Junior Travel Ambassadors final meetings for Summer Term

Some members of the JTA did a road safety inspection this week where unfortunately they still spotted a few idle parked cars outside the school entrance. Idle parking not only causes more air pollution but wastes your fuel and therefore your money. Also it makes it hard for the buses to get through and pass down the road.

They also discussed the letter they received from a local councillor who is going to help put forward our case.

Finally they looked at the many road safety posters we received from children right through from Nursery up to Year 6 - here are some of our favourites! We will use them in our continued campaigning next year!  Well done to everyone who took part!

Junior Travel Ambassadors Team present..... Be Bright Be Seen 2022

 At their last meeting members of the JTA from across both sites and all year groups planned their annual Be Bright Be Seen assembly, which they presented to their peers this week as the final week of term draws Winter closer. They also presented the Be Bright Be Seen poem and got their peers chanting it loud and clear for all to hear!

Here are a selection of the slides they presented:

Junior Travel Ambassadors first meetings of the year

This week our Junior Travel Ambassadors, also known as JTA, met with Mrs Seaton to discuss their aims for the year ahead and how they can promote their cause.

Firstly the JTA children from High Street site went for a walk outside the school gates to observe the traffic and vehicles on Plumstead High Street. We talked about the road markings already in place to protect us such as yellow lines, yellow zigzags and  speed circles and then discussed how we can get our pavement safety railings back in place which the council sadly took away!

At MW the team members talked about safe cycling as part of Cycle to School Week and shared local places we can visit and safely cycle there. This includes: Winns Common, Plumstead Gardens, The Thames Path, Danson Park, Charlton Park and we also shared some places further afield like Epping Forest and Hyde Park. Then we attempted to make some physical art to promote Cycle to School Week 2022 - can you work out which word we are spelling out?!

Junior Travel Ambassadors - Road Safety Assembly

The Manor Way Junior Travel Ambassadors (JTA) team recorded their assembly today, so that all children in the school can hear their message about road safety in Winter, which is so important with it now being so dark, cold and slippery outside.

Eco Squad and JTA are getting reading for Road Safety Week

On Car Free Day back in September children across Bannockburn made bunting with pledges to try and encourage people who come past our school to think more carefully about their car usage, its impact on our local air quality and the dangers it poses to road safety. The messages remind people about the physical health, mental wellbeing and environmental benefits that active travel offers, such as walking or cycling and some children made pledges about what they would do to improve their travel habits.

Today the Eco Squad helped string the bunting together and we started displaying some at our Manor Way site, on a corner near our school where we find traffic can sometimes build up. It was rather windy today so it was a challenging but worthwhile task. We will soon display some more at High Street too - keep an eye out for your design as not all have been displayed yet!

Junior Travel Ambassadors - Festive Card and Poster Design Competition

The Manor Way Junior Travel Ambassadors Team had their first meeting today; we started planning our strategies to improve the safety of our local roads, talked about the environmental and physical benefits of active travel and discussed how we can continue to promote safe and active travel to our peers and school community.

As you can see in the photos, we also designed our entries for the Elizabeth Line Festive Greetings card competition; you can enter too if you would like to - the details are below.

MTR Elizabeth line Festive card Competition 2021

 

In preparation for the festive period, Bannockburn are taking part in in an official Festive card design competition for MTR Elizabeth Line. MTR Elizabeth Line’s Managing Director and Customer Experience Directors will be selecting the winning design. The winning design will then be printed and distributed (via E-card) to all MTR employees and stakeholders, plus the winning design will also feature on a poster that will be displayed at a station close to school during the festive period. The child of the winning entry will also receive a number of prizes for their efforts.

 

There are 3 set themes that the organisers would like to be included in each entry please which are:

·         Festive, Wintery or 'Christmas' themes (Trees, Decorations, Lights, Santa & Elves etc)

·         Train/Station Safety messages (Stand behind the yellow line, no cycling etc.)

·         A purple & white TfL Rail Train to create a themed train (but not an Underground or steam train)

See below style/shape as an example

 

Please note, the organisers cannot consider designs which:

·         are station specific (so don not write any station names!)

·         have any 3D parts (e.g cotton wool, tissue paper, pop-up parts etc) – it must be 2D and flat on paper.

 

Please make sure the following details are written on the back of the sheet you submit

(for GDPR purposes only)

 

Child’s first name & initial of last name (e,g Emma S) ________________________________________________________________________________________

Child’s Age in years: ___________________________  Class Name: __________________

School Name: __Bannockburn Primary School________________________________

 

The closing date for all entries is midday on Friday 22^nd October.

Any entries received after this date cannot be considered

for the competition.

Please give all entries to: Mrs Seaton at Manor Way

or Miss Brownless at High Street.

Walk to School Week was great - now let's try and walk EVERY week!

Walk to School Week 2020 was great - children at both sites made a really great effort to walk, scoot, cycle and 'park and stride' to school during Walk to School Week and hopefully will continue to use active travel to and from school for the rest of the year. 

Here are just a few photos that represent our Walk to School Week, from signatures and stickers, to badges and banners. Well done to Pear, Walnut and Aspen classes for the photos.

FREE bike checks at local Dr Bike sessions in Greenwich this month

Be Bright Be Seen - JTA assembly for Road Safety Week 2019

                       Winter is almost here. The weather is getting worse and daylight is lasting less and less time. When we come to school in the morning, it’s dark. When we go home from school in the afternoon, it’s dark. That’s why you need to Be Bright, Be Seen.

It’s part of our uniform to have thick warm winter coats. But did you know…..they don’t have to be black, navy or dark colours…. In fact … we, your JTA team, are encouraging you to be bright and be seen!

To make yourself visible to cars, you can wear fluorescent coats, hats, scarves and bags to help stand out. These colours stay bright in the darkness and so will help you stay safe whilst out and about. Reflective clothing will make you shine so you become visible to drivers in the headlights and under streetlights at crossing points. Even a small, thin reflective strip on your coat or bag can help keep you visible at night.

There are 5 other important things we want to remind you to keep you safe:

1. Never walk alone in areas where there are no streetlamps or people – keep to the busy, main roads and areas.
2. Don’t use headphones whilst out walking – you need to stay alert and be able to hear!
3. Keep your valuables, like mobile phones, in a safe place like a pocket – don’t get it out unless you really have to!
4. Walk carefully and sensibly around the streets – leaves can be very slippery at this time of year!
5. Remember to cross at the designated crossings like at traffic lights, and use the Green Cross Code: Stop, Look, Listen, Think.

Here is the specially-written JTA poem you heard in the assembly:

Be Bright Be Seen

Wear Yellow, Orange, Pink or Green

Fluorescent colours make you stand out

In the dark evenings, when you’re out and about.

Reflective materials allow drivers to see you

When their headlights shine you come into view

If you need more advice, ask your JTA team

Remember, this Winter - BE BRIGHT AND BE SEEN!

WE ARE GOING CAR-FREE ON FRIDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2019