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# Stop, look, listen, live: Police teach vital road safety to nursery children
- URL: https://www.ipswich.co.uk/stop-look-listen-live-police-teach-vital-road-safety-to-nursery-children/
- Published: 2024-11-13T08:26:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-16T15:30:31.000Z
- Description: Young children at Hillside Nursery learned essential road safety rules through interactive sessions with police officers. The visit combined practical demonstrations with storytelling to help children understand safety messages.
- Author: Oliver Rouane-Williams
- Tags: News, Policing, #article, Suffolk Constabulary, #Import 2026-03-16 14:46

**Why it matters:** Early safety education helps protect young children and establishes good habits that can last a lifetime.

**The big picture:** Ipswich Police are working to engage with children of all ages through interactive learning sessions, combining practical demonstrations with age-appropriate teaching methods.

![Police teach vital road safety to nursery children at Hillside Nursery](https://storage.ghost.io/c/29/1e/291e4b7f-e551-4458-b546-61963954b22f/content/images/2026/03/1731427230-ipswich-police-at-hillside-nursery-1.jpg)

Police teach vital road safety to nursery children at Hillside Nursery (Suffolk Police)

**The details:** During the visit, two Ipswich police officers:

- Demonstrated police equipment and allowed children to explore a police car
- Taught road safety using the memorable phrase "stop, look, listen, live"
- Measured children's heights to explain car seat requirements
- Used a new storybook, "PC Ben", to explain police officers' roles
- Checked previous craft projects made by the afternoon group

**Between the lines:** The visit represents a shift in community policing, focusing on early intervention and positive engagement rather than just enforcement.

**The bottom line:** By making safety education interactive and fun, police officers are helping Ipswich's youngest residents understand crucial safety messages while building positive relationships with law enforcement from an early age.

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