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Lancashire school named
as a Star School from Brake's Giant Walk
TRINITY St Peter's Primary School
in Formby has been recognised by Brake, the road safety charity, as one of
the Star Schools from Brake's Giant Walk (sponsored by Brantano) this June.
They have been recognised for their efforts in promoting road safety to
children, parents and in the wider community, and for their fundraising
efforts to support Brake.
Castle Lower School have already signed up to take part in the event on 2016, and are urging other schools and community groups in the region to
register now for 'Brake's 2016 Giant Walk', promoting the benefits of walking
to school and helping schools to teach road safety.
Schools can still run
their own:- 'Giant Walk' during:- 'Road Safety Week'
(23 November to 29 November 2015), or take
part in this annual event next year on Wednesday 15 June 2016. Every year
'Brake's Giant Walk' sees tens of thousands of kids learning about road safety
in their classroom, promoting the benefits of safe walking and cycling to
school, and walking for safer roads in their community.
In 2015 250 children from Trinity St Peter's took part in the walk to call
for safer roads in their community. The school held road safety talks in
class, created and displayed a banner outside their school highlighting the
importance of road safety, and initiated a parking pledge with the local
community: allowing parents to park on unoccupied driveways. The school also
raised a fantastic £341.59 to support Brake's campaigns for safer roads and
to support bereaved and injured victims of road crashes.
'Brake's Giant Walk' every year sees tens of thousands of kids learning about
road safety in their classroom, promoting the benefits of safe walking and
cycling to school, and walking for safer roads in their community. The event
involves children across the UK taking part in a walk from their school
gates to call for safer roads around their school and to promote safe
walking and cycling. The event is a great focal point for schools to teach
road safety in class using resources and advice from Brake; road safety can
be used to teach lessons on a range of subjects. Schools can use their walk
to call on drivers to slow down in their community or call for other local
road safety measures to protect children on foot and bike. It also raises
funds for Brake's work to improve road safety and care for families
devastated by a death or injury on roads, because most schools fundraise on
the day.
Primary schools and community groups can register to take part during Road
Safety Week now by clicking on
here.
To register for 2016 visit the Brake
website,
or call:- 01484 550061. Also please note that every school that takes part receives a free bumper pack of resources,
that including a banner, posters, stickers and certificates, to help them run
their walk and promote road safety on the day and year round.
Mrs Sherran at Trinity St Peter's, says:- "We were thrilled to be
named as one of Brake's 2015 Star Schools. We will be taking part in Brake's
Giant Walk again next year. We use this fantastic event to promote road
safety to children, parents and local drivers. It provides an opportunity
for the children to get involved in learning about the benefits of walking
and cycling to school, the dangers of traffic and why it's important for
drivers to slow down around schools. Brake provides support and resources to
help schools to run great lessons on road safety. Their support meant we
were able to organise and run a fun walk around the school, which included
children designing their own posters and banners to call for safer roads.
We'd definitely encourage other schools to register now to take part in
Brake's Giant Walk during Road Safety Week or in 2016."
Philip Goose, senior community engagement officer at Brake, says:- "We
are delighted to recognise Trinity St Peter's as one of our Star Schools
from 2015. Brake's Giant Walk is a great way for schools to call for safer
roads in their community for children to be able to walk or cycle without
fear or threat from traffic. Every year, as part of this great event,
schools use resources and support from Brake to run fantastic lessons across
a variety of subjects around the theme of road safety and active travel.
It's a chance to teach children about road safety and why walking is healthy
and eco-friendly, and also to call on local drivers to make a big difference
by slowing down to protect children on foot and bike. We're urging schools
to sign up now to take full advantage of the resources and support Brake
offers to help schools get involved."
3 giant reasons for schools to sign up today:-
► Learning about road safety... schools can use the event as a focal point for
running lessons about road safety. Children could learn about travel to
school around the world in geography, find out about the forces in road
crashed in science, or learn about travel through the ages in history. Brake
provides resources advice and guidance to help teachers plan lessons around
their Giant Walk.
► Slow down drivers and get kids walking...
'Brake's Giant Walk' can be used to help schools call for safer roads in their
community. The walk allows children to call for drivers to slow down and
look out for kids. Brake can help schools get publiCity through local media,
and promote the event in their newsletter or website, to get the road safety
message out.
► Help bereaved and injured families... Children can be sponsored by family and friends to take part, or schools can
run other fundraising events with advice from Brake, helping Brake campaign
for road safety and support families bereaved and injured by road crashes.
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