Active Travel to School

Scooter Challenge Monday 14th June - Friday 18th June

We have signed up for Scooter Challenge again this year.

Scooter Doctor

On Wednesday16th June we will have Bike Rachel in school who will check over your scooters to make sure they are ok. Just leave them in the South playground in the morning, in the designated area, and she will check them over for you. This is a free service.

The Challenge

To get as many children as possible scooting to school every day from 14–18 June 2021. The schools   the highest average number of children scooting will win a Scooterpod.

Scoot From The Boot

Throw the scooters in the back of your car if you live too far away to scoot all the way to school. Then park sensibly 5-10 minutes away from the school site so that you don’t cause unnecessary congestion and danger to children around the school gates. Scooters are fairly compact so don’t take up much space at home or in the car. Even younger children can go a reasonable distance at a good pace. They are a great option if you are short of time on the school run.

Top Tips For Scooting

If your child has a scooter and you wish them to participate, please keep them safe scooting to
school by ensuring they understand our tips for a safer scooting experience:

1. Pedestrians have priority on the pavement.
2. Stay close to your parent/carer.
3. Be aware of other people using the pavement and be polite and considerate to them.
4. Take extra care when crossing vehicle entrance/exit points e.g. driveways, and remember that the person there first (car driver, cyclist, pedestrian etc) has priority.
5. Look all around before you start moving, stop moving or change direction, and look where you are going.
6. Keep away from the kerb.
7. Wear a helmet and bright, fluorescent clothing to ensure you can be seen.
8. Walk with your scooter when crossing the road, in crowded areas or other busy areas e.g. the school playground.
9. Carry things in a rucksack, not balanced on the handlebars.
10. The Highway Code tells us that the speed limit on pavements is 4mph.

The Golden Lock

A massive thank you to the  Year 3 and 4 JTAs who ran the Golden Lock daily over the 2 weeks. There were 10 lucky winners of the Golden Lock, so well done to those people

Results Of The Big Pedal

Well done to everybody actively travelling during The Big Pedal: pupils, parents/carers, staff and the JTAs  who organised it. Here are some of the results:

2,254 Schools took part

759,893 pupils participated

We came 148th on the leader board with a score of 76.56%

There were 4,361 total journeys

We were 21st in the South East of England

We were 5th in Southampton

Let's keep up the great work and help reduce the pollution levels in Southampton.

The M Check For Your Bike

Click on the link below to show you how to check your bike is safe to ride using the M Check.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qtx60bcNk0

The L Check For Your Scooter

Click on the link below to show you how to check your scooter is safe to ride using the L Check.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwQL_iorrAg

The Big Pedal Family Competition from Bike It Jenny at SUSTRANS

The Big Pedal family competition gives parents and guardians the chance to win one of three amazing prize bundles for their family. All you need to do is take a photo or a short video of your child(ren) taking part in Big Pedal between 19-30 April. Post it to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, tag @Sustrans and use #BigPedalWin. Families whose children are remote learning can still take part from home. Find out more information. (https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/projects/uk-wide/schools/sustrans-big-pedal-family-competition/)

JTA The Big Pedal Poster Competition

We ran a poster competition for the JTAs to design a poster to promote The Big Pedal in school. There were so many fantastic entries however I could only choose two winners and here they are below. Well done, a fantastic job.

The Big Pedal 19th -30th April

We have registered for the Big Pedal again this year. The challenge runs from Monday 19^th April to Friday 30^th April and we will try and get as many children, parents, carers and staff cycling, scooting and walking to school. This is a national competition so we are against schools across the UK.

The theme for Sustrans Big Pedal 2021 is Amazing Journeys. As well as getting active, children will be encouraged to see their local area from a new perspective, learn about the benefits of active travel and discover amazing journeys to school from around the world.

Events over the two weeks

The Golden Lock – Every day the JTAs will place the Golden Lock on a bike or scooter. If you are that lucky person to find it on your bike/scooter, find Miss Rickards at the end of the day and she will give you a prize.

The Bike Doctor –Wednesday 21^st April. Have your bike checked over by The Bike Doctor and they will make any small repairs needed FREE OF CHARGE. This is for both adults and children’s bikes. Leave your bike against the fence inside the South Playground in the morning and pick them up at the end of the day.

Poster Competition – Design a poster for bike or scooter safety to be used in school. Return it to school by Wednesday 28^th April and there will be a prize for the winning poster.

Bling Your Bike/Scooter/Helmet – On Wednesday 28^th April decorate your bike/scooter/helmet. The JTAs will decide a winner for each category and they will win a prize.

Have fun and let’s all get active and enjoy some amazing journeys.

Flying Fergus

If you enjoy bikes and cycling then click on the link below to go to the homepage of Flying Ferus and his friends. Check out his cycling  adventures through the activities and learn more from Sir Chris Hoy.

https://www.flyingfergus.co.uk/

Great books to read online

Click on the links below for some great books to read online. Click on the arrows to turn the pages.

http://www.hampshire-prepared.3dvp.co.uk/journey_to_school/page_1.html

http://hampshire-prepared.3dvp.co.uk/pandemic_safety/page_1.html

http://www.hampshire-prepared.3dvp.co.uk/travelling_back_in_time_to_school/page_1.html

Bike it Jenny's Adventure Challenge

Are you ready to get outside more this winter? Would you like to write a pledge to encourage you and your family to get outdoors more during the Christmas holidays? Click on the link below to see Bike It Jenny's Adventure Challenge. 

https://youtu.be/E2oiPyCrJvM

Road Safety Week 16^th -22^nd November

We all want to be able to walk safely on our streets. This year Road Safety Week is running from 16^th – 22^nd November and the road safety theme for this year  is No Need To Speed. It would be a good opportunity for everyone just to consider their speed when driving in their cars, especially in and around residential areas.For more information follow the link

http://www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk/

Babs Is Back!

The JTAs are going to be sending out the brand new Babs bags starting from Friday 13th November.

For those of you who haven’t met Babs yet, she is one of the My Journey characters for Southampton City Council. Once a week, the JTAs randomly choose someone from each year group to take home Babs for the weekend to go on an active journey eg a walk to the park, a scooter or bike ride somewhere or a bus journey. Then either write about the adventure or draw a picture and send Babs back into school on the Monday and we can add the adventure to Bab’s diary.

Due to the current situation we will be taking extra care of Babs:

Each week, after she has been returned to school she will go into the washing machine.

The bags will also be washed weekly.

We will be just providing paper in the bags.

Instructions sent out in the bag will be recycled and a new set sent out for the following week.

Babs bags have been very popular in the previous two years and she has been on so fantastic journeys. So fingers crossed that you will receive a visit from Babs soon.

Clean Air Day Thursday 8th October

This Thursday we have signed up to be part of Clean Air Day.  Please click on the link below for more information and why it is so important we all play our part in reducing pollution levels.

https://myjourneysouthampton.com/media/2791/primary-school-clean-air-day-pack.pdf

Walk To School Week 5th-9th October

This week is Walk To School Week, so let's all try and be that little more active and walk, scoot or cycle to school. Ditch the car and enjoy the fresh air.

Walktober, Walking For Wellbeing

This month we have signed up to join all the thousands of other pupils across the country for Walktober. Last week everyone was sent a Pupil Pack with lots of great ideas for walking. If you have mislaid yours please click on the icon above. In addition, have a look at the powerpoint that has lots of information and ideas for waking this month.

Bike To School Week 28th September -2nd October

Walk, cycle or scoot to school and discover a new way to travel. We have signed up for Bike To School Week. 

Challenge your friends and family to join you.

Enjoy exploring new routes to and from school.
Help the environment by replacing a car journey.
Improve air quality and reduce congestion.

The newly appointed JTAs will be running the Golden Lock  every day so there is a chance to win a prize. Each day they will place the Golden Lock on a bike or scooter. Whoever receives the Golden Lock will go and find Miss Rickards and she will unlock your bike/scooter and they can choose a prize.

REMEMBER:

CHECK YOUR BIKE/SCOOTER IS SAFE(LOOK AT THE CLIP BELOW)

WEAR A HELMET

BRING A BIKE LOCK TO KEEP YOUR BIKE/SCOOTER SAFE

The M Check

Watch the video for a bike safety check

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qtx60bcNk0&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=Sustrans&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11821364_Bike%20to%20School%20Week_email%202_England&utm_content=M%20check%20video&dm_i=6EB,71DF8,V5J6J2,SE30V,1

Welcome back everyone. This week we are starting Travel Tracker again. Have a look at the link below:

https://vimeo.com/452193809

Let's all enjoy our active journeys to and from school.

The Kiddie Cones Have Arrived

The Junior Travel Ambassadors have been liaising with Hazel Agombar, the  School Travel Officer at Southampton City Council, to receive some Kiddie Cones to go outside our school to remind people not to park on the zigzags and to keep our children safe. They have arrived safe and sound, thank you Hazel. So many people have made positive comments about them and how eye catching they are, so fingers crossed they will help reduce the parking issues outside our school

Parking Advice Tickets

What a successful launch of the JTAs Parking Advice Tickets. They have handed out some Awesome Parking Tickets to lots of people who have parked thoughtfully away from the school gates. However, they have also had to hand out Parking Advice Tickets to people who are parked right outside the school gates, on the pavement or on the corner of Middle Road and Heath Road. As you are aware this is where there are two School Crossing Patrol Officers, who are there to make sure everyone crosses safely so it is really important  they can see the roads clearly and not have lots of parked cars near them. We all need to work together to make sure it is as safe as possible to walk to school and to be able to cross the road safely, Thank you to everyone that we spoke to when we handed out all the parking advice information, everyone was so polite. The Junior Travel Ambassadors are such a motivated team who are determined to make our pavements around are school as safe as possible. Well Done JTAs.

Here is a very interesting BBC clip explaining one of the reasons why it is better to walk or cycle to school rather than use the car.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-south-yorkshire-49960950/how-do-you-breathe-less-pollution-on-school-run

Walktober

For the month of October we are participating in Walktober.  The Walktober challenge is about walking to improve your wellbeing. We would encourage you to walk as much as possible during the month – to and from school and work, for example, but try to find other opportunities to walk too. Have a look at the Challenge cards that have been sent home.

Scooter Challenge - Monday 17th June to Friday 21st June

Yes it really is that time of year again! We have registered to participate in the Scooter Challenge again this year. So let's see if we can get as many children as possible scooting to and from school this week. Not only is it fun, great exercise but it all helps to reduce the pollution problem. Remember to scoot safely, always wear a helmet. The children were shown a scooter safety video last week but if you want to see it again just follow the link below:

https://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-you-can-do/children-and-families/learn-how-ride-scooter

Let's all Move in March

Let's all get a little more active this month. For events that are going on around the city and to be able to plan your journey, take a look at the My Journey website at:

https://myjourneysouthampton.com/