Glendale Primary School

Transport - Eco-Schools Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Objectives

• encourage and enable children and parents to walk, cycle and use public transport.
• set up a working group (with the school, parents, local authority, community representatives, School Travel Planning Officer, the police and transport groups) to run a School Travel or Safer Routes to Schools project.
• write and implement a School Travel Plan.
• implement an effective road safety awareness programme for pupils.
• raise awareness about the impact of transport on the environment and people's health.
• provide adequate support and information about travelling to school for pupils and staff who wish to walk, cycle or use public transport.

Learning Outcomes

• Through work on the Transport topic, pupils will be enabled to:
• assess the impact of traffic on the local environment and the quality of people's lives.
• make proposals to improve the local environment and take part in local community initiatives to implement the proposals.
• use, interpret and draw maps, defining and using keys.
• collect, interpret and present information, using ICT where appropriate.
• communicate to a variety of audiences using suitable language.
• work co-operatively with others.