Mrs Taylor, Author at Moortown Primary School, Leeds

Moortown Living Streets Local Group has launched!

A new ‘parent led’ Living Streets group has been set up in Moortown to campaign for improved streets in the local area.

The launch coincides with the publication of a new Family Walk To School Kit to mark #WalktoSchoolWeek, a national event from UK charity Living Streets.

The Moortown group is the first local group in Leeds and will be working towards creating a safer, more enjoyable environment for people in our area.

Please help us make Moortown better by registering to receive news from us.

Find out more and stay informed about our upcoming initiatives:

https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/what-you-can-do/local-groups/moortown

Have you been walking to school?

Have you been coming on foot to school during walk to school week this week? If so, you will be in the prize draw on Friday. The more times you walk or park and stride, the more entries into the draw you will have.

Take a look at our walk to school video for more facts and benefits of this form of active travel.

Walk to School week

Thank you to Zariaat from Living Streets for our Walk to School week assembly this afternoon.

We reminded ourselves about lots of benefits of walking to school – less traffic and pollution near the school gates, spending time with family and friends and physical and mental health improvements.

Don’t forget our prize draw on Friday for all pupils who have walked or used a park and stride option this week.

Well done to Year 2 who have recorded the most active travel journeys to school so far this year.

Brownlee Triathlon

Some of our KS2 pupils have enjoyed taking part in the Brownlee Triathlon at John Smeaton Leisure Centre in the sunshine today. They’ve completed the three elements of the triathlon – swim, bike and run.

Walk to School week

This week, we will be taking part in national Walk to School week. It looks like the perfect weather for it too!

We’re sure you’ll agree these are all great benefits of walking to school.

During Walk to School week, children who walk to school or park further away and walk the rest of the journey (park and stride) will all be entered into a prize draw to win one of five £10 vouchers at the end of the week.

We are also looking forward to hearing about what you notice on your route to school as part of our whole school homework this week.

National Walk to School week has featured in this week’s First News.

By taking a walk to school, children will be working towards our Living and Learning statement for this week.

I recognise mental health is important.

Why not try this Supermovers quiz to see how physical activity can boost children’s mental wellbeing.

18 May 2018

Our whole school homework this week is creative and should be returned to class by Thursday 24 May.

I am aware of my route to school.

Next week is Walk to School week. To promote this and to encourage families to leave the car at home and explore their local area on foot, we are looking to produce a new, fun and exciting map of the routes our children take to school. This will be produced in association with Dom Jacques, a parent who is a keen supporter of active travel, and Living Streets.

We hope the end product will be an official map available on our website – a great resource to inspire more families to use active travel for their everyday journeys to school and for children to increase awareness of their surroundings. Over time, new features can be added such as the new local park.

At this initial stage, we would like children to look out for/draw/photograph some of the following features from their route to school to contribute to this map.

Points of interest – houses, buildings, gardens, street furniture, historical landmarks, street names and local amenities such as your favourite shops, doctors and cafes.
Nature – what trees, flowers, animals or birds do you see?
Points of improvement – spot things that make the walk unpleasant. This may include obstacles on the routes (pavements blocked with cars & bins), litter (where are the bins and whether littering is a problem) and difficult crossings (is there anywhere where it feels unsafe to cross?).
Potential new features – what would you like to see on your route?

Children are invited, but not required, to use the initial version of the map below and add details of any of the above features in a creative way.