Children at Dinting Primary School learned all about road safety as part of an initiative to keep them safe during the winter.
Winter Pedestrian Safety Initiative was led by Move More Glossop, and local community police officers, working alongside the Dinting.
A spokesman for Move More Glossop said: "The importance of safety for young people when walking or wheeling on the pavements is paramount and this is being impacted by drivers who obstruct pavements by parking and when parked with engines idling.
"We started the initiative with a codesign session with the school council, we discussed what pedestrian safety was and the dangers they face from cars. We asked the whole school to create posters for the initiative and prizes were presented to the winners in the school assembly.
"The school council decided that vehicle speed, pavement parking (causing an obstruction) and air and noise pollution were all safety issues when walking or wheeling on the pavement."
The week began with a Speedwatch where pupils took it in turns to check the speed of passing traffic.
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Out of more than 700 vehicles, nine were found to be speeding.
The pupils also created their own parking tickets and decided on a £10 fine for those cars found to be obstructing the pavement, creating a safety issue for pedestrians.
The pupils understood that cars need to pavement park to allow flow of traffic, but cars must not obstruct the save space for pedestrians. The pupils issued six parking tickets.
]They also wanted to highlight pollution generated by idling vehicles and congestion. They created posters and made up songs to express their concerns and feelings about pollution.
The song created had a strong message with the lyrics: "Pollution on the ground, pollution in the sky, we don’t want die before the age of 25!", accompanied by dancing. They also politely asked parents to switch of their engines whilst they waited in their cars.
Headteacher Lynn Elliott said "I feel the awareness raising has been so important and the children were so engaged with the whole event. It has generated some great discussions amongst the pupils and has highlighted the need to be aware of traffic when they are out and about"
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