School travel noticeboard and web page

School travel noticeboard and web page

About this activity

Suitable for all schools and nurseries.

NB: We’re bringing together all the TfL education programmes, including STARS, under one exciting new umbrella programme called TfL Travel for Life. They will be the same great programmes but with a new name and a new look, easier online process and dedicated support team. STARS for primary schools will be renamed TfL Explorers. STARS for secondary schools will be renamed TfL Pioneers

A travel notice board in your school or nursery, or on your website, helps keep pupils, staff, parents/carers and visitors up to date with all your travel-related news. 

Use the noticeboard to promote upcoming activities and celebrate successful events. You could display/add links to bus and train timetables and a map of the local area as well as pictures and posters to encourage active travel.

Choose a spot for your board that pupils, staff and visitors to the school pass by regularly to make sure updates are seen. Or, if your notice board is a page on your website, ensure travel news and events are featured on your website’s homepage. Regularly updates the board (at least once a term) with news of your latest active travel events or competitions.

This is a good activity in which to involve your Junior and Youth TfL Explorers Ambassadors. They could be responsible for putting the board together and keeping it up to date whether physically in your nursery or school, or online.

How to evidence your activity

Sign in to TFL travel  for life to add your story. Explain the activity, how the school community engages with it and add photos of the noticeboard or a link to the school travel web page. Note down any anecdotal comments you hear from parents/carers about the usefulness of the board.

Activity steps

1
Find a good spot
Discuss your options with your head teacher and find a suitable place for your noticeboard. If online, speak to the website’s editor about how you would like the page to work
2
Pupil power
Ask pupils (this could be TfL Explorers Ambassadors) to help decorate and update the noticeboard. Make it bright and colourful to attract attention!
3
Use it!
Use your notice board to promote upcoming events and celebrate completed projects by adding pictures and posters
4
Tell your story
Add your story to the TFL travel for life website and feedback to your borough officer

Tags

  • Promotion

This activity counts towards:

  • Promotion

How it helps

  • Supports all TFL travel for life travel activities
  • Encourages whole school participation

Resources

Useful links, templates and case studies to support this activity