Children's Competition Page
Welcome to the mosshaselhurst children's competition - your chance to win a 4 person family experience at either Sandy Lane Equestrian Centre or Catton Hall Shooting ground.
Click the links here to see these two fantastic local venues.
www.sandylane-equestrian.co.uk
Aimed at 6 to 12 year olds, we're looking to raise the awareness of important personal safety issues amongst children in Cheshire.
Each quarter then we are posing 5 'personal safety' questions from The Highway Code for you to consider and submit answers on.
The rules are laid out below, however, simply submit your answers by clicking the link and we' ll consider your submission along side all others.
The winners will be published on this page at the end of each quarter.
In the event of a tie, we have a tie breaker question.
This quarter's question is as follows:
"Why is it important for all children to read the highway code?"
(50 words maximum)
As for the questions for this quarter, simply fill the gaps from The Highway Code excerpt below and email the answers to us by clicking the link.
childrenscomp@mosshaselhurst.com:
4: Young children should not be out alone on the pavement or road (see Rule 7). When taking children out, walk (answer 1 - one word) them and the traffic and hold their hands firmly. Strap very young children into push-chairs or use reins.
5: Organised walks. Groups of people should use a (answer 2 - one word) if available; if one is not, they should keep to the left. Look-outs should be positioned at the front and back of the group, and they should wear fluorescent clothes in daylight and reflective clothes in the dark. At night, the look-out in front should carry a white light and the one at the back a red light. People on the outside of large groups should also carry lights and wear reflective clothing.
6: Motorways. You MUST NOT walk on motorways or slip roads except in an emergency (see Rule 249) Laws RTRA sect 17, MT(E&W)R 1982 as amended & MT(S)R regs 2 &13
7: The Green Cross Code. The advice given below on crossing the road is for all pedestrians. Children should be taught the Code and should not be allowed out alone until they can understand and use it properly. The age when they can do this is different for each child. Many children cannot judge how (answer 3 - one word) vehicles are going or how far away they are. Children learn by example, so parents and carers should always use the Code in full when out with their children. They are responsible for deciding at what age children can use it safely by themselves.
a. First find a safe place to cross. It is safer to cross using a subway, a footbridge, an island, a zebra, pelican, toucan or puffin crossing, or where there is a crossing point controlled by a police officer, a school crossing patrol or a (answer 4 - two words). Where there is a crossing nearby, use it. Otherwise choose a place where you can see clearly in all directions. Try to avoid crossing between parked cars (see Rule 14) and on blind bends and brows of hills. Move to a space where drivers can see you clearly.
b. Stop just before you get to the kerb, where you can see if anything is coming. Do not get too close to the traffic. If there is no pavement, keep back from the edge of the road but make sure you can still see approaching traffic.
c. Look all around for traffic and listen. Traffic could come from any direction. Listen as well, because you can sometimes hear traffic before you see it.
d. If traffic is coming, (answer 5 - three words). Look all around again and listen. Do not cross until there is a safe gap in the traffic and you are certain that there is plenty of time. Remember, even if traffic is a long way off, it may be approaching very quickly.
e. When it is safe, go straight across the road - do not run. Keep looking and listening for traffic while you cross, in case there is any traffic you did not see, or in case other traffic appears suddenly.
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