Our school has been chosen to be part of the Sustrans Active School Travel Programme, starting this term! We are teaming up with the country’s leading sustainable transport charity, Sustrans, to encourage more journeys to school by foot or wheels.
Active travel, such as cycling, walking and scooting to and from school, has a range of benefits including:
- improving health through physical activity;
- promoting independence;
- improving safety awareness;
- benefiting the environment;
- reducing the number of cars around the school gates, making our school safer for everyone.
We will be working closely with Ann-Marie McManus, our Sustrans Active Travel Officer, who will help us promote active travel throughout the year:
- organising activities and events to encourage pupils to cycle, scoot and walk to school;
- offering cycling training to help pupils ride safely and feel more confident on their bikes;
- working to get better facilities, including bike and scooter parking;
- working with parents and guardians so that they can help support the programme.
We understand cycling or walking to school is not easy for every family but there will be opportunities for all children to participate in some activities in the programme.
On Wednesday 28th September, we are going to have a ‘Ditch the Dark’ day. We will encourage everyone (pupils, families and staff) to travel actively to school i.e. Walk, Cycle or Scoot, or at least park up and travel some of the way actively. For this event, everyone is invited to ditch their uniforms and dress as brightly as possible to reinforce the Road Safety message of ‘Be Bright, Be Seen’. Ann-Marie McManus will be joining us to hand out some spot prizes and incentives for any families or pupils who’ve made a big effort. Parents can help by accompanying their children to and from school and ensuring children are wearing helmets and bright clothes to help them be seen by other road users.
We look forward to seeing more children and parents/guardians cycling, walking and scooting to school this year and hope you will join in on Wednesday 28th September!
The Active School Travel Programme is funded by the Department for Infrastructure and the Public Health Agency.
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