This week is Road Safety Week (16 – 22 November 2020)
This week is Brake’s Road Safety Week 2020! The theme this year is No Need to Speed. Please download their free resource pack to help you deliver the messages.
There are useful resources on TfL STARS for home learning and road safety education activities plus Think! Road Safety has activities and lesson plans for all ages that can help.
Last week, we sent you some ideas for Be Bright Be Seen campaigns – these will be great to run during Road Safety Week too.
STARS Hands Up Surveys
We are still urgently waiting for your Hands Up Survey figures. This will tell us how your pupils and staff are travelling to school. We have great difficulty assisting schools when we have no records of how many people are coming to school by car.
The STARS Hands-Up Survey is easy: you send your colleagues a link to an online survey, they count how each child came to school in their class and repeat for the adults. Your Travel Champion only has to collect information from non-teaching staff and enter this too.
Call us to access the TfL Stars website or we can send you a link to make it really easy. If you don’t have a travel champion in place, please email Smarter.Travel@haringey.gov.uk to get started.
The Golden Lock – Cycling and Scooting Prizes
We have boxes of prizes waiting for schools who want to increase the number of pupils cycling/scooting to school. These are generous and make a huge impact. We have filled them with 16 different cycle/scooter related prizes and will deliver them with instructions.
To qualify, you must complete your hands up survey on STARS, email us and we will deliver one of our boxes. Please contact Smarter.Travel@haringey.gov.uk if you are unsure on how to get started.
Cycle Training
Our cycle training company Cycle Confident has funds from us to deliver Bikeability training. Please liaise with them to arrange bikeability for your students, we are very happy to be supporting you with cycle training once again.
Complete a Free Online Cycle Training Course and get 15% off in Halfords!
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.