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TrackSAFE Education ran a competition for Rail Safety Week 2016 which challenged Australian primary school students to write and illustrate a picture book about a safe rail journey, with the theme?Rail safety: it's everyone's responsibility'. The competition brought train, track, road and level crossing awareness into the classroom, engaging young minds to help improve their own safety, and the safety of those who read their book. Kenneth Fuglsang and Abbie Brown, Year 4 students from Norwood Primary School in Launceston, Tasmania won first place in the Years Three to Six category with this title, The Best Excursion Ever.TrackSAFE Education is an Australian curriculum-based rail safety education initiative focussing on students? capabilities and making safe choices. It encourages students to create their own ideas about rail safety, and share their ideas in meaningful ways to make a positive impact on rail safety in their community.tracksafeeducation.com.au TrackSAFE Education is an initiative of the TrackSAFE Foundation, a registered Harm Prevention Charity working to reduce near collisions, injuries and fatalities on the rail network.