Five people are killed every single day by something we already know how to cure – dangerous driving. Our roads are dangerous places, where hundreds of deaths and serious injuries take place every week. But by adults changing their driving behaviour, we can help to make our villages, towns and cities safer places to be. Every action that we take, as a driver or as a passenger, can change the outcome of a journey and the future of a family.That’s why for this year’s Road Safety Week the focus has been put on the six elements of the Brake Pledge: Slow, Sober, Secure, Silent, Sharp and Sustainable.
This week in school you can share this Brake’s Pledge and talk about ways that you can support adults in being safer – you can take the Pledge too, promising to help drivers stick to the six Pledge points. It’s also a good time for you to look at how you can be safer as a pedestrian when you’re walking around Nottingham and learn more about the Green Cross Code, especially as you can use this to take part in the Nottingham Road Safety Quiz! So take action, make a difference, and Pledge to help adults do six simple things to save lives this Road Safety Week.
United Nations Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20th each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.
Since 1990, Universal Children’s Day also marks the anniversary of the date that the UN General Assembly adopted both the declaration and the convention on children’s rights.
As an organisation that works with children and young people, we feel that it’s important that days like this happen so everyone can play important parts in making the lives of children better in their communities, speak and work with children and young people to make their voices heard and valuing the role that children play in our lives. As OppNotts, we will always advocate, promote and celebrate children and work hard to make Nottingham the best place it can be for young people to live and learn!
In an amazing double success Oak Field School and Sports College were awarded the coveted Healthy Schools Status and the Health and Wellbeing Improvement Award for not one but 2 areas of work (Health and Hygiene and Sex and Relationships Education) to add to their ongoing committment to Oral Health and Healthy Lifestyles awarded 3 years ago.
In an amazing double success