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Sandycroft Primary School, Deeside

Sandcroft CP School charity entrepreneurs Ivy, Arthur, Jacob and Eva. Photo: Mandy Jones

Early Years pupils at the Flintshire primary school have been busy raising funds for the nearby River Link Donkey Sanctuary.

They made a total of £180 from the sale of items, including key rings, fridge magnets, dog treats, bird feeders and decorated stones they had made themselves.

The green-fingered youngsters had even grown flowers from seed for the charity playground yard sale.

Jacob and Eva with some of the key rings and fridge magnets sold. Photo: Mandy Jones

Ivy and Arthur with some of the bird feed. Photo: Mandy Jones

Prom celebrations

Students continue to strike a pose, as they end the school year with prom across the region.

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Lorraine Bellamy, from Wrexham: Rachel Bellamy and Jayden Hargreaves, Ysgol y Grango prom.

Heidi Caron, from Buckley: Leo Dixon and Emily Shaw, Connah's Quay prom.

Amy Prince, from Wrexham: Rhosnesni High School for Courtney Hughes (left) Kadie Thomas.

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Ysgol Bryn Deva, Connah's Quay

PUPILS at the Flintshire primary school have been congratulated for gaining a Sustrans Active Travel School Award.

Sam Rowlands, MS for North Wales, has praised a Ysgol Bryn Deva for receiving a gold award for its active travel initiatives.

Sam Rowlands MS, with Hannah Meulman, Active Journeys officer, Sam, Mared Eastwood, Pam Clegg, Active Journeys Champion at school, Matti Hemmings-BMX rider, Fusion Extreme, Stephen Cunnah, Sustrans Cymru and front, Active Journeys Crew pupils from Year

Mr Rowlands said: "I am a great supporter of the Active Journeys programme in Wales, which helps children across the country to safely, easily and confidently travel to school by foot, bike and scooter. Safe active travel is also so important for our physical health and wellbeing.

"I was delighted to go along to Ysgol Bryn Deva to personally congratulate staff and pupils who have all worked so hard to gain this accolade.

"Well done to everyone for gaining the gold award.

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Sustrans Active Journeys programme, which is funded by the Welsh Government, works with schools across Wales to create a culture that makes it easier for children to walk, wheel, scoot, or cycle.

They support school champions and collaborate with local authority contacts to help improve routes and develop whole-school approaches to active travel.

A range of engaging activities helps to build the confidence, enthusiasm and skills needed to help form new active travel habits.

These activities and lessons support schools' efforts in achieving Eco-Schools and Healthy Schools awards, working towards the Sustrans Active Travel School Award which recognises excellence in sustainable travel.

Ysgol Penyffordd

PUPILS in Flintshire are celebrating coming fifth on a national leader board of schools making strides to walk or wheel to school.

Ysgol Penyffordd is one of 10 schools on the WOW Top Ten leaderboard for June 2024.

WOW - the walk to school challenge from charity Living Streets sees pupils record how they get to school using the interactive WOW Travel Tracker with those who walk, wheel, cycle, scoot or ‘Park and Stride’ being awarded a monthly WOW badge.

The WOW Top Ten helps boost pupils’ engagement in WOW and increases walking rates at schools. With a few challenges scattered across the school year, WOW Top Ten supports pupils’ health and wellbeing while reducing congestion and pollution around the gates.

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This term, pupils at Ysgol Penyffordd took part in the summer WOW Top Ten which asked them to walk to school as many times as possible in June. Pupils who live too far away or are not able to walk the whole way to school were encouraged to Park and Stride by asking their parents or carers to park at least 10 minutes away from the school and walk or wheel the rest of the way.

Only about 50 per cent of primary school children in Wales walk to school. However, just 11 per cent of journeys recorded on the WOW Travel Tracker by pupils at Ysgol Penyffordd are car trips all the way to the school gates.

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Kelly Theis, project manager (Wales), said: “We’re very happy to reward pupils from Ysgol Penyffordd as part of the WOW Top Ten. Walking and wheeling to school keeps us fit, healthy and happy - and it reduces congestion, air pollution and road danger outside the school gates.

“It’s great to hear that pupils at Ysgol Penyffordd are benefitting from walking to school. I’m sure that they’ll inspire other children and their families to follow in their footsteps.”

David Young, WOW champion at Ysgol Penyffordd, added: “We have really enjoyed taking part in WOW. It has opened up lots of discussions in our school about keeping healthy and the importance of active travel for the environment and to benefit our local community.

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"We're delighted with how many pupils and parents have engaged so well with the 'Walk to School' challenge and we're really pleased to see how everyone's efforts have helped us to top the leaderboard in Flintshire and make the top ten across all of Wales."

Ysgol Penyffordd is one of 170 primary schools in Wales benefitting from WOW - the walk to school challenge - thanks to a two-year project in partnership with Welsh Government.

Ysgol Penyffordd beat competition from 232 eligible schools taking part in WOW across Wales to secure their place on the national leaderboard of most active schools.