School Transport Plan

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School Transport Plan

• This year we are trying to encourage our school
  community to use more sustainable forms of
  transport in their journeys to and from school

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Cycling to school

• We have tried to encourage people to walk
• to school in a variety of ways
• New Cycle racks have been put into the school
  bike sheds
• Cycling Proficiency has been brought forward for
  Year 6
• Cycling Proficiency has been introduced for
  pupils in Years 4 and 5.

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Walking to School

• We want to make walking a safe and viable
• option for members of the school community
• We have WOW (Walk once a Week) reward schemes for
  pupils who make the effort to walk to school
• We are trying to set up a series of Walking Bus
  route into school

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Car Sharing Pool

• It has been suggested that car sharing might
• be a viable alternative form of transport
• It will allow people to cut down on their car
  journeys and free up time for parents
• It will ease some of the parking issues around
  the school entrance at the start and end of the
  day
• If you are interested in getting involved, pick
  up a form from the table in the hall

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What next?

• We would like to extend the waiting area outside
  the school to allow all-weather shelter for
  parents, improved seating and more bike racks
• New notice boards to communicate details about
  bus times, Walking Bus times and routes etc
• New and additional routes for the Walking Bus
• Breakfast Bike Days for pupils cycling into
  school

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How can you help?

• Become a Walking Bus helper and fill in a CRB
  form available from the office
• Read the account of the car-sharing parent in
  the hall and sign up to register your interest
• Join in on our special event days i.e. Breakfast
  Bike Days and encourage your child(ren) to use
  their bike / walk more often.

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Mind Awake School

• As part of our work towards Eco-Schools
• Green Flag status we have made links with
• a school in Lusaka, Zambia

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Facilities

• The school has few recognisable resources other
  than the staff
• A single usable classroom with a wall for a
  blackboard and no books.
• Plastic bags are stuffed together to play a game
  of football
• Staff are mainly unpaid and teach the children in
  their own time

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What can we do?

• We plan to collect used football shirts and send
  them with some footballs. These will help them
  run sports activities and provide additional
  clothes
• We will send the proceeds from the Eco-Schools
  edition of the Pupil Press to pay for a new roof
  for the school
• We will ask pupils to offer their Change to make
  a Change collecting coppers and small coins to
  raise funds for the school (by the school
  entrance)

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Eco-Schools

• The school Eco-Schools team has been
• selected and they have started a number of
• projects, such as
• Editing the Spring Pupil Press
• Organising competitions in school
• Leading a whole school assembly on Eco-Schools
• Preparing an application for the Eco-Schools
  Green Flag award

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School Grounds Development

• In addition to this, they have submitted two
  grants to funding bodies in an effort to install
  a sculptural pond cover over the pond area
• Finally, they have been heavily involved in the
  development of the School Transport Plan

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How can you help us?

• Send in your old mobile phones and ink cartridges
  (HP, Lexmark and Canon) for recycling
• Buy the organic plant fertiliser produced by our
  wormeries to help fund future school grounds
  projects
• Purchase the gardening clubs products at the
  Summer fete
• Let us have cuttings from your plants to populate
  our school gardens
• Buy the Pupil Press!!!!!