Brake's Educator's Bulletin

We'll be launching our brand new website as part of our Beep Beep! Day, aimed at children and their teachers and families. Watch this space! Beep Beep! Day Our first national Beep Beep! Day takes place on Wednesday 20 March. Sign up now to ensure your 2-7 year olds understand road safety basics with our free resources. We even have some brand new postcards, to make sure that those important road safety messages get home to parents.It's also an easy way to raise valuable funds to support Brake's work by getting the children to wear their stripes and donate £1 to Brake. Kids Walk 2019 Sign up now for your free action pack including stickers, certificates, posters, lesson plans and other activities, and get your kids walking on Wednesday 26 June. This project aims to inspire and engage children about the dangers they face and help Brake call on grown-ups to make their streets safer. Find out more. Driving to school ban Last week it was revealed that hundreds of school across the UK will ban parents from driving their children to school.  The scheme is being introduced to improve air quality around schools, to prevent children from breathing in toxic air. Read the full story. Is your school involved or inspired to trial the scheme? Why not use our Kids Walk project as a way to raise awareness about the dangers our children face? Sign up here.   Sustrans Big Pedal 2019 Sign up to take part in Sustrans Big Pedal from 25 March to 5 April and get your children, staff and parents cycling, walking and scooting on their journey to school. The scheme is open to all UK primary, secondary and SEN schools and it's free to sign up! For more information, visit their website.