Travel Smart SOT

18/09/2024

Fantastic Team Modeshift walk this morning with St Joseph's, Goldenhill lots or parents and children making the walk to school

09/08/2024

Come and join us and the Active Travel team at Burslem for a fun-filled Tales in the Park event from 11am until 3pm today!

30/07/2024

Come and see us and North Staffs Community Rail at at Tunstall Park today. The sun is shining and there is lots going on! Stoke-on-Trent City Council

21/03/2024

Work with us.

We're hiring cycling instructors across the Northwest and Midlands to work on our Bikeability schemes in Merseyside, Manchester, Cheshire and Staffordshire.

If you're interested in working with children in an outdoor environment, then get in touch. A full training programme is provided, including a level 2 qualification in teaching cycle training, first aid and safeguarding.

Apply here:
www.bikeright.co.uk/workwithus/

20/03/2024

Well done Packmoor Ormiston Academy, so proud of all the hard work you have done and continue to do!!

29/02/2024

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21/12/2023

Made us feel very Christmassy ❤️🚶🏻‍♀️

18/12/2023

Well done!

''Mrs Maguire and the JRSO's visited the Lord Mayor's parlour to collect their regional award last week. They had a fabulous time learning about the chambers and their history and were delighted to receive their special award.''

14/12/2023

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27/11/2023

On 29th September the Lord Mayor attended Packmoor Ormiston Primary School and conducted a speed survey on Mellor Street with the Junior Road Safety Officers. The students surveyed over 40 vehicles! We even saw one vehicle travelling at 34mph!

25% of parents say traffic is too fast for their children to walk to school.
A crash at 30mph has twice as much energy and destructive potential as a crash at 20mph.
Travel Smart SOT

22/11/2023

When it comes road safety, speed matters.
In a collision, 1mph can mean the difference between life and death.
• The formula is simple: the higher the speed, the longer the stopping distance, the harder the crash, and the greater the risk of death and injury.
• Speed and stopping distances don’t increase at the same rate. Small increases in speed result in bigger increases in stopping distances.
• A vehicle travelling at 20mph would stop in time to avoid a child running out three car lengths in front. The same vehicle travelling at 25mph would not be able to stop in time and would hit the child 18mph. this is roughly the same impact as a child falling from an upstairs window.

Do you know your stopping distances? Test your knowledge here- https://www.brake.org.uk/road-safety-week/resources-for-everyone -distances-calculator

Travel Smart SOT

19/11/2023

Today, Sunday 19th November, is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Today is also the start of Brake Road Safety week.

Today we would like to ask you to take a few moments out of your day to remember all the people killed or seriously injured on the roads, and acknowledge the vital work all our emergency services carry out when attending these collisions. Travel Smart SOT

21/09/2023

Great to have Radnor at a couple of our schools this week ❤️🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏼

14/09/2023

Have you made your pledge yet?

Make a pledge with Bikeability & Sustrans to cycle more this 25-29 September at bikeability.org.uk/cycletoschoolweek and enter the prize draw to win!

18/05/2023

Next week is national Community Rail Week. Look out for special rail-related activities going on all around the country, at stations and elsewhere. Emma will be taking school children on some special Duck Bills walks around Stoke on Tuesday and Thursday. I will be at Crewe Station, Platform 6, with some of our volunteers, on Thursday and Friday. Why not have a go on our Train Treasure Map activity and see if you can find one of 3 Railcard prizes? We'll also have some freebies, activity sheets and leaflets to give out.
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15/05/2023

Its walk to school week so lets all get moving and encourage kids to be more active during Walk to School Week 2023. The 5-day challenge takes place from the 15th to the 19th of May and is designed to help children reach their minimum 60 minutes of exercise per day.

09/03/2023

Well done Packmoor Ormiston Academy for your well deserved win as Team Modeshift School of the Local Authority! Keep up the you are amazing ❤️ Stoke-on-Trent City Council

30/01/2023

The science behind why riding a bike might boost mental well-being, plus 7 ideas to get children pedaling.

30/01/2023

08/12/2022

How can 1 old jacket help 20 children be a bit more visible? By making 🚶‍♂️ thanks for the instructions! Stoke-on-Trent City Council

18/11/2022

Have you seen our digital display boards yet? Brake, the road safety charity Stoke-on-Trent City Council

17/11/2022

Love going to Packmoor Ormiston Academy and supporting them with their and activities. Finally got the blue paint off my hand too!

Sarah Grattage, of Stoke on Trent Council, visited our Nursery and Reception children yesterday to celebrate our Beep Beep day. The children had lots of fun learning about road safety and Sarah also awarded us with our platinum Modeshift Starts award.

29/08/2022

Today is the day our digital billboards go live! Why not take a selfie with the sign and tag us in using Make sure you are safe when taking the piccie!

29/08/2022

Today is the day our digital billboards are live! Why not take a selfie with the sign and tag us in using Make sure you are safe when taking the piccie!