The Junior Travel Ambassador Team consists of two pupils from each Year 5 and 6 class who are responsible for promoting active travel such as walking, cycling, scootering and road safety. The team are also known as TfL Travel Explorers.
They also help prepare children for more independent travel in Years 5 and 6 and when they transfer to Secondary school.
Here is our JTA Team for 2025-26:
They are:
- Year 6 Beech Class – Rupert and Artai
- Year 6 Cedar Class – Amali and Leo
- Year 5 Juniper Class – Alexander and Noa
- Year 5 Maple Class – Elias and Freya
The JTAs work with the school Travel Plan Champion – Mrs Thomas, to carry out assemblies, conduct surveys, give classroom talks, and help complete the school travel plan. They help plan and run competitions and special events each year.
JTAs term of office is for two years, so our Year 5 children can learn from Year 6 and take on more responsibility in their second year of office.
The JTAs meet regularly to share ideas and opinions, make plans and organise events.
The Junior Travel Ambassador scheme is run by TfL (Transport for London).
Our aims:
- To encourage our fellow pupils to walk, cycle or scooter to school as often as possible
- To make sure the children of Holly Park are safe on the roads of London
- To raise awareness of road safety
- To raise awareness of safe, active and independent travel in a fun way
The School Travel Plan and the work of the JTAs links to Article 24 (Health and Health Services) of the UN Rights of the Child which says:
‘Every child has the right to the best possible health. Governments must provide good quality health care, clean water, nutritious food, and a clean environment and education on health and well-being so that children can stay healthy. Richer countries must help poorer countries achieve this.’
To find out more about Junior Travel Ambassadors and TfL Explorers, please see the TfL website.
Autumn term
The JTAs met and learnt more about their role, about the school travel plan and to have their team photo taken. Other meetings have focused on Walk to School Week where they discussed why we have the week and their role in it. They then looked at Be Bright, Be Seen day. Ideas were shared in assembly of what to wear and the need to wear bright, clothes in the darker winter months for road safety. On Be Bright Be Seen Day, the JTAs were by the gate to thank children for making the effort to take part and take photos for a display and as evidence towards the TfL Travel For Life award.
Walk To School Week
As part of making the children aware of being healthy and of caring for the environment and about safety in the area immediately outside the school grounds we had our Walk to School Week. Leaving the car behind at least one day a week would be something good to try OR driving part way to school and then walking the rest of the way – we call this ‘PARK and STRIDE.’ Well done to everyone who walked or wheeled to school. Keep it up!
TFL – Gold Award
The Junior Travel Ambassadors were delighted to hear they had retained their gold level accreditation for the TfL STARS (Sustainable Travel, Active, Responsible, Safe) scheme. A school travel plan aims to increase the number of journeys to/from school made using active or sustainable travel and our award reflects Holly Park’s commitment to this. Activities during the last year have included our walk to school week, Bikeability training and Be Bright Be Seen Day as well as curriculum work such as maths in Year 1 using information from a survey of the staff car park, drawing maps and route planning of journeys to school and road safety work. We are already working towards our re-accreditation for this year and amongst other things we are looking forward to Wheel to School week in March.
Find out more about the Travel for Life scheme here
Here is the latest Travel Plan which is valid until 2026
Anti Idling campaign
For the health and well-being of pupils, families and staff, please turn your engine off once you’ve parked safely, legally and with consideration when you are dropping off or collecting children from our school.
If you need come to park early, please wrap up warm with a coat and a jumper and switch off your engine. Over a thousand people walk along the streets close to the school daily and we all need to do everything we can to reduce excess fumes and air pollution. This is very bad for anyone with chest conditions and asthma. PLEASE don’t be an engine idler!!!!!!!
- Unnecessary idling of a car engine is a traffic offence
- Air pollution can cause serious health issues
- If a car is left idling for more than 10 seconds it uses more fuel than the cost of restarting the engine
- Excess idling can damage car engines, damage cylinders, spark plugs and exhaust systems.