Galvone NS and Scoil Iosagain explored the concept of travel planning this month where students worked with large local area maps to identify sustainable travel options for their school. As part of this workshop students were invited to colour code routes, identify key bus stops and discuss travel options for their school. The primary aim of this workshop is to introduce the concept of travel planning for school journeys and raise awareness about local services in their immediate environment.
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| School Travel Planning Workshop in CBS Primary/Scoil Iosagain |
Our Lady Queen of Peace scoop top RSA Award 2014
We are delighted to announce that Our Lady Queen of Peace was awarded the RSA Leading Light award in the Primary School Category 2014 for their work to promote road safety outside the school gate. This innovative project was initiated as part of their work to promote safe sustainable travel in partnership with Green-Schools Travel and the Limerick Smarter Travel Schools Programme. This school was awarded on the 10th December and was the first primary school in Limerick to receive the award. Well done Our Lady Queen of Peace!! Further details on their project are available from the school website.
St. Michaels Infant Schools Xmas WOW Launch St. Michaels Infant School (Sexton St.) launched their Walk on Wednesday Initiative on December 9th 2015. As part of their work to promote travel to this young age group the school travel coordinator created monitoring charts on the doors of each classroom so students can place their name card beside the mode they used to get to school (see below). This is a fantastic way to communicate monitoring in infant schools. The event was a huge success and surveys indicated that over 55% traveled 'smart' to school up 16% from the norm'! Well done St. Michaels Infant School!.
Coke Zero Bike Launch Limericks Bike Rental Scheme was launched this month across the city the Minister for Education and Skills Jan O’Sullivan TD. This is an exciting development for our city which we hope will support our efforts to promote cycling across the city. A total of 23 bike rental stations have been installed at various locations across the city. Further details on the launch are available here. If you would like to learn more about how to avail of this scheme please visit www.bikeshare.ie/
The Limerick Smarter Travel Schools Programme would like to wish you all a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. We will look forward to working with you again in 2015
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For further information on the schools programme please visit our website www.limericksmartertravel.ie .
Regular updates relating to the project are provided via Twitter : @lksmartertravel or @gstravellimerick
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