Thirty seven pupils from nine local schools attended Lerwick Town Hall for today’s 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. Elaine Skinley, Road Safety Officer with Shetland Islands Council, 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, Chair of the Council’s Road Safety Advisory Panel.
Attending today’s events were pupils and staff from nine schools – Dunrossness Primary School, Happyhansel Primary School, Scalloway Primary School, Sandness Primary School, Sound Primary School, Tingwall Primary School, Whiteness Primary School, and the Primary Departments of Mid Yell and Whalsay Junior High Schools.
Robbie 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.”
For more information on the national Junior Road Safety Officer (JRSO) programme, please look up: www.jrso.com/