Category Archives: Brightkidz Blog

This week saw the annual launch of the Big Pedal for schools – a fortnight active travel challenge organised by Sustrans charity across the UK. Here at Brightkidz I got on my bike and joined one of the local schools we regularly work with – Grange Primary Academy in Kettering – for the event. Local…

2 minute read + activity Did you know bicycles are not the only kind of cycle? A bicycle has two wheels but there are lots of other cycles which don’t have two wheels or are different in some other way. Cycles often vary because they have been adapted for different uses – for example a…

2 minute read + activity Take a look around you. How good is your street? What makes it a nice place to be – pleasant and safe?  What makes it not so great? How could it be improved? This fun activity gets children thinking about where they live and how their street could be improved…

2 minute read + 2 minute videos No that’s not a light sabre! Children are often intrigued by the regalia of our local civic traditions. So involving your local dignatories such as your mayor in active travel celebratory events is a good way of not only raising the profile of walking and cycling amongst local…

2 minute read Promoting safe travel is one of our aims here at Brightkidz and by that we mean all sorts of safety – not just road safety – but also helping enable people to feel safe and included whilst out and about. After all the more people who feel welcomed and part of active…

2 minute read + activity Animal lovers will particularly enjoy this one - the second in our series of  'at home active travel' resources for pupils to download and complete. These resources can contribute as activities on your school travel plan and keep pupils engaged in the importance of walking, cycling and scooting regularly. We...

Schools may be closed to most but many of us in the sustainable travel sector are busy planning ahead for the ‘big return’... whenever that may be. How can you get more children to school in active ways, and encourage parents to keep cars away from schools? How can we make the school run safer,...

If your school is developing a school active travel plan, chances are the current lockdown and other challenges have reduced your activities around this. So we are launching our new series of 'at home active travel' resources which pupils can download and complete. They can contribute as activities on your school travel plan and keep...

From a week which started with a ‘Blue Monday’, we’re bringing you some ideas to brighten up your lockdown - literally. You may be spending much more time indoors this winter, but hopefully you are still able to enjoy walking and cycling in some winter sunshine. What about on those dull weather days though? Poor...

Road Safety Week is approaching fast (but keeping within the speed limits of course!). It runs every year in late November; a few weeks after the clocks will have gone back as the evenings are drawing in. Here at Brightkidz we'll be working with schools to show pupils how to be bright... and now we're...