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Many of us will be dreaming of the places that we want to visit once lockdown is over, but for now our imaginations will have to do. The good news for parents is that fun indoor activities can be the perfect opportunity to teach our children the life skills they’ll need to enjoy our next family day out. Network Rail are encouraging families to continue conversations about rail safety this lockdown using their Stay Safe with Thomas e-resources. With this in mind, we would like you to ask your children to draw Thomas in the place they’d most like to visit after lockdown, and while you are thinking about train travel, to have a conversation with them about rail safety.
Here’s what Network Rail has to say: ^“Our research* tells us that only half of parents with young children talk to their children about rail safety, compared to road safety where almost all parents have discussed it. We know that it can be a difficult subject to bring up with young children, which is why we have produced the Stay Safe With Thomas book as it allows parents to have that conversation in a gentle way. Parents can download a free copy by visiting networkrail.co.uk/Thomas.”^
So, do your children have a favourite or dream holiday location they can’t wait to visit, or would it be a simple trip to a friend’s house? Whatever the location we want to see your children's drawings of Thomas (or his friends) there. While they're creating their masterpiece, we'd like you to talk to them about rail safety (you can download the ebook here for inspiration)!
To enter the prize draw, share a photo of your child's drawing on the thread below, and tell us how your conversation about rail safety went. Was it a useful discussion? How did you feel discussing rail safety with your children?
All who share a photo of their children’s drawing and let us know how their conversation about rail safety went on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one lucky MNer will win a £200 voucher for a store of their choice (from a list), plus one MNer will win a bundle of Thomas toys worth £100.
Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!
MNHQ
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*Research conducted by Mumsnet in April 2020 amongst 611 parents with at least one child aged 3 to 6.