Golden Boot Challenge Useful Tips
Involving Staff
This year, staff can record their efforts on-line by creating a class and calling it 'Staff'. Who knows, this year could see the Golden Boot trophy being awarded to staff! The Challenge might be an opportunity for staff to start a car sharing rota or to investigate potential park and walk sites.
Involving pupils with special educational needs
Schools tell us that they would like to involve all pupils in the Golden Boot Challenge, but feel that there is little point for those pupils who are unable to alter their mode of travel because of their particular needs. Teachers report that the Challenge can be used to promote green travel during the school day, rather than during the journey to school.
Some schools arrange for pupils to participate in a road safety training session (eg pedestrian training or a lesson focussed on using a bus), make use of specially adapted bikes or walk a specific distance (around the school field, for instance) so that all pupils experience an alternative to their usual travel mode and are able to contribute to the travel information recorded for their school.
How the Challenge supports other activities
In 2010, teachers found that the Challenge supported the following curricular and non-curricular activities:
- a road safety week;
- efforts towards Eco Schools status;
- cycle security - one school invited local Police Officers to carry out free bike tagging;
- healthy school activities, eg Active Week/Food Awareness Week/ Feeling Good Week;
- PSHCE lessons, eg Staying Safe;
- Maths lessons, especially data handling;
- Eco clubs;
- PE lessons;
- Bike clubs;
- Geography, eg looking after the environment and the local area;
- Walk once a Week (WOW) scheme;
- ICT lessons.