Travelwise team presentation

On Tuesday week 10 term 1 the travelwise leaders shared a presentation with the Leabank staff.
Here is a video of our presentation.
The quality is not great, but we shared all about our big ideas for the year:

Our plan this year:

What is Travelwise?
Travelwise is a group of children that encourage people to travel safely by setting a good example for other kids and is also about sustainable traveling.

What we are hoping to do in term 1OUR MESSAGE-Introduction to travelwise.Make teachers and students aware of what travelwise is.-Using the crossing safely. Week 8Travelwise team to primary school training day with Miss Prentice
Week 10 Share presentation with staff.Week 11- Share presentation at Mufutanga
Week 11- Spot prizes for kids using the crossing.Set up travelwise notice board.
What we are hoping to do in term 2Road safety week-slow down around schools!
Stop parents parking on yellow lines- keeping our kids safe.
Week 1- back to school slow down around schools campaign.
Week 2- ROAD SAFETY WEEK!-Travelwise assembly- Travelwise team share about the week, Zebra mascot to show how to cross the crossing, Competition asking about road crossing.
-Poster competitionJunior middles and seniors (Winners posters printed and put up at local dairy and petrol stations to remind the community).
-Banner outside of school to advertise to parents.-Notice in newsletter.Park and walk to school event, breakfast for children and parents who park and walk to school.
-Signs on bamboo poles outside school by yellow lines laminated reminding parents not to park there.-Walk to school promotion. Sticker promotion= each child to collect stickers as they walk to school, class with the most stickers after two weeks to get a prize. Teachers to keep a tally on WOW website for travelwise team to tally.
Week 5 - Speed camera activity with police. Statistics about speed around Friedlander's recorded and shared with community in notices.-National survey on travelwise to be completed by teachers.
Week 6-7 Walk to school promotion.Travelwise tree- children who walk to school get to put a leaf on the tree, names go into a draw to win prizes in Assembly.Park and walk promotion 2.
What we are hoping to do in term 3Using the crossing, encouraging adults to use the crossing too.
Don’t park on yellow lines or in driveways around the schoolWeek 1- Back to school campaign-slow down around school.
Week 2- travelwise team go to Junior class and read travelwise big book and share follow up activity.
Week 5- Travelwise poetry competition
Week 8-Travelwise Games Set up in hall, using crossing correctly and walking to school.
What we are hoping to do in term 4Walking to school-better for you, better for the number cars congesting the outside of the school.Week 1- Back to school Slow down Campaign.
Week 3-6- Bike safety for senior school
Week 6- Bike games on court lunch break (Organised and run by Travelwise leaders).
Week 6,7- Walk to school promotion. Sticker promotion= each child to collect stickers as they walk to school, class with the most stickers after two weeks to get a prize. Teachers to keep a tally on WOW website for travelwise team to tally.-Park and walk promotion 3.
Week 8- Wheels Day!Tuesday Junior wheels dayWednesday- middle school wheels dayThursday- Senior school wheels day11.40am-2.30pm Activities and games run by Travelwise student leaders and Travelwise community offices.
Week 9- Travelwise team outing- Attend awards day.

Introducing our new travelwise Leaders:

 Savana Feite
Savana is a year 5 student and is very knowledgeable about travelwise, she is a natural leader and enjoys supporting other students.

Irene Reddy
Irene has lots of great ideas to help out with our travelwise team this year and works great with a team. Shes kind and caring towards other students and makes sure everyone gets involved.

 Mikaere Petero
Mikaere is a natural leader and helps our team to stay focused and achieve their goals. Mikaere is also one of our young leaders this year so will be a valuable member of the team.

Zion DeThierry
Zion has a lot of great ideas of how he can help other children be safe and travelwise. He works hard in a team and is great at following instructions. Zion is also great at making us laugh when we need a break from all our hard work.