Our partnership with The Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood Station

 As part of our ongoing work with the Elizabeth Line, staff from the Elizabeth Line's Customer and Community Ambassadors Team supported with our Summer Fair, where they ran a stall giving out freebies and resources and sharing information about the new services from Abbey Wood Station and giving advice on safe travel on the network.

"Such a fantastic afternoon, with the array of fun and colourful stalls adorning your lovely school playground. It was a joy to meet and talk with your colleagues and school families, and it was encouraging to see such great enthusiasm about the new Elizabeth line railway and learning more about staying safe when in or around the railway."

Out Junior Travel Ambassadors team look forward to collaborating together on more projects with the Elizabeth Line team next academic year as part of our commitment to the TFL Stars Active Travel programme and our encouragement to our families to use the excellent local transport links to visit London and other places.

May is National Walking Month!

May is National Walking Month and usually we would celebrate it by having Walk to School Week in mid May. This year, whilst things are different and children should only be out walking as part of their daily exercise, Living Streets has created a space where you can find FREE resources and activities!

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Living Streets will be releasing new resources and fun activities on the page on a weekly basis, so keep going back for more. 

Remember – during lockdown, it is important that we all follow the latest Government rules to keep ourselves and others safe. 

It is also important that we stay connected in every way we can and share any positive experiences. Ask your parents to share your daily walks, thoughts, pics and videos on social media using #WalkingFromHome, as a reminder for families to stick together! Or you could send it in to the school newspaper or working together email addresses.

No matter the times, the walk to school movement is still strong; whether we are walking to or from an actual school whilst our family members do their keywork, or just around the neighbourhood as part of your local daily exercise - walking is a fun, active and healthy activity to do!

We are Inspired - Bannockburn Year 6 attend WE Day Concert at Wembley

A group of Year 6 children, along with Mrs Seaton and Mr Clark, attended the WE Day UK event at Wembley SSE Arena on Wednesday 4th March. 

The day included inspirational speeches from a number of high-profile activists, celebrities and spokespeople, such as Jamie Oliver, Spencer West, Maya Ghazal, Lewis Hamilton, Julia Gillard, Idris Elba and Yusra Mardini.

There were also some great performances from Leona Lewis,Callum Scott and others, plus there was even an afrobeat dance performance from Princess K with her brothers.

It was a long but brilliant day and we very nearly rode the entire Jubilee line to get there!

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!