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HEALTHY SCHOOLS & TRAVEL PLAN
Healthy Schools London Award
The healthy schools rating scheme is a voluntary scheme awarded by the Major of London for schools that recognise, encourage and contribute to the support of pupils' health and wellbeing.
We have received our Gold award for healthy schools.
Rainbow Champions
The Rainbow Team work with a selected group of children that are recognised as being good friends to all. These children are known in school as our rainbow champions and can be recognised by their rainbow hi vis jackets!
They work as a team, similarly to how the school council operates, to help their peers in resolving issues. They meet on a half termly basis with Mrs Sfaltos to take part in activities including role play where they can practise supporting their friends in restorative play.
Our Rainbow Champions lead a lunchtime 'Over the Rainbow' club with our pastoral team. This club gives all children the opportunity to talk to someone about something that is troubling them. It is also a quiet space for children to enjoy quiet games, indoor positive play and mindfulness colouring.
Links to support keeping healthy:
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/
https://www.healthforkids.co.uk/
https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/activities/sports-and-activities/
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/active-kids.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers
https://www.place2be.org.uk/our-services/services-for-schools/mental-health-resources-for-schools/
Travel Plan
At Scotts, we participate in the TRAVEL PLAN scheme that helps us to achieve our TfL STARS accreditation. STARS rewards schools that promote safer and active travel behaviour which consequently helps to increase the number of pupils and staff who walk, scooter and cycle to and from school and therefore helps us to reduce the traffic around our school. We also help year 6 children prepare for their journey to secondary school.
We have a been awarded Gold Level TfL STARS accreditation. Well done to all staff, children and parents for the work involved in being awarded at this level.
JTAs
Each year in September, we employ Junior Travel Ambassadors (JTAs). Their job is to make travelling to and from school safer and more active for their friends and school mates. They do this by researching, planning, promoting and delivering safer, active independent travel activities via assemblies, competitions and events. The JTAs meet with our local road safety officer who awards them with a JTA badge and high visibility vest whilst introducing them to the role.
Scootfit
Our EYFS/KS1 children thoroughly enjoyed their scooter training session, as did parents in the after school session!
Year 6 Safer Bus Trip
Learning how to travel safely and independently. The children worked with TfL and the Metropolitan Police to help to prepare them for secondary school.
Year 5 cycle proficiency lesson
Anti-idling event
Thank you to our JTAs and our year 4 children who took part in an anti-idling event in the autumn term. They took part in a workshop to understand the impact this has on the environment and created posters to action against this happening. Our JTAs then took part in an anti-idling action event, where they spoke to parents, and in this case, thanked them for not leaving their cars idling.
Bikeability Training with year 5
Some of our students in year 5 are shown here, busy peddling towards their level one and two Bikeability certificates.
Thanks to the expert instructors, pupils have developed better, safer cycling habits that have prepared them for dealing with short journeys to school and the local shops. Thank you!
Cycle Awareness Day for Key Stage 1 Children
Luckily, the sun was still shining and lovely and warm when some of our children in year 1 and year 2 participated in our bike and scooter training recently. This event was thoroughly enjoyed and their class teachers have reported that the children returned back to class with big smiles.
We Promote School Trips Using Public Transport
On a recent visit to the Metro Bank in Romford, our year fives used public transport to travel there and back.
