Ready trek
Pontypool Police Community Support Officers covering Penygarn are helping to keep kids fit and getting them to and from school safely every day by operating a ‘walking bus’.
The ‘bus’, which departs from Channel View at 8.30am to arrive at Penygarn and St. Cadocs Junior School in time for breakfast club, ensures that pupils take the safest route, get to school on time and are highly visible to motorists by wearing fluorescent waistcoats.
The initiative, supervised by PCSO Daniel Wise and PCSO Jordan Williams working alongside Kevin Weaver, Woodlands Field Co-ordinator, aims to teach children about road safety, raise awareness among drivers of the need to slow down and stay alert and will hopefully encourage more schools to take up the idea.
PCSO Williams said: “The ‘walking bus’ is an opportunity for children to develop their road safety skills, gives parents peace of mind that their child is arriving to school safely and on time, keeps them active and also eases traffic congestion in the area.”