Insight Newsletter

A regular update of the latest news and advice on School Travel Planning in Kent

The newsletter is produced in .pdf format and requires the user to have Adobe Reader installed on their PC. Please note that some of these documents are quite large and may take some time to download.

Insight : Summer 2010
Contents include:

• School Travel Plan Submissions 2010
• Annual Review
• Chatham House Grammar School, Thanet - Pupils think about their new journey to school.
• Walking Bus 10th Birthday Celebrations - Bishops Down Primary School, Tunbridge Wells and Minster Primary School, Thanet.
• Holy Trinity Ramsgate - School Council work hard to encourage walking to school.
• Blean Primary School, Canterbury - Cycle route not just for bikes.
• Kent Schools Go Platinum

l

l

Insight : Autumn 2009
Contents include:

• Park and stride
• New walk to school resources
• Walk on Wednesday and the walking bug
• Using public rights of way to get to school
• Check out your carbon footprint
• Pedometer programmes
• Walking challenge
• Walk 4 Life
• Step Up
• Tracks magazine
• Promoting cycling
• Sustrans Bike It makes 'em more stable
• Bike It breakfast at Blean Primary School
• How about scooters?

Insight : Summer 2009
Contents include:

• It's all about you!
• Eastborough Primary School - using the school's website to publicise travel options.
• Hextable Primary School - don't be a fool, walk to school!
• Zig Zag Success with 5 schools in Dartford and Gravesend.
• Paddock Wood Primary School - School Council support neighbours.
• The Skinners School - spreading the word.
• Minterne Junior School - pupils take charge!
• The Towers School - promoting cycling to school.
• Thurnham Infant School - walking initiatives with a difference!
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School - cycle storage gets a makeover!
• Barton Court Grammar School - teachers get on their bikes.
• Northfleet Nursery School and Rosherville Primary School - Partnership Working
• Wentworth Primary School - School Council address the issues.
• Castle Community College - puncture repair kits at the ready!

Insight : Spring 2009
Contents include:

• School Travel Plan Submissions 2009
• Annual Review
• Further Funding to Support your School Travel Plan
• Last Year for School Travel Plan Funding
• Schools Benefit from Further Capital Funding
• Keep the Zig-Zags Clear!
• Innovative Cycle Storage at Loose Infant School
• Kent Freedom Pass Countywide by June
• Ashford Bike It Project Update
• Journease
• Coming Soon
• Resources
• We Need You!

Insight : Autumn 2008
Contents include:

• The Funding Roles in!
• Developing a School Travel Plan
• Expansion of the School Travel Planning Team
• Walking Initiatives Take Kent by Storm!
• Annual Travel Survey
• New Information Available on the Schools Searchable Database
• Platinum Awards 2008
• Kent's Sustainable Travel to School Strategy
• Bike It Update
• Healthy and Sustainable Schools
• Resources - Sustrans Newsletters, Travel Training Guide, SEN Schools
• New Initiatives - Zig Zag Scheme and Travel Advisors in Secondary Schools
• Kent Freedom Pass

l

Insight : Summer 2007
Contents include:

• Travel Plan Submissions  
• School Travel Plan Awards
• Education & Inspections Act 2006
• The Walking Bus has landed!    
• Walk on Wednesday
• Bike IT officer
• DfT Walking Bus Grants  
• Kent Freedom Pass
• Teenage Girls love to be dramatic
• Two ride away with a green prize!
• Benenden Bus set to take off
• Students club together to write plan

l

Insight : Autumn 2006
Contents include:

• Schools Celebrate Travel Plan Success
• Catch the Walking Bug
• Walk on Wednesday (WoW)
• Top Marks for Dartford Girls Grammar
• One more step we go...
• Park & Stride Success at St Joseph's
• Great Chart invest in safety