Pennington C of E Primary School 'Be The Best You Can Be!'
School Travel Plan & Active Travel
Helping Our Community Travel Safely, Healthily and Sustainably
At Pennington C of E Primary School, we are committed to encouraging safe, healthy and environmentally friendly journeys to and from school.
We are proud to participate in the Modeshift STARS School Travel Plan programme, a nationally recognised accreditation scheme that supports schools in promoting active and sustainable travel.
Our aim is to reduce congestion around the school, improve air quality, increase physical activity and help pupils develop lifelong healthy travel habits.
Supporting Safe, Healthy and Sustainable Journeys
At Pennington Church of England Primary School, we are committed to helping children, families and staff travel to and from school in ways that are safe, healthy and environmentally responsible.
We are working through the Modeshift STARS programme to promote active and sustainable travel and to reduce congestion around the school at the beginning and end of the school day.
By encouraging walking, scooting, cycling and other active forms of travel, we can improve children's health and wellbeing, reduce traffic and pollution, and help our pupils develop independence and road safety awareness.
Why Active Travel?
Travelling actively to school has many benefits for children and families:
- Improves physical health and fitness
- Supports emotional wellbeing
- Helps children arrive at school ready to learn
- Reduces traffic congestion around the school gates
- Improves local air quality
- Reduces carbon emissions
- Provides valuable time for families to talk and connect
The Hampshire Travel Planning Team promotes active travel because it can improve health, reduce congestion and pollution, and create safer journeys for children.
Our Travel Plan Priorities
We are working to:
- Increase the number of children travelling actively to school.
- Improve road safety awareness.
- Reduce unnecessary car journeys.
- Encourage considerate parking around the school.
- Promote sustainable choices for pupils, families and staff.
- Support environmental responsibility within our school community.
What We Are Doing
Throughout the year we take part in a range of initiatives to encourage active travel, including:
- Walk to School events
- Clean Air Day activities
- The Hampshire Clean Air Challenge
- Road Safety education
- Cycling and scooting promotion
- Pupil travel surveys
- Active travel competitions
- Transition activities for new starters
We also promote resources from Hampshire County Council's Travel Planning Team to support families in planning safe and sustainable journeys to school.
Starting School at Pennington
Starting school is an exciting milestone and often means learning a completely new journey.
Hampshire's Travel Planning Team has produced a range of resources to help families plan journeys that are as active, safe and sustainable as possible, including travel guides, journey planning resources and transition information for new Reception pupils.
How Parents Can Help
Families can support our Travel Plan by:
- Walking, scooting or cycling whenever possible.
- Parking respectfully and considerately.
- Avoiding stopping on yellow zig-zag markings outside school.
- Using "Park and Stride" where appropriate.
- Taking part in school travel events and surveys.
- Encouraging safe road-crossing habits.
The Hampshire Travel Planning Team highlights the importance of avoiding parking on school zig-zags and encourages Park and Stride approaches where families need to drive for part of their journey.
Travel Surveys
Each year we collect information about how our pupils travel to and from school.
This helps us:
- Understand current travel habits.
- Identify opportunities for improvement.
- Measure the impact of our active travel initiatives.
- Set targets within our School Travel Plan.
Useful Resources
For further information about active travel, road safety and sustainable journeys, please visit:
Our Modeshift STARS Journey
We are committed to continually improving opportunities for active and sustainable travel.
This page will be updated regularly with:
- Travel surveys
- Event reports
- Photographs
- Active travel competitions
- Road safety initiatives
- Modeshift STARS achievements
Together, we can help make the journey to school safer, healthier and more sustainable for everyone.
Moving on to Priestlands
