Sustrans have some great stuff to help parents and teachers encourage walking, cycling and scooting to school:
1. A recent initiative that might be of interest, perhaps for Eco-Club or wider group activities, is the Big Street Survey - in essence mini-travel-planning for pupils.
It's a resource enabling pupils to investigate the area around their school and create a manifesto on how to make their streets safer and greener. Working both inside and outside the classroom, it is a two-hour curriculum activity where pupils explore what they like and dislike about their neighbourhood, before using their manifesto to lobby decision-makers and elected representatives at national and local level to make their changes happen.
Designed by a Sustrans schools officer and qualified Geography teacher, alongside other Sustrans education officers, it meets numerous curriculum objectives, with various cross-curriculum opportunities - there are lesson plans for each of the devolved nations. All the resources are free and available to download. It is targeted at year 6 pupils but is also suitable for year 5 and potentially year 7.
More details at www.sustrans.org.uk/freerangekids/get-involved/the-big-street-survey
2. Scooting is a great way to travel - faster than walking, lots of fun, and for many families easier than sorting out and storing bikes.
Again, Sustrans has some really useful stuff to help promote scooting for travel to school (and elsewhere!) with a online info on scooting to school and scooter parking:
See:
www.sustrans.org.uk/whatwe-do/safe-routes-to-schools/resources/infosheets
www.sustrans.org.uk/assets/files/free%20range%20kids/families/frk_ready_steady_scoot.pdf
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