On Thursday 20th October, Sholing Juniors were invited to the Modeshift STARS National School Travel Awards Celebration Event 2022, London. To reach this stage a school has to be awarded the Local Education Authority Travel Award, then they have to have been awarded the Regional School for active Travel. As you are aware we had been awarded both. This was the third time we have made it to the Nationals! I believe only 11 schools had been invited that day out of approximately 4000 schools in the UK. Have a look at all the great work they do:
It was an absolute privilege to take 4 incredible Junior Travel Ambassadors up to London for the day to represent Sholing Junior School at these prestigious awards. The JTAs gave a brilliant presentation to all who attended outlining all the incredible work the JTAs do to promote active travel. I think we all agree that they go above and beyond to encourage everyone at Sholing Juniors to actively travel both to and from school and during the rest of the week.
We had a fabulous time taking the train up to London and boarding a Thames Clipper, travelling the Thames and seeing the sights of London.
All the schools that had been invited to the awards had worked so incredibly hard to promote and encourage active travel within their school community and it was extremley tough competition. Congratulations to all the schools who attended.
Unfortunately we didn't win the Nationals however, with all the hard work our JTAs put into promoting and educating everyone at Sholing Juniors about the importance of active travel that will last them a lifetime and change habits that will have a huge impact on the environment, I believe they are absolute winners.
Well done to Phillamore Junior School in Sheffeild on their amazing achievement and all their hard work.