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Weekly Edition - Published 31 October 2015

 

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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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