School Action Plan

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?

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?

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

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?

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.

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.

Any activity which promotes walking to pupils.

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?

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.

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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 classroom based session demonstrating 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

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.