in their school.
With road traffic accidents being the largest single cause of child death in Scotland, the aim of the JRSO scheme is to empower children to highlight road safety issues within their school and to help reduce the number of child deaths and casualties on our roads.
On Friday 20th June 2008 at 10.30am in the Town Hall Chamber, we will be having a Presentation day to present this years JRSO’s with their certificates. The JRSO’s from each school will also be giving a small presentation of their work over the last year.
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