The Rail Safe resources provide learning activities to empower students to move safely and responsibly around trains and rail tracks.

What students will learn

These year 7-8 resources will help students to learn to:

• identify characteristics of trains and explain how they differ from motor vehicles
• explain why you need to take care near trains
• explain why it is illegal to be in the rail corridor and the consequences of this
• identify legal crossing places
• explain why they should use Stop, Look and Listen before they cross the tracks
• cross the tracks using Stop, Look and Listen.
• explain the possible consequences of unsafe behaviour around trains
• make a difference to the safety of their school community.

Three focus areas

Learning activities are arranged in three focus areas.

Focus area 1: About trains

Students learn how most people look out for trains and take care around them.

• About trains (PDF, 121KB)
• About trains (DOC, 164KB)

Focus area 2: About tracks

Students learn how to take care around the rail corridor.

• About tracks (PDF, 175KB)
• About tracks (DOC, 228KB)

Focus area 3: About us

Students learn what action they can take to make a difference to the rail safety of our school community.

• About us (PDF, 83KB)
• About us (DOC, 97KB)

The Rail Safe resources provide learning activities to empower students to move safely and responsibly around trains and rail tracks.

What students will learn

These year 4-6 resources will help students to learn to:

• identify characteristics of trains
• explain why people have to take care near trains
• identify features that make up the rail corridor
• explain why the rail corridor is out of bounds
• identify legal crossing places
• explain why they should use Stop, Look and Listen before they cross the tracks
• cross the rail tracks using Stop, Look and Listen
• explain why a person should stand at least 1.5 metres back from the edge of the platform
• demonstrate safe behaviour on or near a platform
• explain the possible consequences of unsafe behaviour around trains
• list some of the consequences of breaking RailSafe Rules
• model RailSafe behaviour for younger students
• take positive action to keep students at the school safer around trains.

Three focus areas

Learning activities are arranged in three focus areas.

Focus area 1: About trains

Students learn to identify characteristics of trains and explain why people have to take care near trains.

• About trains (PDF, 834KB)
• About trains (DOC, 622KB)

Focus area 2: About tracks

Students learn about the rail corridor and why it is out of bounds.

• About tracks (PDF, 208KB)
• About tracks (DOC, 216KB)

Focus area 3: About us

Students learn about the possible consequences of unsafe behaviour around trains, and what they can do to take action to prevent this.

• About us (PDF, 73KB)
• About us (DOC, 84KB)

The Rail Safe resources provide learning activities to empower students to move safely and responsibly around trains and rail tracks.

What students will learn

These year 1-3 resources will help students to learn to:

• explain that trains are big and go fast
• give 2 reasons why they should stay away from trains and the rail corridor
• explain what a safety line on a platform is
• describe how to behave when waiting at a railway station.

One focus area

Learning activities are arranged in one focus area.

Focus area 1: Taking care around tracks and trains

Students learn what trains are like, and how to keep safe on a station platform. They identify what they already know about trains and train stations, and how they can teach each other.

• Taking care around tracks and trains  (PDF, 77KB)
• Taking care around tracks and trains  (DOC, 96KB)