TfL STARS Accreditation
We are waiting for a decision from Transport for London (TfL) about what will happen to STAR accreditations this year. We believe the current status will be held over. We know there are a few new applications going in this year so we will be asking for advice. Meanwhile, please do not upload anything as TfL are looking at the process.
Walk to School Week
In these uncertain times, Walk to School Week is a strange thing to promote, however it would be interesting if any children use the route to school as their daily exercise with their parents. This could build confidence when the lockdown is lifted not to go straight back into the car. Would you be interested in a project to promote learning the route to school?
We will be creating a new project, focused on International Walking Month in October 2020. If you have any ideas you would like us to investigate or work on, please let us know. Hari Bear’s Big Adventure was extremely popular, so we are happy to create a new adventure on this theme. Let us know.
Banners, lines and signs
Can you check your No Parking and Walk Zone banners and let us know if you need more or a replacement. Do you need more Walk Zone leaflets? If you have two school entrances let us know as you can get a banner for each.
The zigzag markings outside your school should be visible, plus there should be a pole with a sign telling people when the restrictions are in operation. If any of these are faded or gone! Send an email to Frontline@haringey.gov.uk and copy us in – smartert.travel@haringey.gov.uk
Cycling
All training has been put on hold, due to the lockdown. As have the 1:1 lessons for students and adults.
Lockdown Exercise? We still have the offer of Try Before You Bike, so if anyone would like a bike to train on, during this time of no school/college/work, Peddle My Wheels is still working.This scheme offers residents in Haringey to choose bike/s from their site, (including e-bikes, e-cargo and pedal cycles for Adult or child) the scheme means that you don’t pay money up front, but pay for them on a monthly basis, after six months you have option to return or to continue to pay for the bikes.
The Golden Lock
We have all the stock and boxes waiting for you all to return to school. Just let us know as soon as you want it. This is the scheme to encourage coming to school on bikes and scooters.
Road Safety
Transition to secondary school: This age group are the most at risk and feature high in road traffic collisions!
We normally provide your year 6 pupils with a Moving Up magazine, competition and deliver The Junior Citizenship programme with the Metropolitan Police.
There are questions at the moment as to whether we will be allowed to proceed with this year’s Junior Citizenship, however we are updating the magazine and competition, we have included information about Operation Fearless as we hear from parents and children that there is a barrier to travel caused by the issues emanating from gang, drug and knife crime.
If the schools re-open before the end of the school year, we will ensure this information has been distributed along with the lessons we normally send out. If it is a later return, we would really like to hear from secondary school head of year 7 to see if this can be included in their induction week at secondary school.
We know that road safety and active travel are important messages that we need to instil in every student.
Nursery
Although The Big Toddle is not going ahead as planned, on a grand scale, you and your little lovelies can still take part and have some fun with the free activities based on a jungle theme.
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/bigtoddle
School Streets Project
We have finished our assessment and waiting for a meeting with councillors to finalise, meanwhile if you would like more information or if you need to chat about the information above, please let us know.
Wendy Thorogood, Halema Uddin, Dilek Sabri and Georgia Law
Office 020 8489 5351
Active Travel and Health Officer
Smarter Travel Team