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?

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?

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.

To find out more information, Learn About Bikeability

‘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?

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.

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.

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.

Fix is designed to help children understand how to maintain the health of their bikes, including how to do M checks and repair a punture,

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?

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.