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It has been great to see so many of you returning to the walking bus on a regular basis – keep up the good work.
All of the regular walking bus passengers should now have received a certificate for walking to school for the whole of the Autumn term – well done!!
Can you all please try and speak to your classmates and friends at school and encourage more people to use the walking bus?? Last term we made approx. 1000 journeys on the walking bus… which means (if the cars are all full – not that they would be) there would be about 20 less cars on the road outside school every week…. a great achievment BUT I know that we can do better.
For adult helpers (mums / dads) – I am looking for ideas for a treat for us grown ups in the near future… maybe it could be a subsidised meal out or trip to the Snowdome or a show at the Garrick…. please let me know what YOU would like to do…. I think we probably have about 300GBP to spend. You deserve a treat for all of the effort you put in to keep the walking bus running!!!
Matt
The Holy Cross Rota is looking a little empty – if you are able to let me know when you are able to DRIVE the walking bus then please drop me a line.
That way everyone knows whether the WALKING BUS will be running or not.
Cheers
Matt
How do everyone and welcome back?
Before I mention anything about the meeting today a BIG thankyou to everyone involved with the Walking Bus for all of your help and support during the last 10 months – at present we are one of the most popular walking buses in Lichfield AND as such keep an eye out for the next walking bus magazine where St Josephs features quite heavily!!
Following the meeting today a few points to note;
1 - CONDUCTORS – For those children in years 4,5 or 6 who have already walked on the bus for the last year the CONDUCTORS will hopefully be up and running by the end of September… please be patient it will be worth the wait.
2 – NOTICEBOARD – In case you haven’t seen the NEW walking bus noticeboard in the corner of the playground – it will very soon be adorned with everything you need to know to start taking advantage of the walking bus as a passenger or driver.
3 – NEW ROUTE PLANNED – the ball is in YOUR court we have risk assessed a NEW route from Tesco’s to St Joseph’s…. IF you are interested in joining this walking bus route please let me know ASAP.
4 - EARLY YEARS PASSENGERS - we have greatly enjoyed having the Early Years children on the walking bus during the last year HOWEVER due to Health and Safety reasons Early Years children should ONLY use the Walking Bus IF accompanied by a parent or guardian. We aplogise if this causes you any difficulties, for further information please speak to me in the playground or ring me on 07813268124.
5 – HELP WE NEED MORE SUPPORT – The Walking Bus needs desperately needs YOUR support – Now that there are 7 potential walking buses to St Josephs operating every week it is vital that IF your child uses the walking bus that you are doing YOUR bit to help by driving the bus at least TWICE a month, training with Sue Benton ONLY takes 1 hour and will be done at a time to suit you. The reason we have had to increase the commitment hours is to alleviate some of the pressure on the regular drivers. If you are not able to commit to this then please don’t be offended when we ask you NOT to put your child on the walking bus as OTHER parents / guardians are working their socks off to make the Walking Bus work.
6 – WALKING BUS – FUN DAY PLANNED – We have nearly been operating OUR Walking Bus for ONE whole year – as such it is planned to have some form of celebration in the near future for all of those children who regularly use the walking bus. Details have not been finalised YET so I can’t say much more just yet, SO watch this space for more details…. invitations to the event will be given out on the walking bus SO make sure you are keeping an eye on the BLOG to find out WHEN!!!!
Lets hope that the weather improves soon!!!
Matt Higginson
How do all?
Just a quick note to let you know that there will be a meeting in school on Tuesday 9th Sept to discuss the Walking Bus… at approx 14.30 hrs.
The AGENDA will include establishing;
Guidelines for parents (we need you to commit to drive the bus at least one session every month).
Guidelines for children (ALL children MUST be able to walk the distance to school with minimal supervision – this particularly applies to ALL Early Years children).
Introduction of Walking Bus Conductors (HVJ – what do you need to know).
Information for NEW PARENTS – and how do we keep the children WALKING?
Noticeboard (hopefully this will be installed in the very near future!!)
Future FUN DAY – help needed!!!
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch – I am always at the end of the phone 07813268124.
Matt Higginson
If you have a GREAT photo from the ball you want to add to the wall of fame drop me an email with the photo attached and I’ll add it ASAP.
Matt
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