Education / Schoolchildren receive road safety certificates
THIRTY seven pupils from nine local schools attended Lerwick Town Hall today (Monday) for annual presentations to junior road safety officers (JRSOs).
The pupils, all in primary six, each have a role in their school to promote road safety awareness to everyone in the school and to the wider community.
Pupils attending today’s event gave short presentations of their work over the last school year, highlighting some of their projects.
The council’s road safety officer Elaine Skinley visits each school regularly to support the work of the JRSOs.
Certificates recognising the pupils efforts over the last academic year were presented today by Councillor Robbie McGregor, who chairs the SIC’s road safety advisory panel.
Attending today’s event were pupils and staff from nine schools – Dunrossness, Happyhansel, Scalloway, Sandness, Sound, Tingwall and Whiteness, as well as the primary departments of the Mid Yell and Whalsay junior high schools.
McGregor said: “The JRSOs are doing fantastic work in schools in Shetland, sharing important road safety messages to their fellow pupils, school staff and parents.
“I’m really pleased to see our schools so engaged with the topic of road safety so that young people learn about staying safe on the roads, either as a pedestrian, cyclist or vehicle driver.”
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