Native kids had been handled to a storytelling session at Eliburn Park in Livingston from Street Security Scotland mascot ‘Ziggy’.
The occasion was part of a nationwide tour of nation parks by Street Security Scotland referred to as ‘Ziggy’s Massive Day Out’.
The tour will assist equip kids and fogeys with the abilities, data, and attitudes that can hold kids protected on our roads now and in later life.
After a enjoyable, interactive storytelling session with the alien mascot, kids acquired the possibility to win prizes and put their new abilities into apply on a stroll across the park with Ziggy - serving to to deliver actual street security conditions to life in a protected, enjoyable, and memorable manner.
Michael McDonnell, Street Security Scotland Director, stated: “Youngsters needs to be immersed in optimistic street security attitudes from a younger age.
“It has been broadly recognised amongst behavioural psychologists that early experiences form kids’s future behaviour, reiterating the significance of practising and educating protected street habits from the very starting.
“Ziggy is a enjoyable character with an essential position and the Ziggy’s Massive Day Out tour of nation parks will assist put these invaluable abilities into apply and create lasting reminiscences for youngsters and fogeys alike.”
Written by kids’s creator Lynda Kennedy and illustrated by Lynn Taylor, the Go Secure with Ziggy books can be found without spending a dime for all Early Studying and Childcare centres and Major 1 courses in Scotland.
Dad and mom and lecturers even have entry to on-line assets and exercise concepts - the Ziggy sequence is obtainable in Scots and Gaelic.
This summer time, Ziggy will likely be visiting nation parks throughout Scotland, together with Beecraigs Nation Park in Linlithgow on Monday July 18, in addition to parks in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dumfries, Hawick, Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen.
For extra details about Go Secure with Ziggy, go to roadsafety.scot/ziggy-online.
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