Save the date – Living Street’s Walk to School week is 17 – 21 May 2021
We are looking at providing Living Streets packs to our schools this year. Please let us know how many packs you need so that we can look into funding the resources for you.
We hope that the COVID-19 vaccine may be giving our residents a glimpse of freedom by this time. What an amazing opportunity to help restore mental health and improve the morale of our pupils and families by joining in the national campaign to Walk to School with Living Streets! Living Streets provide supporting resources that help embed active travel to get to school.
Lots of free resources can be found here on the Living Streets website, or maybe you want to invest in their Walking Travel Tracker!
Get ahead and encourage your families back after lockdown using a healthy transport method. Their lockdown school work could include practising a walk to school and back, measuring the number of steps, or how far they would get if they added all the walks together, could they get to the beach and back? Maybe a geography or maths task?
What you need to do:
- Register your interest with us stating how KS1 and KS2 packs you will need.
- Ask your head teacher to support active travel when schools re-open.
- Encourage all classes to be involved in active travel to school.
- Celebrate successes.
Register your interest with Smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk
Cycle Training
Complete a Free Online Cycle Training Course and get 15% off in Halfords!
Even while in lockdown, with the absence of physical training sessions, you can brush up on your cycle skills via the TfL online course. Whether you’re popping to the shops or going to work, there’s never been a better time to cycle.
TfL’s free online cycle skills course will help you to cycle safely and confidently. So whether you’re new to cycling or just want to brush up on your skills, we can help you take to the road.
What you’ll learn:
There are four modules to complete and each one takes less than five minutes:
- Get ready to ride – gives you tips on getting you and your cycle ready for the road including basic maintenance and road handling skills
- First time on the road – shows you how to cycle safely and responsibly and includes tips on setting off, road positioning and stopping safely
- On the road again – helps to get you cycling again with advice on traffic lights, roundabouts and junctions, and how to share the road safely
- Cycling with children – gives you advice on cycling in a group
On completion of the course, you’ll receive a code to redeem 15% off Halfords own-brand locks, lights and helmets! What are you waiting for? Register Now!
Please share this in your newsletters so that staff and parents can take advantage of the online training offered.
School Streets in Haringey
When schools last returned from lockdown, we saw an unsustainable increase in car use across London. We are committed to making Haringey a cleaner, safer borough and to do this, we are introducing School Streets at 20 primary schools this year.
The School Streets project will help to improve the local air quality and reduce the levels of childhood obesity in Haringey, two things which are of priority to us. By creating safe walking and cycling zones outside the school, we will facilitate more journeys to school via active modes of travel and reduce the levels of congestion from cars outside the school gates.
Everyone should be encouraged to consider their travel options and avoid driving to school where possible. Please continue your great work encouraging a healthy, active journey. Walk to School week will be a great boost this spring!
