1998

1st December 1998
St Columban's Primary Mayfield Wins NRMA Road Safety Award
This Thursday morning (3 December) St Columban's Primary School, Mayfield will be presented with an award recognising the school's accomplishments in the area of road safety.

St Columban's will be presented with a Certificate of Best Practice and a voucher for $1500 worth of educational resources after being selected as one of five winners in NRMA's School Road Safety Awards.

NRMA Road Safety Educator, John Brown, said more than 90 primary schools throughout NSW had registered for the awards, which aim to identify examples of best practice in road safety education.

NRMA runs the School Road Safety Education Awards each year to commend and reward five primary schools for their quality school-based road safety program.

According to Mr Brown: "Road safety education has been an integral part of the St Columban's 1998 management plan. Over the past two years the school has made a concerted effort to improve road safety education within each classroom.

"To raise the level of awareness and importance of road safety, visits are arranged by the local police and bus company every year. To improve the safety of students, safety barriers have also been created to secure the car park and to avoid pedestrian conflict with school traffic.

"Additionally, St Columban's is part of the Safer Routes to School Program which aims to develop the safest route to school for every student," said Mr Brown.

The presentation of the award will take place at St Columban's Primary School, Church Street Mayfield this Thursday 3 December, 9.10am. All media welcome.

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