Hold the date –  21, 22 and 23 January 2019

Please email Wendy Thorogood with approximate numbers to reserve your seats for the next powerful presentation of Safe Drive Stay Alive.

Safe Drive, Stay Alive is a powerful performance aimed at guiding our young people aged 16 and over to take more notice of driving habits and attitudes that are potentially life threatening.

Safe Drive, Stay Alive is free and Haringey provide coaches to take students from school to the theatre and back. (Please be aware that charges are raised for late cancellations.)

There are 5 sessions, with 275 seats available at each session. The event is held at The Bernie Grant Arts Centre.

Please email Wendy Thorogood with approximate numbers to reserve your seats for the next powerful presentation of Safe Drive Stay Alive: Wendy.thorogood@haringey.gov.uk

Monday 21 January	Tuesday 22 January	Wednesday 23 January
No event	10 – 12pm	10 – 12pm
1:30 to 3pm	1 to 3pm	1 to 3pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moving UP competition – final call for entries

Please send all Moving UP competition entries to: Smarter Travel, 1st Floor North, River Park House, 225 High Road, Wood Green N22 8HQ – via the internal mail.

Don’t let your year 6 pupils miss this opportunity to win their own new bike!  Moving up competition 2018

School Travel Plan Accreditation –  STARS

Please contact wendy.thorogood@haringey.gov.uk urgently to update your travel plan before the summer holidays.

Summer cycle training

Summer cycling lessons are taking place in Finsbury Park for children aged nine and over Find out more here (external link).
Please ensure that all parents are aware of this offer.

Road safety leaflet

Road Safety leaflet 2018

Our final message to all Haringey pupils is to keep safe when you are playing out in the summer. The most important life lesson you can practice every day is to STOP, LOOK, LISTEN and THINK – Use your EYES and your EARS before you cross the road.

Summer events

Your families might enjoy our events coming up over the coming months (external link)

 

Urgent: last call offering assistance for travel plans

Every school that had accreditation last year or wants to be counted this year needs to log on to the STARS website (external link) urgently and check they have completed their activities and most importantly, completed the hands up survey for the whole school. This is the basic requirement for all schools to receive accreditation. Even if you are already Gold, we still need to know how your families are coming to school.

Hands Up Survey 2018

Issues: If you have any road safety issues or problems this is where we get the information from to make decisions on funding schemes so make sure you list these in the issues section.

Nb  Lordship Lane Primary, Coldfall and Riverside have benefited from improved road safety features outside their schools through being involved with the school travel plan. In addition, Lordship Lane Primary, Welbourne and Holy Trinity will benefit from a STARS travel plan too, to improve the air quality at their school.

We can help you with uploading information and helping you get to the highest accreditation possible, but you must book a time with Wendy Thorogood as soon as possible. Wendy.thorogood@haringey.gov.uk 
 

Year 6 transition to secondary school

Did you receive Moving Up magazine, together with the competition? Have you given it to your year 6 teachers?  Please make sure that your pupils are entering the competition. By using this resource, you can achieve four activities towards your accreditation. Copies are here but please ask Wendy if yours have gone missing. 

Moving up magazine 2018

Moving up competition 2018

Cycle training plus….

Bike Markets are doing well in the schools that have requested them, encouraging a recycling of peoples outgrown bikes and helping families buy a different bike to fit them or their child.

You can contact the new provider, Cycle Confident here (external link)

Cycle training is on offer throughout the summer holidays but must be booked first through Cycle Confident (external link)

More information is available on our website about this (external link)  and the fun orienteering activities we offer in the summer holidays.

School Travel Plans  – deadline 29 June 2018

Please complete your Hands up survey first. Contact Wendy Thorogood to help upload and complete your STARS (external link)  online travel plan.  All your Walk to school Week stories, cycling, walking, public transport, transition activities can be included, even your geography map work.  Invite me in, you don’t have to be a teacher to complete this.

 

FREE road safety resources from Think Education

Free new downloadable, re-usable lesson plans and resources (external link).  Your pupils will benefit from these important life-saving lessons (when you use these it also links with STARS School Travel Plan).

 

Year 6 transition year into 7 – health and safety

Moving Up books will be delivered in the next few days – please give these to your Year 6 pupils.

Transition Competition – use ICT or PSHE time to offer your students a chance to win a bike. (Haringey only competition)  Send entries as school via internal.

Transition lessons are available on the Think website, and will be included in this mail out.  Help make sure your pupils are not one of the tragic statistics relating to our 11 – 16 year olds.

See attached copies of the competition and Think resource: Map your journey. 

Moving up competition flier

Map-your-journey-lesson

 

LAST MINUTE NEWS: TfL Safety and Citizenship Team will be contacting schools offering their amazing free transition presentation, please accept as it is a valuable resource we cannot provide!

 

 

Cycle around Haringey in the Park to Park

There are still spaces available for the Park to Park. Please contact Cycle Confident to find out more.

 

Saddle and Sole Festival of Cycling and Walking in Finsbury Park Sunday 17 June, 12 – 6pm

Please promote this fabulous event.  Lots of entertainment for free for everyone – see the flier.

Finsbury Park Festival of Walking and Cycling Leaflet

 

Wendy Thorogood
Smarter Travel Officer (Active Travel and Health Team)
Telephone: 020 8489 5351 Mobile: 07970 179439

smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk

 

Update your STARS School Travel Plans     

Book a member of the Smarter Travel team now to help you to update your school travel plan. 

• You need to collate all your walking, cycling, public transport, road safety and transport related curriculum activities by the end of June 2018.
• We are sending you the Moving up transition competition and booklets for all your year 6 students – together with lesson packs.
• Please complete your Hands up survey as soon as possible.

Contact Wendy Thorogood if you need help: wendy.thorogood@haringey.gov.uk or call 020 8489 5351.

See the STARS website for more information (external link).

Are you ready for Walk to School Week?  21 to 25 May

Taking place during National Walking Month, this year’s Walk to School Week is 21 to 25 May. Living Streets want all schools to take part in their Five-day Walking Challenge and Happy Shoesday fundraiser. Visit their website (external link) for more information and activities to support and encourage your school community to walk more to school.

Haringey are sending Walk to School Week packs to everyone in Key Stage 2 who has agreed to take part. Please take plenty of pictures and make a big shout about it. Use Hari bear for Key Stage 1 if you did not buy packs.  Email now for resources: Smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk

Brake Kids Walk

On Wednesday 13 June thousands of children across the country will put their best feet forward to take part in Brake’s Kids Walk. The walk, co-ordinated by Brake, the road safety charity, and sponsored by Coop Insurance, promotes road safety and the health and planet-saving benefits of walking, whilst getting the children to raise awareness of important road safety messages in their community: foot paths, cycle paths, safe places to cross the road, slow traffic and clean air

Educators can register to receive their free action pack full of posters, lesson plans and activities to help their school get involved. Read more here (external link).  or email kidswalk@brake.org.

Saddles and Soles Festival

The Saddles and Soles Festival will take place on Sunday 17 June in Finsbury Park. Please hold the date! There will be lots of free activities and fun for everyone. It is taking place on Father’s Day so please promote this. See more information on the Smarter travel page (external link).

Haringey Park-to-Park 

If you would to join in this year’s school cycle ride around Haringey on Wednesday 13 June, please contact www.cycleconfident.com , telephone: 020 3031 6730

Air quality assemblies and lessons

If you would like one of the Smarter Travel team to come to your school to advise you on how you can help with reducing pollution in Haringey, please contact Michael.oskys@haringey.gov.uk

 

Contact for everything smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk 

020 8489 5351

 

 

 

 

Walk to School Packs

These will arrive in early May and will help you to boost your active travel figures during Walk to School Week, which is 21- 25 May 2018. If you have not ordered yours yet, please email Wendy Thorogood urgently to make sure your Key Stage 2 pupils do not miss out: wendy.thorogood@haringey.gov.uk  

Hari Bear

For Key Stage 1 children. We would like you to use this resource – with a competition for children to draw their Spring Walk to school. Scan the best two from each year group and we will send prizes (two per school). We will offer skipping rope and travel related items to the winners.

Walking Bear Poster Walking Bear Wall Chart  Walking Bear Certificate

STARS

Everyone should be completing the Hands up survey now. You can get STARS support to make sure you will be accredited. Email Wendy Thorogood with a suitable time for a two-hour appointment; we can get most of it completed in this time.

If you are not sure if you have an accreditation, look at our Wall of Fame poster. Walking Wall of Fame

Junior Citizens

To all the schools who were successful in securing their year 6 spaces at the Junior Citizens, please make sure it is in your school outing diary. We had a few no shows last year and as you can appreciate, these are valuable lessons.  We are aiming at nearly 1,400 students this year and there are many disappointed schools.

Cycle training and cycle around the borough

Cycle Confident, our new provider has now started working with Haringey.  You can contact them here (external link).

You can book your school lessons or parent, carer and teacher lessons too. Cycle Confident will be calling your school soon to see who wants to be involved in our cycle around the borough in June 2018.

Weekend of Play

Don’t forget to advertise the Weekend of Play.  If you are not taking part, the legacy of this second Weeken of Play is to make sure that we all recognise the importance of playing outside, both for the benfits of exercise and as a way to improve communities.

For further information about all of these activities, please contact Wendy Thorogood and the Smarter Travel Team on 020 8489 5351.

 

 

Celebration event and STARS training – primary schools

STARS celebration invitation

Venue: Professional Development Centre 

Date: 8 February

Time: morning 9:30 start or afternoon session 1pm start

Up to 4 children with staff. There will be a ‘sandwich, fruit and crisp’ lunch available plus drinks.

We are holding 2 sessions to cover as many schools as we can, offering information and mini workshops to support the School Travel Plan STARS. Certificates will be handed out during the lunch period between 12:00 and 1pm. Emails have been sent to all schools but please check this document and email wendy.thorogood@haringey.gov.uk to book your place now.

 

Early years – celebration and training

Venue: Professional Development Centre 

Date: 9 February

Time: 9:30 to 12:30

An opportunity to find out about the free resources we offer, great ideas how to use them and hear from other early years settings to share ideas such as walking, balance bike training and road safety lessons. Plus hear about the healthy schools changes coming soon.

 

Air quality lessons and assemblies

Our new apprentice has started making visits to schools.  This is a free service, so book Michael.oskys@haringey.gov.uk soon to make sure your young people are aware that their actions now can possibly improve the air we breathe in Haringey. They are able to learn and take part in interactive lessons.

For further information, please contact Wendy.thorogood@haringey.gov.uk  020 8489 5351

 

 

 

Two Haringey schools were awarded Top School Awards by Transport for London for their brilliant work delivering life skills to their pupils.

Woodside Nursery, N22
Won top school award for Excellence in Cycling plus Silver School Travel Accreditation for their programme of encouraging children to learn to ride on two wheels through balanceablity training, culminating in a whole school Bikeathon challenge in their local park. They are proud that 99% move up to reception as independent cyclists on 2 wheels.

Gladesmore Secondary School
Won Top School Award for Excellence in Road Safety plus Gold travel plan accreditation.Gladesmore has taken part in the TfL run Youth Travel Ambassador scheme for 2 years, where a group of students creates a scheme to improve issues identified by the students. This has included road safety awareness activities and assemblies and poster competitions. This year after successfully pitching for £250 from TfL they created a Distraction Obstacle course.

Moving Up – Transition Competition Winner

Every year 6 child in Haringey was given a copy of Moving Up magazine in May. This gives information to help them to be safer traveling – especially when they move up to secondary school. Students aged 11 – 16 years are the most vulnerable age for being involved road traffic incidents. They also receive their new Zip Oyster Card and to help them understand that planning a journey is a good way to reduce risk of putting themselves in danger by getting lost, or late or confused, we offer a competition for them.

They have to work out how to travel around 5 points from Haringey to iconic London landmarks and then to their new secondary school.  This demonstrates an understanding of the public transport route planning tools available online

We received more than 300 entries this year and the standards were extremely high.  The top 6 entries for accuracy were from Earlham Primary School.  The outright winner was Julia who has now moved up to Woodside High.

On Friday 15 December Cllr Mitchell presented Julia with  her prize of a lovely new bike with safety equipment. Julia and her parents were very excited by her achievements. She was a well-deserved winner who was surprised and happy to be able to cycle again. Julia also said that her mum now uses the online planning tools for safer journeys too.

STARS school travel planning 1:1 training sessions

School travel plans are a great tool if you want to improve pupil attendance, fitness and have a school walk zone map, or if you have issues about travel around your school, including parking on your keep clear lines, you need to be registered on STARS (external link)

Check out the Wall of Fame – is your school on it?

1258.15 Wall of fame 2107 A4

Please contact Wendy Thorogood if you would like to book support sessions at your school.  wendy.thorogood@haringey.gov.uk

Celebrations, Awards and Training at the PDC 7, 8, 9 February 2018

We are planning 3 events at the PDC. We will be awarding the STARS certificates and STARS from 2016-17, showcasing resources and running workshops. Bring up to 4 pupils with you to take part in fun learning activities.

Wednesday 7 February  – Infants and Nursery afternoon session

Thursday 8 February – 2 sessions 9:30 and 1pm  – Primary

Friday 9 February – Secondary.

Email wendy.thorogood@haringey.gov.uk to book your place soon.

Air Quality Assemblies  (STARS)

You will have received emails from our new Air Quality Apprentice Michael Oskys offering assemblies and lessons. Please contact Michael to book a time. Michael.oskys@haringey.gov.uk

Reducing the number of cars coming to your school will have a huge effect on the air quality of your school.