What is your school doing to highlight this important day? Air quality is high on our agenda, it affects everyone, especially the children in your schools. Clean Air Day is a good reason to ask parents and staff to try to leave their cars at home for one day to make a difference to the air quality.
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Watch The Mulberry Primary’s Air Monsters vs Air Rangers short animation.
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Research show that there is nine times more pollution inside a car than outside. Children arrive fitter and more alert if they actively travel to school.
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Clean Air Day is a nationally recognised day, along with Car Free Day on 22 September.
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Haringey Council has pledged to help schools, residents and groups organise temporary play street closures on this date.
Use these links to help with ideas to promote the day:
https://www.cleanairday.org.uk/news/date-announced-for-clean-air-day-2019
https://stars.tfl.gov.uk/explore/idea/details/1102
https://www.cleanairday.org.uk/
Haringey is currently consulting on the draft Air Quality Action Plan if you can forward this link to all your staff and families, we welcome feedback from every resident. https://www.haringey.gov.uk/news/tackling-toxic-air-residents-have-their-say