Intermediate Programme Breakdown

What is it?

The annual travel survey takes place during October each year. Every child in each year group is asked how they travel to school and how they would prefer to travel to school.   This is administered via a hands up survey in class and results are recorded directly onto   the A*STARS website.

What is it?

A multiple choice Year 2 quiz that reinforces messages from TOGO NOGO Pedestrian Education and Scooterbility Training

What is it?

Road safety education walk in the vicinity of the school. Each child must be accompanied by a parent or carer.

A member of the Road Safety Team will meet with the adults initially to discuss what will happen on the walk and deliver some key road safety messages to the parents/ carers. The Road Safety Team will then talk to the children and adults as a whole, before going out and walking a short risk assessed route close to the school.

What is it?

The aim of the Scooterbility programme is to use the scooters as a fun and active way to learn and reinforce basic pedestrian safety messages.

The programme is broken down into activities which encourage active travel and help develop skills such as steering, stopping and balancing.

What is it?

This is a Year 4/5 mixed year group road safety and sustainable travel quiz. The quiz is based on the DfT’s Tales of the Road, Togo Nogo and materials provided by the A*STARS Team. There are 2 parts to the quiz – an Inter-Class Quiz delivered in school which enables schools to select a team of 4. This is followed by an Inter-School Quiz.

Schools are invited to send a Year 4/5 mixed team of 4 pupils comprising 2 Y4 children and 2 Y5 children to represent their school at the annual Inter-school Quiz.

Should anticipated numbers of schools be too great, a selection event/activity will be arranged by A*STARS Team

What is it?

A one off promotional event such as summer fates, open days and parents evenings ( where other events are taking place) to:

• (Re)introduce cycling to parents in a fun atmosphere

• Show benefits of cycling to whole families 

• Create an opportunity to promote Bikeability training 

• Create a chance to deliver other Bikeability Plus modules (e.g. Bikeability Ride or Bikeability Fix) to children, parents, schools 

• Educate and advise adults and children about cycling for transport, leisure or sport

What is it?

Our pedestrian education included a practical training session covering key topics to help develop valuable road safety skills.

These topics include:

• Things to think about before you go out
• Traffic and Roads
• The Green Cross Code and safer places to cross
• Risk Awareness

What is it?

National standard cycle training for children aged 10 and over. The Bikeability level 2 course is delivered over 2 full days. The first morning session takes place on the school playground and seeks to achieve the level 1 outcomes. The remainder of the course is undertaken on-road along risk assessed routes in the local vicinity of the school. The course lasts 2 full days to achieve level 2 aims.

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‘On the Move’ is a free transition resource developed by the West Midlands Road Safety Partnership for delivery within schools. The package includes a lesson plan booklet, complete with curriculum links, a student booklet and a leaflet to go home to parents.

What is it?

This core element is designed to raise awareness of A*STARS and its key messages to all sectors of the school community including: pupils, parents, staff, governors, residents and partner agencies.

What is it?

Engaging with parents/carers to help launch, promote and encourage participation with the overall programme. Some methods of engagement could include:

• Leaflets
• Newsletters
• Website (A*STARS and School)
• Letters
• Events
• Parents evenings
• New parent induction meetings
• Notice boards
• PTA meetings

What is it?

Throughout the academic year there will be various opportunities for schools to take part in one or more local, regional or national campaigns.

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What is it?

Cycling in the curriculum is simply raising awareness about cycling as part of other national curriculum subjects. Cycling covers a wide range of subjects such as physical education, science, maths and PSHE to name but a few. Ready made lessons plans for various key stages and topics are available to download. These can be adapted to suit or alternatively, teachers can plan their own cycling based lessons. Evidence of the lesson will need to be provided, such as pupils work or lesson plan monitoring.

What is it?

A Scootathlon is a race that can be targeted at any age group. This fun activity incorporates running and scooting for younger children and can comprise a third discipline (cycling) for older children. It could be carried out at the end of Scooterbility or Bikeability Training as it allows children to practise some of the skills that they have learned.

It can also be included as a sports day activity.

What is it?

A leisure cycle ride (LCR) is a one-off activity around the vicinity of the school that is designed to help pupils associate cycling with the journey to school by undertaking a led cycle ride. Sessions normally last about 2 hours including a break half way. The session is normally led by a Road Safety Tutor and is supported by school staff and sometimes parents as well. Ideally, pupils will have undertaken some form of cycle training before the ride takes place.

Bikeability Ride, an initiative where children and their families, and school staff can have a go at cycling in a fun, family atmosphere.

Bikeability Plus Learn to Ride is for anyone aged 4 and above who would like to ride a bike with pedals independently. The course is delivered in an off road traffic free environment. At this level the training does not attempt to simulate on road cycling.

A 5 minute Walk Zone aims to encourage children and their families to walk for at least part of the journey to and from school. A zone around school is marked out by easily identifiable signs on lighting column. Families who live in or near the zone are encouraged to walk, cycle or scoot to and from school each day, while those who chose to drive are asked to park safely outside the zone and walk the last five minutes of their journey.

What is it?

A Let’s walk Together Event (LWTE) is a one off event which allows parents and children to walk together along a predetermined route to school with other parents and staff members.

It can be used to raise awareness of Park and Stride or to give them an opportunity to experience how a walking bus might operate. On arrival at school, parents are encouraged to attend a coffee morning where Walking Bus / Park and Stride initiatives can be promoted and discussed.

What is it?

A Park & Stride scheme is designed to encourage parents who to drive their children to school to park away from the school gates and walk the remainder of the journey.

Schools identify a car park, such as a supermarket, church or pub, within a 5-15 minute walk of the school. After obtaining permission from the land owner for parents to use the car park, it is promoted and launched as an official Park & Stride site.

Schools ask parents to register for the scheme and give them a car sticker to display on their windscreen to advise the land owner that they are an authorised user. This also enables schools to identify which children Park and Stride.

What is it?

A walking bus is an organised group of children walking a pre-determined route to school supported by adult volunteers / school staff. This activity takes place on a regular basis (unlike a Let’s Walk Together Event) and can operate one morning a week, every morning or twice daily on the journey to and from school. The walking bus is a formal activity which requires: a co-ordinator, supported by volunteers to operate it on a rota basis, parents to register their children to travel on it and a timetable showing when and where it will be stopping.

‘Dazzle’s Walking Challenge’ is designed for children who can’t travel sustainably to school. The challenge provides a way for these children to join in with the A*STARS programme by regularly walking short distances around the school playground and receiving certificates when they reach key miles.

The Walking mile challenge is designed to encourge children who possibly cannot walk/be active on the journey to school, to walk laps of your playground which equal a mile. 

What is it?

Walking Or Wheeling (WOW) is an incentive scheme that rewards children for active* travel on the journey to school (*Walking, Scooting, Cycling, Park and Stride and Public Transport). Pupils record their mode of travel each day and are rewarded with badges when they achieve a set amount of active travel journeys during in a half term period.

This initiative enables schools to try out WOW for one term (or more if successful). It can also be used to raise awareness of Park and Stride schemes or to promote a walking bus.

What is it?

A resource pack available for loan which can be used to demonstrate the need to wear bright and reflective clothing –

Colourful or fluorescent clothing to make you more visible when you go out during the day

Reflective clothing or accessories for increased visibility at night

This initiative is designed to help teach children of the importance of wearing helmets when cycling and scooting. The activities help children to identify risks involved in cycling and scooting and how helmets can help minimise injury to themselves.

What is it?

Teaching resource where pupils participate in a practical roadside speed monitoring session. Pupils use Speed guns to measure the speeds of passing vehicles and identify the difficultly in judging the speed of approaching/ passing vehicles. 

What is it?

Togo and Nogo are two award winning road safety characters who support schools in delivering child pedestrian education.
Classroom resources for Key Stage 1 and 2 are available in the teachers area to download, including lesson plans, videos, storybooks and activity sheets.

The programme is designed to equip children with the skills and knowledge required to ensure their safety as pedestrians, offer road safety education to all year groups from Early years to Year 6 and build upon practical pedestrian training skills developed in Reception & Year 3.

What is it?

Children must normally* use a child car seat until they are 12years old or 135cm in height,whichever comes first.

An interactive session to demonstrate which children by law should still be using booster seats**

What is it?

A class based activity utilising a model family car which travels down a ramp to demonstrate the forces involved when the occupants fail to wear seatbelt.

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