Singers support school Curbing the school run

CHEWStoke Church School has won a top award for the second year running for encouraging sustainable and active travel to and from school. They are South West winners and now go through to the Modeshift Stars national awards in London later this year.

It will help fund those Year 6 leavers who couldn’t afford to go on the Year 6 leavers camp at the end of this coming summer term.

Two families have already received help from this donation so their children are now able to go on this formative event. The money was raised at the choir’s Christmas concert last December and members voted to support the school.

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Head teacher, Ben Hewett, said: “We are so proud of how the children have embraced the project, and we have seen more and more children coming to school in a sustainable way.

“Not only is this the green thing to do but it has also made the roads around the school safer.”

The school has seen a significant reduction in cars parking outside the school, with families that need to drive choosing to “park and stride” instead.