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Be Inspired Stanwell School, Vale of Glamorgan, engaged their entire student body, from years

7 to 13, with discussions around Active Travel through the development of three
What Eco-Schools have been up to pastoral lessons. Click to

read about their success

A concerned Grandparent approached the Eco-Committee at and for more details about
Mount Street Infant and Nursery School, Powys, about the the project.
number of cars leaving their engines idling while waiting at

pick up time. The children created a banner to display and
remind engines to be turned off and were delighted that

they had an immediate impact, with no engines running
when they carried out their spot checks.

Several years ago, Ysgol Cynfran, Conwy started
encouraging their pupils to travel actively to school
with their ‘Wheelie Wednesdays’, allowing pupils to

use their bikes and scooters on a track set up on part Eco-Schools International
of their yard during break times. It became so popular

that now every day is a ‘Wheelie Wednesday’! Eco-Schools Malta researched sustainable mobility which linked with a project
initiative supported by the Ministry in charge of Transport.

● 31% travel to school on foot

● 48% private car

● 15% share a minivan/school bus
The Eco-Committee at Coed Glas Primary ● 6% cycle

School, Cardiff, designed a fantastic
week of fun activities with the aim of Lots of initiatives were taken including walking school bus, car free days and car

encouraging the whole school to engage counting per hour. Some schools dedicated their whole action plan on sustainable
with their walk to school week. Read all mobility.
about it here and their inspired method

of recording the number of journeys.