Some children are taking risks as they travel to school not demonstrating road safety or awareness of other road users.

This is especially true of some children travelling on scooters or bikes to school and not wearing a helmet. Please make sure all children who are travelling to school always wear a helmet.

This advice comes from – https://brightkidz.co.uk/

How to Scoot Safely

Here are some practical tips for scooting safely.

• Use your brake to stop and slow down
• Don’t scoot off, either wait for your mum or dad to catch up or scoot back to them
• Get off your scooter when you cross the road
• Be courteous to other pavement users. Move over to allow them space, or stop if there’s not enough room for you both to pass
• Listen out for cars as they could be reversing out of their driveway
• Look out for changes of pavement surfaces, these can cause you to go faster or slower than expected
• Keep away from the edge of the pavement, scoot on the inside of the pavement away from the road
• Be careful scooting after it has been raining, especially over manhole covers as they will be very slippery
• If you are out scooting after dark or in low light conditions make sure you can be seen. Wear or carry something bright in daytime and  put a light on your scooter so you can be seen at night.

Many of our scooters are using the busy main roads to scoot along rather than pavements.

Please can parents discuss this with children to ensure all children are safe on their way to and from school.