February 2014
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Wheatfield welcomes international visitors
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ctive Ambassadors (pupil helpers) representing each class from Wheatfield Primary School recently met 16 teachers and 20 pupils visiting from schools in Germany, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Bulgaria, as part of the Comenius exchange programme organised by the European Union and funded by the British Council. The Ambassadors explained their Active Travel to School project to their European visitors and talked about their activities, plans and ideas for promoting sustainable travel to school. The visitors spent three full days with the local school, participating in a range of activities that were designed to explore the themes of sustainability and endangered species. The project’s title is ‘Hand In Hand for a Wonderful Land’. Cllr Ian Blair, Chair of South
Wheatfield’s Active Ambassadors with their European visitors
Gloucestershire Council’s Children and Young People Committee, said: “This is an excellent opportunity which provides both students and teachers from Wheatfield Primary School with a unique chance to share knowledge with schools from a range of European countries. The Active
Ambassadors have been doing a great job of encouraging their fellow students to change the way they travel to school, and will be able to pass on their tips for promoting sustainable travel, as well as learning new ideas from their visitors.” As part of an Active Travel to School project running
throughout South Gloucestershire, all of the pupils at Wheatfield Primary School were given the chance to apply to become an Active Ambassador (pupil helper). One pupil from each class in Years 3 to 6 (ages 7 to 11) has been chosen for the role and will have the responsibility of encouraging everyone in their class to walk, cycle or scoot to school. Active Ambassadors decide their own methods of encouraging their fellow students and, in turn, parents, to change the way they travel to and from school. The Active Travel to School project is funded by the Department for Transport as part of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund. Coordinated regionally under the West of England partnership, the project is delivered in partnership with sustainable transport charity Sustrans and local authorities.
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