Resources for Teachers
Schools have a unique opportunity to inspire the next generation to travel more sustainably. By teaching children about active travel, road safety and sustainable transport options, educators can help pupils build the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to make safe and sustainable journeys. Explore the resources below to support classroom learning and encourage lifelong sustainable travel habits.
Please contact choosehowyoumove@leics.gov.uk if any of the links below do not work.
THINK!
Explore a range of resources such as lesson plans, documents, films, slides, and games all tying into road safety and teaching kids the importance of staying safe by the road. From ages 3 – 16
Living Streets
Includes free 60 minute lesson plans looking at humans and animal footprints for KS1 and KS2 students.
Bikeability
An introductory bikeability session led by a nationally accredited Bikeability trained instructor, these bikeability sessions will aim to provide the recipients with the skills and confidence for all kinds of cycling. These skills can then be put into practice to cycle to school or incorporated into P.E lessons. The Road Safety team within Leicestershire County Council run this scheme.
Modeshift STARS Education
Modeshift STARS (Sustainable Travel Accreditation and Recognition for Schools) is a free national awards programme that helps schools promote walking, wheeling, cycling, scooting and public transport. The scheme provides an online travel planning platform, enabling schools to record activities, monitor progress and work towards nationally recognised accreditation.
Active Travel Inspectors
A scheme introduced by Modeshift as a way of teaching KS2 students how to make walking, cycling, and wheeling more safe and enjoy by identifying their school neighbourhood
WOW Tracker
The WOW Tracker provided by Living Streets is a simple and effective online tool that allows schools to record and celebrate pupils’ active journeys to school. It helps to promote active travel, reduce congestion around the school gate and supports schools’ sustainability goals.
Setting up a Park and Stride
Park and Stride is an easy way to make the school journey more active and sustainable. By parking a short distance from school and walking the rest of the way, families can help reduce congestion and create a safer environment around the school gates. To find out how to set up a Park and Stride scheme at your school, please click the button below
Personalised Mapping Tool
Through the use of a mapping tool, schools can receive a personalised map which is centralised around their primary school.
This map will provide walking routes and timed distances to the school and can be provided to parents, new families starting at the school and saved to the school website. For more information on a personalised map for your school please get in touch!
