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Playing it safe in road safety quiz
Posted on 12/03/09
Highways, Transportation & Waste Management
Youngsters from 25 schools have taken part in the area finals of the Leicestershire Road Safety Quiz.
Over 9,000 children from local schools have taken part in the qualifying rounds which have been held around the county since last November.
Four primary school teams competed against each other in each area title and Fairfield School in Loughborough also held their own keenly contested inter-school quiz.
Run annually by the County Councils Road Safety and Travel Awareness Team, this years closely-fought area finals were held at neutral venues.
Each contestant was given an interactive control to answer the questions which were projected onto a large screen. Some rounds were borrowed from television game shows such as A Question of Sport and University Challenge, providing a hard-fought and tense contest.
Nicholas Rushton, Deputy Leader of the County Council said: Every child involved showed a good standard of road safety knowledge and should be very proud to have made it to the finals.
Teaching basic rules such as the Green Cross Code is hugely important in keeping our children safe and helping to reduce the number of lives lost on Leicestershires roads.
For more information on road safety for schools, visit: www.leics.gov.uk/school_travel_plans
Background:
The finalists were (winners marked with an asterisk):
CharnwoodThe Pochin School, Barkby*Holywell Primary School, LoughboroughRothley Church of England Primary SchoolSwithland St Leonards Church of England Primary SchoolHinckley & BosworthLady Jane Grey Primary School, GrobySt. Margarets Church of England Primary School, Stoke GoldingBurbage Junior School*Barwell Church of England Junior SchoolMeltonStathern Primary School*Bottesford Church of England Primary SchoolScalford Church of England Primary SchoolBrownlow Primary SchoolNorth WestWillesley Primary School, Ashby*All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville Woodcote Primary School, AshbyPackington Church of England Primary SchoolBlabyRavenhurst Primary SchoolRed Hill Field Primary School *St Peters Church of England Primary School WhetstoneBadgerbrook Primary School, WhetstoneMarket HarboroughMarket Harborough Church of England Primary SchoolDunton Bassett Primary SchoolKilby St Marys Church of England Primary School*Market Harborough Ridgeway Primary SchoolThe area finals took place at:
Area FinalsDateVenueMarket HarboroughMarch 2ndLubenham Village HallHinckley & BosworthMarch 5thElmesthorpe Village HallBlabyMarch 6thBraunstone Civic CentreCharnwoodFeb 9thQuorn HallN.W. LeicsFeb 10thPackington Village HallMeltonFeb 11thDalby Road Children CentreFairfield (inter school quiz)Feb 13thFairfield schoolLatest Loughborough News
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