Cleary Hughes and Allott to build DETR
school travel classroom material database
Specialist sustainable travel consultants Cleary Hughes Associates, working in conjunction with the Allott Transportation division of consulting
engineers Allott and Lomax, have been retained by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions to construct a database of classroom
material on the subject of school travel, so that teachers and others can have easy access to a range of appropriate resources for various age groups
and interests, and the facility to map these resources against the requirements of the National Curriculum.
While the emphasis will be on travel between home and school, as the most relevant to the classroom and pupils' experience, much of the material will
raise wider questions about travel and transport. The main criterion for inclusion will be how relevant and successful the resource is likely to be in
raising the awareness of pupils and their families of the issues of sustainability and social inclusion in their travel choices.
Many publications which include classroom material are currently available from the DETR, Sustrans, local authorities, transport lobby groups and a
number of private sector organisations. Professional publications also regularly publish material that can be used in the classroom. The Database of
Classroom Materials will bring these together in a conveniently accessible central source. It will contain the basic details of individual resources,
and will include links, where available, which will allow users to order materials or download them directly in a ready-to-use format.
It is intended that the database will be located on the DETR school travel website and have links with DfEE/DH's Wired for Health website, DfEE's
standards website and relevant Qualifications and Curriculum authority websites. The database will conform to the technical and other standards for
the National Grid for Learning.
To ensure that the net is cast as widely as possible Cleary Hughes Associates would like to hear from producers or users of relevant classroom
materials, particularly those from outside the mainstream government and local authority areas. The contact is Jo Cleary at 51 Wood Lane, Hucknall,
Notts NG15 6LR; phone/fax 0115 964 1869; e-mail [log in to unmask]
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Jo Cleary/Tim Hughes/Cleary Hughes Associates/Cyclographic Publications, 51 Wood Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6LR. tel/fax 0115 964 1869
(international + 44 115 964 1869)
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Jo Cleary/Tim Hughes/Cleary Hughes Associates/Cyclographic Publications, 51 Wood Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6LR. tel/fax 0115 964 1869
(international + 44 115 964 1869)
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