Our school will be taking part in South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership’s 10 day Active Travel Challenge. Due to the INSET days on Thursday 20th October and Friday 21st October, we will be starting our challenge a little earlier, on Thursday 6th October and finishing on Wednesday 19th October 2016.
The challenge is for pupils & their families to choose an active way of getting to school over the 10 day period. There are prizes for individuals, classes and the whole school available - including you! So we need everyone to take part and make an effort to be active on their way to school during the challenge. The challenge is also open to school staff and we will be making every effort to take part.
Walking, cycling, skating, scooting and park & stride are all active ways of travelling and we hope by taking part in the challenge it will:
o Improve health & wellbeing of our pupils & their families
o Encourage pupils and families to be more active
o Reduce congestion and parking problems around our school
o Promote active travel for the journey to school and for families to continue after the challenge!
During the challenge each classroom will have a wall chart on which pupils who have travelled actively will record their journey by adding a special sticker to the chart. Those pupils with 10 stickers on the chart at the end of the 10 day challenge will be awarded a prize.
Our school could also win some fantastic prizes like scooter storage or even a visit from a theatre company. We are competing against schools from across South Yorkshire so we really do need your help. Please do your best to be active on your journey to school and help us complete the challenge.
Because we were the first school to sign up we have also won a circus themed event that will take place on Wednesday 12th October. The circus performers from Green Top will meet families and show off their amazing circus skills. The meeting place is at the Beighton Lifestyle centre, High Street, Beighton at 8.15am .At around 8.30am we will all walk to school together.
I hope as many of us can join in as possible!
Mrs Challoner
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