Great theatre and concerts are a short subway ride away, and when my kids were growing up, they were always able to
walk to school safely.
Fay Goodman (left), Creator of The Conies, and her marketing team of Juliana Sancto and Elaine Griffiths celebrate the success of the Conies:
Walking to School Safely Journal initiative
The Conies:
Walking to School Safely Journal was designed to meet the early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) learning and development requirements.
The schools in the districts of Yardley, Hall Green, Garrett's Green and Hodge Hill — locations identified in the 2016 Birmingham Road Safety Strategy as child accident «hot spots» — all gave road safety lessons in which each pupil worked from their own copy of «The Conies:
Walking to School Safely Journal».
The road safety training concept was piloted earlier this year to 3,300 primary school children in high - risk areas of Birmingham who learned safety messages from a Conies «
Walking to School Safely» workbook.
Not exact matches
Whether your children
walk, bike, or take the bus, make sure they're familiar with the family rules for getting
to school safely.
First there is this story from the UK's Daily Mail, which describes how a
school in Bridgend, south Wales, is spending 100,000 pounds
to build a footpath so that pupils can
safely walk to a nearby McDonald's each day at lunch.
Remember the 1950's when children could
safely walk to school and high -
school massacres were unheard of?
We have taken away the opportunity for them
to get enough daily exercise by
walking, riding or scooting
to school,
safely and together as
school communities.»
When changing such troubling habits raises objections, it's clear why it took several years
to end open campus at lunch, require uniforms, have teachers greet each student with a handshake, make home visits routine, and place administrators beyond the
school's gates so students could
safely walk to catch city buses.
The poster project, which is sponsored by Co-op insurance, aims
to inspire and engage primary
school children about the need for drivers
to slow down so children can
walk and cycle
to school safely.
• Map out your child's
walking route ahead of time — Help your child select a safe
walking path so that they can get
to and from
school,
to a babysitter's house or even
to a friend's home
safely.
K - 8th graders can
safely walk the 3 blocks
to grade & middle
schools - no busy streets
to cross!