1. Safer roads, better journeys. Welcome Anthony Meehan School Travel Plan Team Gloucestershire Highways

2. Safer roads, better journeys. What is a School Travel Plan? A document produced by the school Approved by DCSF, DfT & Gloucestershire Highways Considers all the issues relevant to journeys to & from your School Includes concerns about safety, health & the environment Makes proposals for ways to make improvements Brings together the ideas & contributions of different groups of people to help solve problems Links to the ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda, Healthy School status and the Eco School programme

3. Safer roads, better journeys. What’s the Problem? Increasing traffic & congestion Safety concerns Health & environmental effects “In slow moving traffic, pollution levels are higher inside cars than outside” ‘ We want to bring about a step change in home to school travel patterns to cut congestion & pollution, but also to allow many more pupils to take regular exercise’ Statement by the DfES / DfT 2003

4. Safer roads, better journeys. Consultation & involvement School Travel Plan Pupils School Staff Local community School Travel Plan Team School governors Parents & carers Head teacher Gloucestershire Highways

5. Safer roads, better journeys. The STP Framework Who we are and where we are. How do we travel now? Why do we travel as we do? What are our issues? pros. and cons. What are we going to do? How are we going to do it? How do we know?

6. Safer roads, better journeys. 2. Distribute & Collect pupil/ student & staff questionnaires 3. Analyse questionnaire results 4. Identify problems, solutions & successes 5. 6. Agree targets, objectives & produce STP Action Plan 1. Establish a STP Working Group & complete Section 1 7. Monitor, review & update STP Key steps Consult on STP with pupils/students, parents & school community

7. Safer roads, better journeys. What’s been put in place? Parent waiting shelters Safer crossings Cycle storage CCTV Improved foot & cycle paths Improved school entrances Park & Stride initiatives Curriculum support Cyclist training Storage lockers Walk On Wednesday clubs Empty Car Park Day

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9. Safer roads, better journeys. National Curriculum Links Data analysis – Mathematics Sustainability – Geography & Science Mapping Skills – Geography Group discussion, presentations – English / Literacy Developing STP’s – PSHE, Citizenship & ICT Produce promotional media – Art & Drama