Walkers' Breakfast - Tuesday 22nd May

This morning's walkers' breakfast was a huge success and great fun! Over 250 rewards were given out to pupils in recognition of their efforts to walk all the way or part of the way into school. Some children asked their parents if they could park further away from the school gates this morning and others took the plunge and travelled their entire journey by foot! 

Well done to all of the pupils who walked some or part of the way to school. You are helping the environment by travelling to school in a sustainable way and keeping yourself healthy at the same time. 

Walk to School Week: 21st - 24th May

Next week is Walk to School week and we want as many pupils as possible to walk to school. If you have to drive or get the bus to school, you could park further away and walk or get off the bus a few stops before your normal bus stop. The walk to school is the perfect opportunity for some quality family time or a good chat with friends which will help develop strong and happy relationships. There are also numerous health benefits of walking to school too!

Walkers' Breakfast

On Tuesday 22nd May and Thursday 24th May, we will be having a walkers' breakfast. If you walk to school, you will get a delicious treat when you arrive so that you are ready to learn when you get to your classroom.

We look forward to welcoming as many walkers as possible into school next week!

Walk to School Week

Last week was Walk to School week and there were many exciting events going on in school. Children have participated in walking activities for the health benefits, environmental reasons and also to just have fun! 

All week, children recorded their steps in teams as part of the walking team challenge. The winners will be announced this week after all the forms have been collected, counted and verified. 

The fabulous JTAs have kept count of how many children walked to school and we are pleased to report that there was a steady increase throughout the week, culminating in 327 children walking to school on Friday and enjoying a delicious walker's breakfast! This proves that the Walk to School message spread positively throughout the week and that the JTAs were effective in spreading their enthusiasm and support for the activities. 

Happy Shoesday was a big success too! There were countless pairs and children decorated their shoes in so many creative and exciting ways including using shoe capes and decorating with tinsel, fur, sequins and stickers. There are some photos below so you can see the effort the children made. It was great to see so many vibrant shoes walking into school on Tuesday! 

A huge well done to everyone who took part in the activities for Walk to School week. You made a difference to the environment and your own health and helped spread the important message that walking is good! 

Walk to School Week: 15th - 19th May

Next week is Walk to School week and we want as many pupils as possible to walk to school. If you have to drive or get the bus to school, you could park further away and walk or get off the bus a few stops before your normal bus stop. The walk to school is the perfect opportunity for some quality family time or a good chat with friends which will help develop strong and happy relationships. There are also numerous health benefits of walking to school too!

Happy Shoesday!

On Tuesday 17th May, we are challenging you to wear fabulously decorated shoes to celebrate walking. You could decorate shoes in any creative way possible, including: adding stickers, tinsel, coloured laces and ribbon, or anything else you can think of! Our JTAs will be selecting the best decorated shoes and their owners will receive a prize.

Walking Team Challenge

We are challenging all pupils to take part in our Walking Team Challenge from 16th – 19th May. There are spaces for 20 teams of 4 pupils.

What walking counts for the challenge

• For this challenge we are including your total walking from Monday morning to Friday morning:
• Walk to school (part or all the way)
• Walk at lunchtime
• Walk from school (part or all of the way)
• Taking the stairs
• Walking at home

Walkers' Breakfast

On Friday 19th May, we will be having a walkers' breakfast. If you walk to school, you will get a delicious treat when you arrive so that you are ready to learn when you get to your classroom.

We look forward to welcoming as many walkers as possible into school next week!

Walk to School Week 16th-19th May

Walk to School Week 16th-19th May

Next week is Walk to School week and we want as many pupils as possible to walk to school. If you have to drive or get the bus to school, you could park further away and walk or get off the bus a few stops before your normal bus stop. The walk to school is the perfect opportunity for some quality family time or a good chat with friends which will help develop strong and happy relationships. There are also numerous health benefits of walking to school too!

Happy Shoesday!

On Tuesday 17th May, we are challenging you to wear fabulously decorated shoes to celebrate walking. You could decorate shoes in any creative way possible, including: adding stickers, tinsel, coloured laces and ribbon, or anything else you can think of! Our JTAs will be selecting the best decorated shoes and their owners will receive a prize. 

Walking Team Challenge

We are challenging all pupils to take part in our Walking Team Challenge from 16th – 19th May. There are spaces for 20 teams of 4 pupils so come and register and collect your pedometers at lunchtime on Thursday from Redwood. 

How to take part

1.    Find a team of four

2.    Decide on a team name and team leader

3.    Come and see Miss Chau to register as a team and collect your pedometers.

5.    Walk, walk, walk and record your steps on your team sheet.

6. Your team's record sheet will be collected on Friday at 9am.

What walking counts

For this challenge we are including your total walking from Monday morning to Friday morning:

• Walk to school (part or all the way)
• Walk at lunchtime
• Walk from school (part or all of the way)
• Taking the stairs
• Walking at home

Walkers' Breakfast

On Friday 19th May, we will be having a walkers' breakfast. If you walk to school, you will get a delicious treat when you arrive so that you are ready to learn when you get to your classroom.

We look forward to welcoming as many walkers as possible into school next week!

Competition: Design the new WoW badge!

The new theme for Walk on Wednesday is 'Walk the Americas' and pupils have been asked to design the new badge which will eventually be distributed to all the pupils in all the schools that take part in WOW. 

Drawings could include:

- Animals (e.g. Alaskan brown bear; Peruvian llama)

- Manmade landmarks (e.g. Macchu Picchu; Empire State Building)

- Culture e.g. Music and food (maple syrup, tango dancing)

The Broadford winners will be selected by the new JTAs and will be sent off to be judged against the 120,000 national entries. There will be 11 overall winners and the designs will be made into 400,000 badges and they will receive a WOW trophy and goody bag along with a year's supply of WOW resources for their school! 

The entry forms will be given out this week to pupils in classes from Reception to Year 6 and the deadline is Friday 10th March. We can't wait to see all the entries! 

JTA Conference

Today Miss Chau and the JTAs attended the Havering School Travel Plan Conference at MyPlace. The day featured mini-presentations from a wide range of speakers, including Junior Travel Ambassadors from other schools; representatives from Transport for London, Havering and MTR Crossrail and PCSOs and officers from the Havering Safer Travel teams. 

Our team, who only have a short time left before they handover to the new JTAs, were specifically asked to present the strategies and events we have implemented at Broadford in order to share them with the 15 other Havering schools who attended. They talked about Bling My Bike, Walkers' Breakfast and the Walking Bus. 

It is our responsibility to share our ideas with other schools in the area so that we can make Havering a greener place. 

Elizabeth Ositelu, Redwood 

One of the biggest issues at the moment is improving air quality and reducing air pollution. Havering will be rolling out 'Miles the Mole' to promote this new focus in the borough and our JTAs were some of the first to watch his promotional animation which will be shown in schools across the borough later this term. 

It was good to hear that the effort the JTAs have been making has made a positive impact on sustainable travel in Havering. The number of children who scoot to school in the borough is 6%, which is higher than the London average. This was the same with cycling: more children cycle to school in Havering than the London average. This shows that the initiatives we are executing at Broadford are making pupils in Havering more aware of being responsible citizens who support sustainable travel.

Amelia Chau, Year 6 Lead

Stay tuned for lots of fun activities and initiatives which we will be participating in over the next few months. For now, make sure you put 20th-31st March in the diary for the Big Pedal!

Walk on Wednesday

Well done to everyone who walked to school on Wednesday 8th March. Miss Chau and the JTA’s gave out lots of badges which the pupils are wearing with pride! They also received their walkers’ breakfast to help them refuel for the day ahead. Congratulations to all of the walkers, you are being kind to your health and the environment! 

Walkers' Breakfast Success!

This morning's walkers' breakfast was a huge success and great fun! Over 250 rewards were given out to pupils in recognition of their efforts to walk all the way or part of the way into school. Some children asked their parents if they could park further away from the school gates this morning and others took the plunge and travelled their entire journey by foot! 

It was great to see so many people taking part today and we were rushed off our feet handing out drinks and breakfast bars! We hope that events like this encourage more pupils to walk into school more regularly.

Harry Vincent, Junior Travel Ambassador 

WoW - Walk To School

Why WoW? 

Health
Children who actively commute to school are more physically active than those who do not. Physically active children are more alert, ready to learn, do better in tests and achieve better grades than children who travel to school by car.

Safety
1,200 children a month are involved in road accidents near schools. Walking to school means fewer cars on the road at peak times reducing congestion and inconsiderate parking making school gates a safer place.

Environment
The school run alone is responsible for generating around two million tones of CO2 per annum, converting these journeys to walking improves local air quality.

Economy
Investment in walking boosts local economies by increasing footfall for nearby shops and businesses, and providing a long-term cost savings for local government through public health.

Fun and Social
It's an ideal time for children and their families and friends to spend together.

Walking to school can help pupils build confidence and independence, and develop their knowledge of the local community.


How does WoW work?

The concept is simple - children walk at least once a week and are rewarded with a monthly collectable badge, based on a fun and engaging theme. This year's being 'Our Healthy Planet', ranging from endangered species and ecosystems to sustainable communities.

What is WoW?

The walk once a week (WoW) scheme is a year-round incentive-based initiative encouraging primary school children and their families to walk to school. Last year we worked with over 400,000 pupils across the UK.

Brake - Big Walk on Wednesday10th June, 2015

Pupils from Broadford Primary School joined over 100,000 children across the UK taking to the streets on 10 June 2015 as part of Brake's Giant Walk, the road safety charity’s initiative sponsored by Brantano to get children walking and highlight the importance of road safety to children leading active, healthy lives.

Over 100,000 children taking part in the event are walking a combined total of over 60,000 miles, learning about road safety and calling on drivers to ‘GO 20’ in communities to make streets safer for kids to walk and cycle.

Almost half (46%) of UK primary school children are driven to school [1], impacting on children’s health and contributing to congestion and traffic danger. This lack of physical activity is a factor in rising childhood obesity, with three in 10 children in England aged two to 15 now overweight or obese [2]. The World Health Organisation recently warned of a looming obesity epidemic if lifestyles do not change, with three-quarters of men and two-thirds of women in the UK projected to be overweight in 15 years’ time [3].

British kids have expressed their wish to get out and about more on foot and bike, with three quarters (76%) of participants in last year’s Giant Walk saying they want to walk and cycle more, to get to school, go to the park, or to see friends. However, more than half (56%) said they are scared of being run over by traffic when walking or cycling on roads [4].

Brake is campaigning for drivers and government to take action to make streets safer for kids and help them enjoy a healthy, active, happy childhood, by backing Brake's GO 20 campaign. For drivers, this means slowing down to 20mph or less wherever there may be people on foot or bike, and always keeping a look out for vulnerable road users. For government, this means implementing widespread 20mph speed limits in towns, cities and villages – one of the most effective measures identified by the World Health Organisation to reduce pedestrian casualties [5]. 

Mrs Stanley Assistant Head Teacher at Broadford, said “We’re delighted to be taking part in Brake’s Giant Walk. It’s a fantastic opportunity for kids to make their voices heard and promote road safety to children, parents and local drivers. Our pupils will be marching and shouting out loud about the importance of drivers slowing down in our community, so families can enjoy a healthy, fun, active lifestyle without being endangered.”

Julie Townsend, deputy chief executive, Brake, said: “Recent reports have provided a stark warning about the potential consequences of the UK slipping further into a spiral of physical inactivity. The impacts will be felt hardest by our children, who could face a lifetime of poor health and pick up the bill for rising healthcare costs. This crisis can be averted, but we need urgent action.

“As is clear from the thousands taking part in Brake’s Giant Walk today, including pupils from Broadford, kids love to get out and about on foot and bike, and parents want to be able to let them. It is a national scandal that danger from fast traffic often prevents children from having the fun, active, healthy childhoods they deserve. We need drivers to stick to 20mph or less in communities to protect kids. We also continue to campaign for government to make 20mph the national urban default and provided sustained funding for safe walking and cycling infrastructure. Safe active travel should be the norm for all our kids, not a luxury.”

Karen Stanton from Brantano said: "It’s brilliant to see so many schools, parents and children getting involved in this year’s Giant Walk and to have our stores joining in today is a fantastic opportunity. The collaboration with Brake allows us to not only raise awareness of the importance of correctly fitting shoes for children’s foot health but also to reinforce messages about the dangers of roads and the importance of safe road use to both children and parents, as well as promoting the health and environmental benefits of walking and cycling to school."

About Brake’s Giant Walk

Brake’s Giant Walk is an annual event in primary schools where children learn about traffic pollution and danger, and transport choices. Schools taking part get their pupils to walk (in a crocodile of supervised kids, holding hands on safe pavements, or around the school’s grounds) which gives children a voice, helping them tell drivers to slow down and look out for people on foot. Children can be sponsored to take part and schools can run fundraising events, helping fund Brake's campaigns and services for families bereaved and injured by road crashes.

About Brake’s GO 20 campaign

Brake is part of a coalition of organisations calling for more local authorities to adopt widespread 20mph limits, and for the government to make 20mph the national urban default, through its GO 20 campaign. Tweet us: @Brakecharity, hashtag #GO20.

Why GO 20?

• Fewer casualties: at 20, drivers have far more time to react in an emergency. Studies show when 20 limits replace 30, there are fewer casualties among pedestrians and cyclists [6].
• More walking and cycling: danger from traffic is a major barrier in enabling more people to walk and cycle. Town and city-wide 20 limits have resulted in more people walking and cycling [7].
• Healthier, happier people: More walking and cycling means healthier people, and more enjoyable outdoors activity for kids and adults. It helps communities interact and be communities.
• Less pollution: GOing 20 means lower emissions from vehicle journeys [8]. Plus if more people can switch their commute or school run to foot or bike, it means less polluting traffic.
• Lower costs: Poor health from inactivity costs society dearly [9]. Road casualties cost even more, due to the suffering and burden on health and emergency services [10]. Preventing casualties and improving health means GOing 20 pays for itself many times over [11]. It also helps people save money by choosing the cheapest ways to get about: foot and bike.

Advice for parents

Deciding at what age to let children walk or cycle to school unsupervised is a difficult decision for most parents, who are faced with weighing up the benefits of their child living an active lifestyle with the threat of their child being hurt by traffic. Research shows that many are put off letting their child get out and about by traffic danger [12]. Making roads safer helps more parents choose to let children walk or cycle.

Parents who are worried that their child’s route to school isn’t safe enough have a number of options. If it’s possible, they could walk with their child to school, helping to keep them safe, or set up a walking bus with the help of other parents. They could also work with the school to set up a local campaign for safer roads, calling for measures such as 20mph limits, crossings, pavements and paths. They can also check if their child’s school runs practical pedestrian and cyclist training, and encourage them to contact the local authority to provide this if they don’t.

See www.brake.org.uk/families for more advice for parents.

Brake

Brake is a national road safety charity that exists to stop the needless deaths and serious injuries that happen on roads every day, make streets and communities safer for everyone, and care for families bereaved and injured in road crashes. Brake promotes road safety awareness, safe and sustainable road use, and effective road safety policies. We do this through national campaigns, community education, services for road safety professionals and employers, and by coordinating the UK's flagship road safety event every November, Road Safety Week. Brake is a national, government-funded provider of support to families and individuals devastated by road death and serious injury, including through a helpline and support packs.

Brake was founded in the UK in 1995, and now has domestic operations in the UK and New Zealand, and works globally to promote action on road safety.

Follow Brake on Twitter or Facebook. 

Brantano

Brantano has stores nationwide and offer an extensive range of shoes and brands to suit all budgets. Offering convenient out of town shopping with most of its stores located on retail parks, the shopping experience is unlike many other traditional footwear shops, as the shoes are displayed in pairs that can be easily selected and tried on immediately. The stores all offer a free fitting service, with staff trained by top brands such as Clarks, Start Rite and Hush Puppies. The team are put through rigorous training followed by at least 25 supervised fits before being given the title of ‘expert fitter’. For more information visit www.brantano.co.uk.

Walking Team Challenge

4 days, 12 teams, 3,712,000 steps resulting in 1856 miles walked. A huge achievement for all of the walkers in our walking team challenge. Well done to everyone who took part.

The results are as follows; 

Place	Team	Miles	Prize
1st	Team Claydon	115	Cinema Voucher
2nd	Green walkers	113	Kidspace voucher
3rd	Willy Wonkas Walkers	109	Old MacDonald’s farm Tickets
4th	Team Minstreal	109	Giant jigsaw puzzle
5th	Team Owsley	108	Giant jigsaw puzzle
6th	Broadford Babes	107	1 Direction scooter
7th	Team Mersh	105	Hello kitty art set
8th	Chilvers Chicks	102	Chocolate bar maker

Congratulations to all of the winners. If you haven't collected your prizes please pop into the office. 

10,000 STEPS A DAY

Do you know that we should all be walking around 10,000 steps per day to ensure that we lead a healthy lifestyle.
A sedentary person may only average 1,000 to 3,000 steps a day. For these people adding steps has many health benefits. Below is an outline of the basic 10,000 steps program.

A reasonable goal for most people is to increase average daily steps each week by 500 per day until you can easily average 10,000 per day. Example: If you currently average 3000 steps each day, your goal for week one is 3500 each day. Your week 2 goal is 4000 each day. Continue to increase each week and you should be averaging 10,000 steps by the end of 14 weeks.

There are many ways to increase your daily steps. Use your imagination and come up with your own list:

• Take a walk with your spouse, child, or friend
• Walk the dog
• Use the stairs instead of the elevator
• Park farther from the store
• Better yet, walk to the store
• Get up to change the channel
• Window shop
• Plan a walking meeting
• Walk over to visit a neighbor
• Get outside to walk around the garden or do a little weeding

Brake's Giant Walk

Walking Team Challenge

The walking team challenge is over.

Congratulations to all of the walkers who completed the challenge. It is now time to record your steps and hand your form back to the school office.

Many thanks to all of the teams who have handed their forms back. If you haven't yet, not a problem bring it into the office when we return to school on Tuesday 2nd June.

Look out for the results which will be announced on Friday 5th June.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the walking to school week activities. Keep on walking throughout the summer term!

Walk to School Week

We celebrated the last day of walk to school week with a walkers breakfast.

All the children who walked to school today arrived in a really positive mood, especially when the received their walkers breakfast.

A cup of fresh juice and a delicious veggie roll set them up for a day full of learning!

Congratulations to all of the children, parents and staff who walked to school this week. By travelling in a sustainable way you are making a contribution to less pollution and cleaner air for us and our planet. 

Walking Bus - Wednesday 20th May

Children that walk to school arrive more alert and ready to start the day. Walking can also have a positive effect on your mood.

The children who arrived at school yesterday on the walking bus were definitely ready for a full day of learning after an enjoyable walk to school with their friends.

These boys were the first participants of Broadford's walking bus! Well done guys you should feel really proud of yourself!

Walking Team Challenge

The deadline for the walking team challenge has been extended. As many teams received their pedometers yesterday we are giving you more time to clock up your steps.

The challenge will now finish on Thursday 21st May at 3.15 pm. Please fill in the number of steps that each member of your team has taken and return to the school office.

An extra day of walking so keep it up.

If you walk to school tomorrow you will earn yourself a free breakfast when you arrive, as Thursday is walker's breakfast day.

Good luck!

Walk to School Week - Walking Bus

If you would like to walk to school with your friends, get on the walking bus!

School staff will be at Bosworth playing fields from 8.15 on Wednesday 20th May to meet any children who would like to walk to school together.

The walking bus will leave at 8.30 am.

See you there!

Walk to School Week - Walker's Breakfast

Getting into the habit of an energetic walk at the start of the day can also encourage healthy eating habits such as having a good breakfast every morning.

Today every child who walked to school received a free breakfast to set them up for the day.

Well done to all of the walkers.

The next walker's breakfast is on Thursday.