HOW - Help our World

The HOW committee is the pupil's Environmental Action Group.

The name HOW (Help Our World) was thought up by Max Walker.

The logo was designed by John Moulton and Luke Webb

At the elections held in October 2006 the following committee was elected:

Reception:	Ellis Young and Elaine Fry
Year One:	Tom Hill and Georgina Biggs
Year Two:	Charlie Fleming and Rowena Marshall
Year Three:	Ellie Pitman and Yazmine Douglin
Year Four:	Joshua Barton and Harriott Crouch
Year Five:	Ellie Stott and Jack Savery
Year Six:	Matthew Walters and Alice Webb

Year Five Cycle Safety Training

As part of our campaign to encourage more walking and cycling to school we offered cycle safety training to our Year Five pupils in September and October 2006. 25 out of 31 pupils took up the offer and completed a 12- hour course, staying after school twice a week.

The course, run by Mr Hamilton with help from Mr Whitewick and Mrs Kaunhoven, was monitored by the Road Safety Unit of the County Council. All the early lessons were held on the playground and school car park before moving onto the roads around the school where left and right turns can be practised.

This work supports the school's travel plan objectives (See Documents section for details). We aim to provide cycle training annually to pupils in Year Five to promote safe cycling.

"I think it is good to be trained because you can have an accident on the road but if you are trained at least you know what to do to be safe and what to signal to the cars." - Ché

"I think cycling keeps you in good shape. It is good exercise." - Mason

Wellie Walk to School

On 22nd November we held our first Wellie Walk to school. 137 children and 33 adults walked across the fields from Shepton Mallet or along the roads from Chelynch. Some pupils walked to school because they always do, but for others it was a change to their normal practice.

The walk was organised by members of the HOW committee. Several posters appeared around school encouraging children to take part and banners showing the benefits of exercise were carried from Shepton to school.

Each June the school takes part in the Somerset county- wide walk to school initiative but this is the first time we have held a wellie walk. The walk from Shepton took longer than anticipated because we had to wait before crossing each stile and there were loads of them! The children who walked from Chelynch avoided the mud but had to contend with cars passing and no pavement for most of the way.

The HOW committee will be writing letters to the local council to see what more can be done to make walking to school safer.