A*Stars Blog

2014 October Walk to School Month

We have now launched our October Walk to School Month campaign "Colour Your Tree", with great prizes to be won!

Safer Parking Enforcement

To coincide with the start of the A*STARS programme for 2014/15 we are launching a safer parking campaign in conjunction with our Parking Enforcement Team.

Congratulations to St Michael's CE Primary- 2014 A*STARS Quiz Winners!

Pupils from 14 A*STARS primary schools went head to head in the 5th annual Key Stage 2 A*STARS Quiz.

72 pupils from years 4/5 had won earlier rounds at their schools and competed against each other in the annual quiz held at Walsall Town Hall.

Bike Week 2014

National Bike Week (14th-22nd June)

A*STARS Design a bike competition (3rd-20th June)

To mark National Bike Week, Walsall Road Safety Team has joined forces with local bike shops to offer a great competition. Pupils from all A*STARS schools are invited to enter the “Design a Bike” competition. We’re asking pupils to forget the traditional bicycle design and start with a blank page. Using plenty of colour and imagination, what will the next bike look like? Closing date for entries is Friday, 20th June.

Bike Week 2014 Update

Thanks to all everyone who entered the ‘Design a bike’ competition. We have had hundreds of entries already and they are still arriving thick and fast!

There are some amazing designs and it’s going to be a really hard to select the winners.

Watch this space to find out the result (winners will be announced week commencing 7th July).

Bike Week Competition 2014 - Winners!

Many thanks to all the children who took part in the ‘Design a Bike’ competition. We received almost 1000 entries. Click here to see the winners!

2014 Road Safety and Sustainable Travel Calendar

The 2014 Road Safety and Sustainable Travel Calendar is now available.

NEW School Safety Zone at Whitehall Junior School

Whitehall Junior School has recently benefited from having a “School Safety Zone” installed outside their school. 

Through the Schools A*STARS Action Plan, concerns were raised about drivers not observing the zebra crossing correctly. This was assessed against other school requests and was successful in receiving funding for a ‘Safer Route to School’ scheme in 2015/16.