Weaverham High School students look to improve road safety

Students at Weaverham High School have set out to improve safety outside their school on Lime Avenue.

Geography teacher Corinth Blackwell is leading the student council this year and helping them put their ideas into action.

She said: “The pupils were discussing how we can make a real difference in our community and the traffic issue kept coming up again and again.

“Many students have younger siblings at local primary schools including Weaverham Forest and they are concerned for their safety.

“It's vital we try to make some real changes to the safety outside school, the easiest way to do this is raise awareness and to have people consider their actions a little more.”

Zebra crossing outside Weaverham High School (Image: Supplied)

The student council met for the first time earlier this month where they decided that reducing traffic and risk to students on Lime Avenue would be their first task.

Students came up with a number of ideas, including speaking to local councillors to get the zebra crossing fixed and extending the yellow zigzags on the road.

 Council members also paid a visit to neighbouring Weaverham Forest Primary School to do an assembly on road safety.

Ms Blackwell said: “The student council did an amazing assembly at Weaverham forest street this week.

“They acted out a number of scenarios and discussed with pupils what went wrong and how they could be more road aware.”

The student council held a road safety assembly at Weaverham Forest Primary School (Image: Supplied)

The next task is to put banners up outside the school, using photos of primary school students with quotes about what worries them on the road.

“This would be to make it more human and make people on the road more likely to take care,” Ms Blackwell added.

The banners cost £35 each, with the school looking to get local businesses to cover the costs.

Sponsoring a banner will see the business’s name and logo included on the sign.

If you are able to help, please email Corinth.Blackwell@weaverhamhighschool.com.