Road safety week fun at Narberth!

Pupils from Narberth CP School have been making huge strides towards improving road safety and the environment in their local area.

All pupils were involved in the recent national Road Safety Week, thanks to a wide variety of activities organised by the school’s Eco Club.

Older children used speed cameras, with the help of road safety staff, to check the speed of motorists passing the school.

They monitored the school car park and designed parking tickets to give to drivers who park incorrectly and dangerously, asking them to park carefully.

Younger children dressed up as pedestrians and cars and learnt how to cross the road safely in a fun way.

The children also designed two banners to remind motorists about road safety – one about the importance of using the right car seat and another one reminding drivers to slow down – which are displayed outside the school.

And officers from Dyfed Powys Police also visited the school to talk about car and road safety.

One of the week’s main aims was to encourage more children to be active and walk to school.

More than 70 pupils took part in a walk to school from the Town Moor car park on the Tuesday morning, accompanied by a local PCSO, road safety staff and parents.

And Ziggy the Zebra – the County Council’s road safety mascot – recognised the children who already walk to school regularly by presenting those who have clocked up the most walks with special certificates.

Ziggy was helped by a former pupil of Narberth School, Megan Wigmore – who won a Pembrokeshire road safety competition in 2010 with her original design for a mascot called ‘Ziggy’!

Cllr Huw George, who accompanied the children on their walk on Tuesday, praised them for working so hard during Road Safety Week.

“The whole school made a fantastic effort to make everyone more aware of what can be done to improve road safety in and around the school, and how much of this can also be beneficial for health and the environment too,” he said.

Darren Thomas, Head of Highways and Construction, added: “It’s really important that we educate children as early as possible on road safety, because if it’s instilled into them when they’re young they grow up to be safer and more responsible adults.”

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Pictured are pupils, parents and teachers walking to Narberth CP School from the town’s car park. They are accompanied by road safety staff, a local PCSOs, Cllr Huw George, Cabinet Member for the Environment, and Cllr Wynne Evans, Chairman of Pembrokeshire County Council.