This morning Year 7 welcomed Lancashire County Council’s performance in education, ‘Streetwise’

The event was designed to:

  • Raise awareness of the dangers of distractions when using the road system as a pedestrian, especially when on ‘automatic pilot’ travelling a route they often take e.g. using mobile phones, mp3 players or messing around with friends.
  • Identify risks that students may take around roads and their consequences, including crossing in front or behind the school bus.
  • Create real life strategies to overcome peer pressure & peer influence around poor road safety.
  • Encourage the use of school crossing patrols, zebra crossings, pedestrian light-controlled crossings, and asking for help when it’s needed.
  • Increase students’ knowledge of how to remain safe when using the roads and the confidence to continue using this information.
  • Leave a legacy of improved behaviours and attitudes to road safety especially on routes they take every day such as their route to school.