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Junior Travel Ambassadors Aiming To Improve Road Safety For Their School

School Junior Travel Ambassadors (JTA) are helping to make travelling to school safer and more active.

The scheme is aimed at youngsters in Year 5 and 6 who meet regularly to share ideas and opinions about what they think needs to change to improve road safety for their school.

They also lead activities and assemblies across the school, throughout the academic year.

The role of a JTA is to encourage a greener approach to transport and try to support schemes to promote walking, biking or scooting to school wherever possible.

So far, 16 schools have signed up to the Isle of Wight Council programme, including Wootton Community Primary School where Ollie, Jess, Theo and Finn have delivered their first assembly and are planning their autumn-term activities to promote safe travel.

Headteacher, Jane Wilford, explained:

"I am delighted to be part of the new JTA scheme as we are always striving for our children to travel to and from school as actively yet safely as they can be.

"Many Wootton children walk, cycle and scoot to school and we encourage this as much as we can, however our children are aware of how much busier the roads around school are becoming."

Lewis Campbell, the council's road safety officer, added:

"JTAs act as our champions of road safety and active travel within their primary schools.

"Their next activities are taking part in November’s Road Safety Week and the exciting Brighten Your Bag competition in December.

"JTA-related work contributes towards Modeshift STARS accreditation, the national accreditation scheme for School Travel Plans. We encourage all primary schools to get involved."

Schools wishing to find out more about the scheme, or how to get involved, can contact Lewis at: [email protected] 

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