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Advice on School Travel Plan Development
Safe Routes to School - Lots of travel planning materials and useful information.
Teachernet - Downloadable resources and advice on travel plans.
Transport Direct - For printing maps showing bus stops, and personal travel planning information.
Teachernet Grant Advice - information on using the capital grant.
Travel Plan Resume - Primary School Travel Plan resume for parents and inclusion on website.
Ofsted - How School Travel Plan development fits in with Ofsted.
Capital Grant Use
Ideas for using the Funding - permitted and non permitted uses of the capital grant awarded for an approved School Travel Plan.
Suppliers List - a list of companies we are aware of that supply pedestrian shelters and cycle storage.
Car Sharing
Kent Car Share - Visit Kentcarshare, an online matching database for carsharers.
Designing Leaflets for Information on Safe Routes to School and Parking
Christleton School Leaflet - Sample design of leaflet advising pupils of safe routes to school.
Thrybergh School Leaflet - Sample design of leaflet advising on parking and encouraging walking to school.
Parents Agreement - Sample contract between school and parents re: travel to school.
Early Years
Travel Options Leaflet - A leaflet designed to inform parents of their travel options to the early years setting.
Promoting Safe Travel - Ideas for promoting sustainable and safe travel to early years settings.
Journease
Journease Leaflet - A leaflet giving information about the initiative Journease, which involves secondary school students engaging with travel planning activities. For more information, please contact School Travel Plan Advisor Jan Wickham.
Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources
Department for Transport - Downloadable lesson plans from the DfT (KS 1,2 & 3).
The Environmental Transport Association - Teaching sustainable transport through the National Curriculum.
BBC Schools - Environmental-based lesson plans for KeyStages 1, 2 and 3.
Global Footprints - Classroom activities to download.
RAC - "Streets Ahead" secondary school teaching resources.
Make a Difference - Sustainable school travel activities from Yorkshire and Humber Curriculum Advisors.
Pedometers and Carbon Footprints
Schools on the Move - Pedometer projects for pupils aged 9 - 13.
Be-Active - Pedometer pack and resources.
Simple Steps to Success - A guide to using pedometers with young people.
Best Foot Forward - Carbon calculator and sustainable transport issues.
BP - Carbon calculator and other resources.
Gmaps Pedometer - Plot a route online and measure distance.
Personal Safety Guidance
Suzy Lamplugh Trust - Personal safety tips, resources and details of talks.
Kidscape - Downloadable leaflets on street sense.
Safety on the Bus - Advice for Young People
Safety on the Bus - Ten Tips for Parents
Promoting Cycling
Cycling Projects Factsheet - A factsheet with some ideas and useful contacts for cycling promotion projects.
Pedal Pack - Advice on projects to promote cycling in your school.
Bike for All - Information on cycling issues.
Sustrans - Tips for encouraging cycling.
Cycling Contract - Sample cycling contract that schools can use and personalise.
Cycle Permit - Sample cycling permit that schools can use and personalise.
Promoting Health/Physical Activity
Healthy Schools - Healthy schools materials.
British Heart Foundation - Promoting physical activity.
Promoting Walking
Sample primary school assembly for promoting walking to school.
Download: Briefing Notes Walking Quiz Presentation
Walking to School Booklet - British Heart Foundation booklet promoting walking to school (downloadable form).
Walking Initiatives Pack - Information on Green Footsteps and WoW walking initiatives.
Kent Walking Bus - Support for setting up a walking bus.
Walk to School - Ideas and support for walking to school.
Walk 4 Life Walking Tips - Part of the popular 'Change 4 Life' movement, this guide gives helpful tips on walking.
Walk 4 Life Games for Walking - Fun games for everyday walking.
Safe Kids Walking - Downloadable leaflets to encourage walking to school.
Bright Kidz - High visibility garments and accessories.
Travelwise - Walking issues.
I Walk to School - International walk to school issues.
Doing Your Bit - Song about walking. (For the WAV file of this song please email carol.sullivan@kent.gov.uk)
Public Transport
11 - 19 Travel - For information on bus services to Kent secondary schools and colleges.
Arriva - Getting to school teaching resource pack.
Ding Ding! - For games and curriculum advice on public transport.
Letz Go Green - For games and curriculum advice on public transport.
Road Safety Resources
Kent Road Safety - Information on how the Kent Road Safety Team can help schools.
Brake - Road safety advice.
Think! Education - Road safety information and resources for teachers, pupils and parents.
Think! Road Safety - Lots of free road safety resources.
Hedgehogs! - Free road safety resources and games for children.
3M Streetwise - Road safety teaching resources and games.
ROSPA Assembly Plans - School assembly plans using road safety themes from ROSPA, with ideas for all key stages.
ESOL Road Safety Resource - Teacher's Guide - Child's Workbook - Road safety resource from ROSPA for learners of English as a second or additional language at Key Stage 2.
Scooter Safety
So....you Want to Ride your Scooter to School - A story highlighting issues of scooter safety.
Scooter Safety Questions - A question booklet to accompany the story.
Staying Safe on your Scooter - A worksheet to accompany the story, looking at safe and unsafe ways of riding a scooter.
How to Check Your Scooter is Safe - A worksheet to accompany the story, looking at simple checks that can be made to a scooter to check it is safe to ride.
Ideas for Scooter Assessment - Ideas for primary schools who would like to formalise school travel by scooter for their pupils.
Practical Scooter Assessment Sheet - Scooter Assessment sheet to accompany the ideas for scooter assessment.
Certificate - Certificate for pupils who have carried out scooter training.
SEN School Resources
SEN School Travel Plan - Ideas for the content of SEN School Travel Plans.
Sustrans School Travel Case Study 1 - Sample SEN school taxi project.
Sustrans School Travel Case Study 2 - Sample SEN school initiative to encourage walking and cycling.
Going Places - A travel training game. (Instructions for making the game)
DfT Travel Training Schemes - Department for Transport information on travel training schemes.
Transition from Primary to Secondary School
Making Choices - "Making Choices" booklets for parents, pupils and schools free to order.
Planning New Journeys - Lesson on planning new journeys to secondary school.
Parent Transition Guide - Useful information and tips for parents on preparing their child for independent travel to secondary school.
So...you are Soon Going to a New School - A Secondary School - A booklet produced by the School Travel Planning team to be used with year 6 pupils, to prepare them for their new journey to secondary school.
Travel Training
ROSPA - Travel training advice and lesson plans for KS3 and KS4 from ROSPA.