Road Safety in the Curriculum
There are many ways that you can incorporate your SADD activities, learning and road safety education into the NZ curriculum! Here we have some great examples from current and past SADD leaders who have used road safety themes in their NCEA assessments.
Road safety is a brilliant topic that can be applied to so many different subjects and the following examples demonstrate how easy it is to integrate SADD key messages into your schoolwork!
Hayley Lincoln, Campion College (2022):
Hayley was a National Leader for Kaitiaki o Ara/SADD in 2021 and 2022 and during this time worked on a project producing bumper stickers designed to encourage people to think about whether they are driving at the appropriate speed.
“Being able to link my SADD project with my school curriculum to me was a fantastic idea so I got the best of both worlds. I worked on this SADD project during my Business Studies classes, through my marketing plan and business plan, as well as on a Friday when our school has impact projects. My impact project at school was creating Campion College's SADD team and the road safety stickers. Doing this allowed me to have even more time to work on this project. Especially as the year got busier and busier.”
Hayley’s project has been featured on the Waka Kotahi Education Portal.
Ben Bonne, Albany Senior High School (2020):
In 2020 I did my NCEA Level 3 Statistics time series internal assessment (AS91580) focusing on alcohol-related offences on our New Zealand roads. As a student who is passionate about road safety in New Zealand, being able to focus on this through my internal made this assessment far more enjoyable and easy to complete. My time series internal focused on the alcohol-related offences on New Zealand roads from the past 10 or so years and I was able to analyse the trends in that data, which met all of the statistical criteria for this assessment. I highly recommend linking your NCEA Internals with SADD, as it is easy to do, and it enabled me to gain a far better understanding of alcohol-related offences on our NZ roads, which helped me learn more about topics of interest, it helped me in my SADD Committee events at school, and it helped me do well in my internal as I was far more invested in it than most of my other internals. If linking SADD and NCEA sounds like something that interests you then just talk to your teachers, and I am sure they will be supportive and more than happy for you to do this!
James Graham, Chanel College (2020):
James used his experience with SADD and the connections he has made through SADD to complete his NCEA Geography Level 3 internal - Geography Achievement Standard 91431: Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue.
Natalie Posa, Fraser High School (2019):
Natalie referenced SADD and road safety in her NCEA Level 2 English internal, achievement standard 91101 (Produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing).
Kelsey Beet, Orewa College (2019):
Kelsey used SADD as a topic for her English oral assessment.
There are loads of other subjects and topics that provide opportunities to integrate SADD into the school curriculum. This can be student-led or even introduced by a teacher to teach the core subject and road safety at the same time. Other ideas include
- Physics – examining stopping distances, the forces that occur in a vehicle
- Health – effects of alcohol on driving
- Performing and Creative Arts – representation of road safety messages through drama, music, painting, sculpture etc.
- Maths – Statistics and probability relating to vehicle crashes
- English and Media studies – Presenting skills, analysing literature, creative writing, Media representation of road safety
Epsom Girls Grammar (2019):
Students at Epsom Girls Grammar incorporated SADD messages into their Health internal assessment.
There are many options!
We encourage students and teachers to consider ways that SADD can feature within their classwork and assignments. Our SADD team is happy to help out with resources and can connect you with people in the community who may also be able to support your work.