Travel Smart
We are constantly trying to make healthier choices at Chapel-en-le-Frith Primary School and that includes how we travel to school.
We are part of the Modeshift Sustainable Travel Accreditation and Recognition for School awards (STARS) – this recognises the efforts made to persuade pupils and parents to choose greener and healthier ways of getting to and from school.
All about our Modeshift STARS award: https://www.modeshiftstars.org/
We are proud to say we have been awarded the BRONZE Modeshift Stars award and continue to maintain this by encouraging our staff and children to make healthier choices in and outside of school.
Modeshift STARS has the following aims:
- Enhance the quality and performance of Travel Plans – by providing a national standard and sharing best practice on the development and implementation of Travel Plans
- Promoting healthier lifestyles – by encouraging people to get active through more walking and cycling, thereby creating healthier and more productive communities
- Creating safer environments – by helping organisations to identify and address travel and transport issues to enable safer journeys for all
- Promoting urban and rural regeneration – by ensuring that places are well connected and that people are well informed of the travel options that are available to them
- Promote sustainable development – by ensuring that the transport needs of new developments are catered for and ensuring organisations are good neighbours that care about the local environment and their impact upon it
- Improving Air Quality – by reducing the number of vehicles and congestion around sites to improve the quality of air locally
We understand that some pupils have no choice to come to school in the car but we encourage park and stride where possible. Please look at the link below on ideas of ‘how to get to school’.