Here are just a few things the Safer Routes to School (SRTS) team have been up to this term:
November
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Four Cambridgeshire schools have won national recognition for their commitment to encouraging sustainable ways of getting to and from school. Oakington Primary, The Bellbird Primary in Sawston and The Grove Primary in Cambridge received the Gold Standard and Barton Primary School the Bronze Standard in the School Travel Plan National Accreditation Scheme. Read the press release here.
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The Bellbird Primary School in Sawston joined the project in 2008 and were officially signed off SRTS earlier this month. A certificate marking the end of the project was presented to the head teacher Linda Corall by David Frost, Head of Road Safety Services as part of a school assembly.
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The winners of the Walk to School Month “design a Super Hero” competition were announced. Entries were of a really high standard, and there were many different ideas for how a Super Hero might help children walk to school. Judging was very difficult. The competition winner was Kirsten Cryer from Upwood Primary School for her Super Hero, “Scholar the Wonder Wallaby” (W2SM Winner.pdf (553Kb))! The runners up were Alfie MacCormick from St Mary’s C of E Primary School with “Sir William Walkalot” (W2SM Runner Up.pdf (712Kb)) and Irfaan Rahman from Arbury Primary Schools for “Zebra Man” (W2SM Runner Up 2.pdf (2Mb)).
- Children at Middlefield Primary School took part in a Be Safe Be Seen assembly and learnt how to stay safe on the school journey by wearing fluorescent and reflective clothing.
October
- Pupils at Willingham and William Westley Primary School took part in Pedal Power an off road cycle training course for children in years 3-4.
- SRTS assisted Road Safety Education colleagues with a Starz Detectives road safety activity where key stage 2 pupils worked through a real life scenario.
- Year 5/6 at Dry Drayton Primary School took part in a reaction timer lesson where they learnt about speed and the factors that affect a drivers' stopping distance. They also measured the speed of motorists travelling through the village.
September
- Bourn Primary School were signed off SRTS after a very successful project.
Next month is International Walk to School Month – what are you going to do to encourage everyone (staff and pupils!) to walk during this month? Here are a few ideas to get you started:
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Run an all-school Walk to School Week / Month competition
How about running an all school walking competition? Each class adds up the combined number of minutes that they have walked each day – this can include a walk from a car if an effort has been made to park further away from the school.
Each day’s minutes could be recorded in a pupil or class designed “Totaliser”. You could then award prizes (class points or certificate, extra golden time, stickers and so on) to the class that walks for the longest each day or over the whole week.
Or you could have a refreshments table and any child that has walked receives a hot chocolate and a sticker! There are lots of different ways to run an event like this – what would work at your school?
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Design a superhero competition
Forget Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman – children are being given the chance to create their very own superhero along with a name and outline of their unique super powers to promote International Walk to School Month.
An email will be sent to all schools giving the full details of the competition and the prizes on offer.
Please come back for regular updates.
Previous term's news is also available in the publications section.
on-line activities will engage upper KS2 pupils in acting as experts to solve real life problems. Planned themes include E-safety, Road Safety