Fife primary school pupils launch own school travel plan

Children from Denend Primary School in Cardenden have launched their own School Travel Plan to encourage more children to walk, scoot or cycle to school.
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

Transport in Fife accounts for 20% of the region's carbon footprint and most journeys are still made by car.

By having a school travel plan, children at the school are hoping to persuade parents and carers to reduce car journeys, which is better for the environment whilst making the school gates safer for children.

Read More
Raith Rovers: Val McDermid says David Goodwillie signing would have broken her d...
Children at Denend Primary with their travel planChildren at Denend Primary with their travel plan
Children at Denend Primary with their travel plan
Hide Ad
Hide Ad

The children have been involved in the project through the ​Junior Road Safety Officers’ group who have been carrying out surveys and local walks to identify ‘park and stride’ sites, as well as speaking in assemblies and organising road safety poster competitions in the school.

Headteacher Claire Wyatt said: “Our children have been extremely busy over the last few months working with travel plan co-ordinators from Fife Council and our Parent Council members to prepare our School Travel Plan.

“Having a School Travel Plan is important not only to encourage our children to travel actively but also to keep them safe around school.

“We’re hoping that people will decide to leave cars at home when bringing their children to school and by having less traffic around the school, it will be a much safer place for children arriving on foot, scooters and bikes.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Parents and carers need to be able to feel at ease to let their children travel to school in this way.

Thank you for reading this article on our free-to-read website. We're more reliant on your support than ever as the shift in consumer habits brought about by Coronavirus impacts our advertisers.

Please consider purchasing a subscription to our print newspaper to help fund our trusted, fact-checked journalism.

Related topics: