Green-Schools Travel Competition 2017

The BIG TRAVEL Challenge

Deadline: 10th March 2017

Entry Formfor The BIG TRAVEL Challenge

(this form can also be found online at )

School name:
School address:
School type: / Number of pupils:
Telephone (school): / Email:

1. In which category is your school entering The BIG TRAVEL Challenge?

Awarded SchoolActive School

If entering under ‘Awarded School’ what year did you receive your Green Flag for Travel?______

2. In which sub-category is your school entering The BIG TRAVEL Challenge?
(Choose the mode where your school can achieve the most change during the month of February)
Walking / Scooting / Cycling
Carpooling / Bus / Park N Stride
3. In no more than 300 words tell us how your school promotes sustainable travel and what you did as part of The BIG TRAVEL Challenge:
For example: In what ways did you promote your chosen travel mode? What makes sustainable travel in your school work? What initiatives have you carried out? How do you monitor progress?? How are pupils involved? How are you innovative and creative? Etc. (300 words max)
4.THE RESULTS
Tell us how well you did on The BIG TRAVEL Challenge:
What mode did you promote? ______
Why did you choose this mode? ______
How many children used this mode on an average day, BEFORE the challenge started? (This is very important so that we have a way of assessing how successful you have been) ______
Please remember to record on Day 1, Day 5 and Day 10 of the Challenge to monitor how your Challenge is going.
Challenge Days / Results
Day 1
Day 5
Day 10
5. How often would your school hold active travel days? (WOW/COW/SOW)*
Every Week / Every Month / Every term
Every Year / sometimes / never

* WOW – Walk on Wednesday, COW – Cycle on Wednesday, SOW – Scoot on Wednesday

6. Does your school participate in the following;

National Walk to School Week YES/NO

National Bike WeekYES/NO

Consent

I understand that entry into the competition constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of the Terms and Conditions, available from . If shortlisted, I consent to an unannounced school visit by the competition judges. I give consent that this entry and all subsequent material associated with this competition can be published free of charge by An Taisce’s Green-Schools Travel programme in all media, including internet, for all purposes as it wishes. I also understand that the winning schools will be expected to take part in competition publicity.

Green-Schools Coordinator
Name: / Signature:
Principal
Name: / Signature:

Please return entries by 10th March 2017 (postmark accepted) to:

Green-Schools Travel Competition

An Taisce Environmental Education Unit

5a Swift’s Alley

Francis Street

Dublin 8

Alternatively, you may email your entry to:

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