Resources for mobile learning adventures for educators in Scotland
In Scotland, each local authority has its unique approach to promoting school active travel and ensuring road safety. This includes local school travel planning arrangements and initiatives, such as the implementation of School Streets.
A School Street is an area outside a school where access is restricted, creating a walking, wheeling, and cycling zone. This approach has proven to encourage more children to walk and cycle to school, resulting in a happier, safer, and healthier street environment.
The @and_she_cycles campaign, a movement empowering teenage girls and young women, is one such initiative. The campaign offers the opportunity for senior school pupils to become #AndSheCycles ambassadors, providing tips on how to empower more girls to cycle in their school and set up #AndSheCycles groups. The campaign also has an Instagram account where individuals can share their cycling experiences and connect with like-minded individuals.
The FRideDays initiative, another part of this campaign, aims to encourage school children to cycle to school every Friday. A toolkit is available for those interested in setting up a bike bus, offering support and information regardless of experience level. Free training is offered to anyone wanting to set up a FRideDays Bike Bus, and insurance is provided if the training is completed and the individual becomes a website volunteer.
For more information on School Streets, interested individuals can email the Education team at education@our website. Our website also supports the network of School Travel Professionals in local authorities throughout Scotland by sharing good practice and joint planning or funding of projects.
Effective school travel planning in Scotland emphasizes safety, health benefits, sustainable transport modes, and access to free or supported travel options. Strategies include encouraging active travel modes such as walking, cycling, and scooting, utilising free school transport for eligible children, discouraging car parking near schools, and leveraging Scotland’s national concessionary travel scheme.
The campaign also provides a teacher and youth leader pack, containing an interactive workshop to guide teenage girls and young women in shaping and influencing their local #AndSheCycles campaign.
For those seeking a detailed framework or strategy outline, organisations such as Sustrans Scotland or local councils typically offer guidance, focusing on promoting safe, sustainable, and active travel.
[1] This information is based on the provided bullet points and additional inference made to create a cohesive article. For specific key strategies from a particular organisation, please refer to that organisation directly.
The @and_she_cycles campaign, a movement promoting health-and-wellness and education-and-self-development, encourages teenage girls and young women to cycle to school, creating a lifestyle that promotes active travel. The campaign offers education on cycling tips, leadership opportunities, and a platform for sharing experiences on social media (Instagram).
School authorities in Scotland focus on promoting safety, health benefits, and sustainable transport modes in effective school travel planning, with strategies including active travel modes like walking, cycling, and scooting, offering free or supported travel options, and discouraging car parking near schools. For those seeking guidance, organizations like Sustrans Scotland or local councils provide advice on promoting safe, sustainable, and active travel in the realm of health-and-wellness, lifestyle, education-and-self-development, and science.
