Pupils at Corby Glen Community Primary School in Corby Glen have received a donation of hi-vis vests from David Wilson Homes to help them shine bright during Road Safety Week.
DWEM – SGB-20018 – Corby Glen Community Primary School pupils in their new hi-vis vests
The Lincolnshire-based housebuilder has given the school 35 of the vestsfor their pupils to wear whilst walking to and from school, to ensure they can be easily seen on the roads as the darker nights draw in.
Led by Brake, Road Safety Week takes place from 19th to 25th November and inspires thousands of schools, organisations and communities to take action on road safety and promote life-saving messages during the week and beyond.
Natalie Willcock, Headteacher at Corby Glen Community Primary School, said: “The donation will help keep our children safer as the nights draw darker. We try to encourage our children to walk to school for daily fitness and to minimise driving and pollution. The hi-vis vests ensure our children are safe walking around the village and can be seen visibly in the dark.”
Findings from the Department for Transport, following the National Travel Survey, identified that 49% of children between the ages of five and 10-years-old walked to school in 2022.
The donation from the homebuilder, based close to the school at its Pastures Place development, was designed to encourage pupils to stay active whilst making certain they remained visible during the darker nights and mornings.
The theme for this year’s Road Safety Week campaign is ‘Let’s Talk About Speed’, which will start the conversation about why speeding is thought of as acceptable in some situations, what happens when people speed and why reducing speed saves lives.
As highlighted by Brake, five people die on roads every day, so making sure school children can safely walk to and from school is a priority for David Wilson Homes.
Rachael Harrison, Sales Director at David Wilson Homes East Midlands, said: “Now the darker nights are here, we want to ensure local pupils are safe and seen on their route to and from school.
“Road Safety Week is a campaign we support each year as we endeavour to help pupils in their efforts to walk to school, and the hi-vis vests will hopefully allow the children at Corby Glen Community Primary School to do just that.”
David Wilson Homes’ hi-vis vests will be particularly useful during Road Safety Week, whilst being certain to benefit the pupils in their future journeys to school throughout the winter months.
For more information about any nearby housing developments, visit the website at David Wilson Homes in Lincolnshire.
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