Go Learn for Primary Schools in Sussex

Your Year 6 pupils can attend a Junior Citizen event in West Sussex, or a Safety In Action event in East Sussex and meet Southern’s Rail Enforcement Officers (REOs). These sessions are part of a day long event where pupils will meet organisations such as Fire and Rescue Service, Sussex Police and the RNLI, and develop their confidence in dealing with new experiences. Our REOs talk about how to stay safe on the railways.

To find out more about Junior Citizen in Crawley, West Sussex please contact: Deborah.Gomez@crawley.gov.uk

To find out more about Junior Citizen in Horsham, West Sussex please contact: communitysaftey@horsham.gov.uk

To find out more about Safety in Action in East Sussex please contact: Sophie.Hepworth@esfrs.org

This free interactive workshop, delivered by our Education Officer in your classroom, is for Year 6 pupils.  The workshop is 1.5 hours and covers:

• Using maps – using compass points to describe the location of things on a map
• Reading a paper timetable and Southern’s mobile app – pupils will learn how to read a paper timetable, remember this may appear on their SATs exams! Will include platforms signs and detaching trains
• What to pack for your journey? An activity for the pupils to list everything they would need to pack for a train journey if they were travelling without their parents
• Staying safe – at stations, on the train and personal safety
•  Help! Talk about finding help when travelling e.g. staff, signs onboard the train, help points or apps
• What If?… Activity – pupils are given different scenarios that they may encounter when they travel on the train. How will they deal with them?

This workshop can be delivered via Zoom.

To book your free workshop please contact Cath Reed, Education Officer cathreed@southeastcrp.org / 07535 511718

Following the classroom workshop your Year 6 pupils can visit their local train station and take a free return trip on a train (usually to the next station). Please allow several hours for this visit which will include four or five activities including:

• a platform visit (with a reminder on safety on the railways)
• buying a ticket from a machine
• a station inspection activity
• a station quiz

The train ride could be used to deliver other areas of your curriculum (e.g. schools have used the train ride as part of an Evacuation Day experience).

‘Take a trip on a train’ is an activity in the Department for Education’s Year 6 Activity Passport

To book your free station visit and train ride please contact Cath Reed, Education Officer cathreed@southeastcrp.org / 07535 511718