If you have made the environmentally sound choice of giving up using the car for the school run, now choose the healthier option of getting your child to walk to school via the quieter, less polluted ...
23 October 2019
Are you a parent concerned about the exposure of your child(ren) to air pollution on their journey to and from school ? If you are not already aware of them, School Streets Bristol is working hard with ...
16 July 2019
Scientists at Lancaster University are about to test a scheme using different species of evergreen hedges planted along school fences designed to mitigate air pollution levels in schools adjacent to busy ...
25 June 2019
This worrying video demonstrates how we are exposing children to dangerous levels of air pollution on a daily basis, both on the way to school and sometimes in school itself. ...
21 June 2019
This kit has been successfully used by Hackney Council for two years and has reduced the volume of traffic using roads past school gates, both school-run and through traffic.
It has improved air quality ...
21 May 2019
A new report by the charity 'Living Streets' identifies many parents' concerns for their children's health as they breathe polluted air on the way to and from school . But it reminds us that ‘Exposure ...
21 May 2019
A 60 metre screen made of live plants is being deployed in Sheffield to help ameliorate air pollution outside school s. The full story can be found here
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24 April 2019
This is another initiative aimed at finding out just how serious are the levels of air pollution that childen can be exposed to both on the way to school and once in school. You can find out more on this ...
03 April 2019
With this latest statement here from PHE, pressure is mounting on councils to stop parents from waiting in idling cars outside school s to pick up their children. Parents in Bristol are already mobilising ...
12 March 2019
59 school s were monitored for nitrogen dioxide levels by Bristol City Council in 2018. The results for these are due to be published in the next few weeks.
This link: claircity gives help and advice ...
20 February 2019
These examples of primary school s acting to reduce the levels of car induced air pollution in the vicinity of their school should encourage others to deal with this UK wide problem.
Let's hope Bristo ...
14 February 2019
Birmingham City Council are supporting their primary school s with teaching materials that educate children about air pollution. The scheme is published by SKIPS and is called Clean Air Cops. Bristol City ...
20 January 2019
This Guardian article by George Montbiot brings home very graphically the blinkered view governments are showing to the damage we are inflicting on the health of a whole generation of children. Change ...
10 January 2019
Sustrans, creaters of the National Cycle Network are trying to change parents' ingrained driving habits and encourage them and their children to be active by walking or cycling to school
If you ...
17 December 2018
Over 8000 Bristol primary school children are taking part in WOW, the year-round walk to school challenge, a behaviour change programme.
Can you and your kids rise to this challenge?
This year-round ...
04 May 2018
This is an an invitation to join Living Streets’ Walk to School Week from 21-25 May. We hope you will be excited to take part in our annual walking celebration. Increase your exercise and decrease local ...
01 May 2018
The Parents Teachers and Friends Association (PTFA) at Bishop Road School would like your help to raise funds to create better outdoor green spaces and gardens at the school. We would like to ask you ...
27 April 2016
I attended Colston’s Girls’ School from 1932, when I was six, until I left in 1943. Pupils came to the school from a wide area of both Bristol and beyond.
Transport was by bus, tram, train (to Montpelier ...
14 April 2014
... alternative design that reflected the building's late Victorian architecture.
It also thought the surviving architecture of the school had sufficient merit to be considered worthy of listed statu ...
01 February 2014
The following account is taken from English Heritage's report that it wrote as part of its full review of the school as a possible building deserving listed status.The request to EH for this review wa ...
20 January 2014
The Bishopston Society has received a letter and report from English Heritage giving their reasons as to why they felt Bishop Road School was not worthy of listed status. The letter and full report ...
15 January 2014
Following from the Bishopston Society's application to English Heritage to have Bishop Road School listed, we have received the following letter and attached inspection report from English Heritage ...
05 December 2013
BISHOP ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL 13/04795/F Due to lack of time and resources we have focussed our comments on the proposed new entrance block proposed on the Bishop Road frontage.
The Bishopston Society ...
15 November 2013
BISHOP ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL - PRE APPLICATION CONSULTATION The Bishopston Society has heard from some of our members about the proposal to extend the school further. Though we understand the pressure for ...
23 June 2013
... strategy for dealing with pollution that would include car free areas around primary school s, cheaper public transport and improved walkability and cycling infrastructure.
We're concerned that Brist ...
12 November 2019
... come too close to them and tries to get police to enforce the law in such cases • There is the potential for many more people to cycle to school , work etc. • Bristol could learn from Seville that has developed ...
24 October 2019
... Most need re-roofing and re-wiring and one local Councillor at the time believed that all Bishopston houses were due for demolition and redevelopment!
Falling numbers of children of school age were anothe ...
04 October 2019
As part of our Clean Air Day activities, two volunteers from Clean Air Bishopston visited Ashley Down Primary School to work with Year 5/6 pupils in monitoring the air quality at their school gates ...
29 July 2019
... in the afternoon, as the school s were finishing, we had parents bringing their children along to have a go at a range of activities organised for them, such as designing a Clean Air Ecowarrior, doing a ...
21 June 2019
... tol Cycling Campaign. You can get more at the "Protect our kids" stand with School Streets Bristol and Playing Out. You can learn more about air quality, transport and travel behaviours at the "Get the ...
07 June 2019
... n Air Bishopson project
Guests signed up for the conversation include:-
Tony Bowden, Living Streets
Kate Highton, School Streets Bristol
Victoria Stanford, Medact
Tom Swithinbank, Bristol Cycli ...
23 May 2019
Some crucial questions about protecting our kids will be addressed at our school s corner (near Sainsbury's on the corner of Gloucester Road and Longmead Avenue) between 3 and 6pm, including...
Ca ...
23 May 2019
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On the theme of let's defeat pollution, you and the kids will be able to...
test your knowledge about pollution
design a "why pollution matters" poster for your school
use a pollution monit ...
23 May 2019
... Road, Nevil Road and Longmead Avenue, offering information on sustainable transport. School Streets Bristol will be on hand to chat about what can be done to improve air quality around our primary schools. ...
16 April 2019
Five school s across Bristol; Bannerman Road, May Park, Cotham Gardens, Compass Point and our local primary, Brunel Field, are taking part in temporary road closures after school next week as part of Sustrans' ...
24 March 2019
... In Bristol, with funding from Bristol City Council, Lifecycle can offer: Adult Lessons, Children's Lessons, Training in School s, Training at the Workplace.
Group Rides are available for: over 55s, Wellbeing ...
26 February 2019
... on cycling and walking to school with children, cycle routes and signs, bike maintenance,. Resources galore including travel behaviour change packs for schools.
Cycling UK https://www.cyclinguk.org/ ...
26 February 2019
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The motion called for: “By spring 2020 investigate, and implement if financially feasible, the introduction of an enforceable “anti-vehicle idling” zone outside every school and in every park in the ...
08 January 2019
... four pilot zones.
Anti-idling zones which could force motorists to turn off their engines outside of school s or risk a fine could be implemented in Bristol next year. It comes after an altered motion ...
17 December 2018
... aproved with our support
"Pemitted development" loophole exploited at 164 Gloucester Road
We proposed that a portakabin in school grounds should only be temporary
Another unattractive dormer allow ...
07 November 2018
... are set out in full on the BCRCP website: bcrp.org,uk
Following the AGM, the committee has been meeting monthly and has already organised a Public Forum (at Colston’s Primary School on 11 June), and ...
28 August 2018
... es since the Mayor came to office’
prioritise air monitoring outside school s
develop an 'anti-idling' campaign for Bishopston (possibly with the help of a local celebrity along the lines of Nigel Hav ...
25 June 2018
... and 21st May, and Walk to School Week takes place between 21st and 25th May.
A related recent development is the extension of Bishopston's local walking maps.
Details of all three of the above hav ...
05 May 2018
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Walking for Health - https://www.walkingforhealth.org.uk
Living Streets - Walk to School - https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/what-we-do/walk-to-school
Sustrans (not all about cycling!) - https://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-you-can-do/use-your-car-less/walking ...
04 May 2018
... the first of the above is only 0.68 miles from Bishopston and the last is only 1.06 miles away, the furthest!
Walking to school helps children to engage with their local community, develop wider socia ...
04 May 2018
... short journeys
walking the kids to school
doing a regular walk with a friend
going for a stroll with family or friends after dinner
Walking is one of the easiest ways to be physically activ ...
04 May 2018
... ge sustainable travel (e.g. so-called travel plans centred around organisations such as a school or workplaces).
Personalised travel information
Transport telematics (e.g. real-time information, e-ticketi ...
04 May 2018
... o be encouraged.
Monitoring air quality outside school s: Bristol has introduced air quality sensors outside all schools.
Low-emission buses: Bristol is getting a grant for more low-emission buses. See ...
04 May 2018
The Sweet History? website explores the impact of the sugar and slave trades on the built environment of Bristol. It includes activities and education resources to support the school curriculum. The website ...
23 April 2016
This 700 year old + hedge runs between Henleaze Park and Phoenix Grove. The 295ft (90m) long boundary straddles the Henleaze Junior School playing fields and Golden Hill Sports Ground. ...
19 April 2016
