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This week, our Primary 5 and Primary 6 pupils had a fantastic outdoor learning experience when Dave Wiggins from Sustrans visited our school to lead an exciting orienteering activity!
The playgrounds became a mini adventure course, where pupils worked in teams to navigate using maps, solve clues, and find hidden markers. Dave introduced the children to the basics of orienteering, including how to read a map, follow directions, and work together to complete a challenge.
The activity was not only great fun, but it also helped pupils develop important skills such as teamwork, problem-solving, and spatial awareness. It was wonderful to see everyone so engaged, active, and enthusiastic about learning outdoors.
A huge thank you to Dave, from Sustrans, for bringing this brilliant experience to our school!
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A huge thank you to all children and families who have actively travelled to school over the last two weeks for the Big Walk and Wheel and supporting us in this challenge.
Today, all pupils in Primary 1 to Primary 7 received a Hi Vis vest to celebrate our achievements and to encourage the pupils to continue actively travelling to school throughout the year, keeping safe by wearing their Hi Vis vests on darker mornings.
Over the last two weeks, we have had a daily average of 57% of our pupils actively travelling to school in the morning, totalling more than 1880 journeys. Fantastic!! We hope the pupils have felt the benefits each morning as well as the positive impact this has had on our village.
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Each month we encourage our pupils to walk, scoot or cycle to school. The class with the most active journeys at the end of the month, win the 'Sustrans Active Travel' trophy and prize. The winning class for the month of October was Mrs Carpenter's Primary 4 class. The two Eco Councillors for Primary 4C collected the trophy during our assembly.
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A big thank you to everyone who participated in our ‘Big Walk and Wheel’ competition. It was a great to see so many of our children walking, cycling and scooting to school.
Congratulations to Primary 5 Mrs Williamson’ s class for winning the competition. Every child was given a goodie bag filled with Translink merchandise.
We are continuing to take part in ‘The Active Travel’ every month.
Well done also to Primary 6 Mr Brown’s class who won the April competition.
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Well done to P2B for recording the most active travel journeys to and from school for the month of May. As a 'Gold Sustrans' school we actively promote as much active travel as we can and our delighted with how many classes take part in the Interclass Active Travel Competition.
Can P2B hold onto the trophy after May's results?
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A message from Dave Wiggins, our Sustran's Officer;
Hello there!
First of all a massive congratulations to all staff, parents and most importantly pupils of Waringstown Primary School for achieving the Sustrans Gold Award. Your hard work over the past four years has really paid off.
The final activity I will be sending out this year is called ‘Routes To School’ and is designed to get you and your family thinking about how they will travel to school in September.
Maybe they have been walking and cycling more and enjoying it or maybe Mum/Dad/Carer will be working from home more and have more flexibility around travelling to and from school.
Here is a link to the introductory YouTube video
The worksheet is attached.
Could I also ask, if you have a minute, could you complete this short survey for some feedback? The school may win a small prize....
https://sustrans.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/ast-parent-carer-survey
I hope you have a restful summer.
Warm regards,
Dave
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We are delighted to have received the GOLD SUSTRANS award due to the efforts of pupils, parents and staff in all the active travel initiatives that have taken place over the past two year.
In 2017/18 we received SILVER and before that in 2016/17 we received BRONZE. As a school we have consistently improved in our efforts to encourage and use active travel so thank you all for supporting us with this.
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This week I have developed a short video and a simple worksheet showing two key cycling skills. These skills are ‘Figure of Eight’ and ‘Slow Cycling’.
These skills are key for the whole family and families could learn them together and have fun.
The worksheet is attached and here is a link to the YouTube video https://youtu.be/2QH-yNutmKA with me showing the skills.
There is also a link to the video on the worksheet.
Dave Wiggins (Active Travel Officer).
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This week Dave's activity is called ‘Poetry Corner’.
He is asking pupils to take either the word walking, cycling or scooting and make an acrostic poem.
Please find a worksheet attached.
The YouTube video is here https://youtu.be/B3czGG-NJfU
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A message from Dave, our Sustran's Officer;
My Sustrans activity this week for your pupils is an ‘active’ Scavenger Hunt.
It’s really simple and fun and if you can, I’d love you to share it.
The worksheet is attached to this message.
This is the link to a short description video on YouTube https://youtu.be/RIG8N38qKp4
Have a good week!
Warm regards, Dave.
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Hello! I hope you and your family are well.
Our Sustrans officer Dave Wiggins, who your children will know from school, has produced a week 6 activity called JUNIOR BIKE DOCTOR.
It encourages and helps families to get out their bicycles and check them over to make sure they are in good condition and safe to ride.
Here is a link to the YouTube video which explains the activity https://youtu.be/17VDfJMb9Ic
A worksheet and certificate are attached.
You can send in any photographs to @SustransNI on Social Media.