Overweight and Obesity in Children The prevalence of obesity increases with age throughout childhood. In 1996, around 13% of 8 year olds and 17% of 15 year olds in England were obese. These levels of childhood obesity are likely to exacerbate the trend towards increased overweight and obesity in the adult population: compared to thin children, obese children have a two-fold increase in the risk of becoming overweight adults. Since the last 200 years the pollution rate in the UK has increased dramatically by 45.6%. The way that students travel to school everyday can effect the rate of pollution by 3.6%. Cars release nitrogen dioxide which contributes to acid rain and global warming…this way is the most popular to travel to school The most popular way of transport for students in Hounslow is using cars, 48.86% of students use a care for their daily transport % of students use the bus as their transport system every day. However only 17.54% of students walk or take a bike to school.

To reduce the number of cars for all the school journey by 10% from 30% To encourage more students to cycle to school and increase from 1.3% to 10% To encourage more students to walk to school (increase by 6% from 39% to 45% To improve the quality of our facilities and environment (lockers, bicycle storage etc) to meet our target increase of 8.7% To improve attitudes and awareness of students and staff through education and training.

As part of the yr9 travel plan we need YOUR help to target 18 incoming year 7 and year 8 students to take part in a cycle training programme for year 7 with Susan Guichard (Cycling Provisional officer). The staff will take part as well to help encourage the students to cycle to school and help the community be pollution free! We all can make a difference by using the public transport provided by the government e.g.. Trains and buses or get onto our bikes and cycle like professionals to school. Organisations to Join… Walking to school week…this will give you a chance to help the environment to escape from pollution. Take part in the cycling provisional at Cranford…you will get a chance to develop your bike riding skills. See Mr Dean in PE for details of the courses

In the future we are planning to build a brand new bike shed next to the current one situated in the front of the school. So far the travel plan group have attended meetings in and after school to discuss the matter of cycling and how building the new enclosure could encourage students to consider using alternative travel methods. At the present moment the situation of the bike sheds is not at satisfactory levels as it is not being used efficiently by students and there is a limited amount of bike racks (the maximum of 30 bikes). Additionally the location were the building work of the bike shed is to be constructed is very efficient because there are CCTV cameras. Therefore this will make sure that the bikes are not damaged by people and is a way of enforcing security levels. Secondly the location of the bike shed is excellent because it is close to the exit of the school and the exit is always closed. As a consequence this makes it easier for students to walk their bikes to the shed quicker, and the fact that the exit is always closed ensures bikers that their property will not be stolen or damaged. Actions to take in the future: To set up and take part in the Safe Cycling Course level 2 this yearTo set up and take part in the Safe Cycling Course level 2 this year To write a bid to fund a brand new bike shed so that future riders will have a safe enclosure for our bikesTo write a bid to fund a brand new bike shed so that future riders will have a safe enclosure for our bikes