Appendix 1 Presentation 2 Better Access to Bath Leisure Centre What we propose?
- Wheel-chair access
- Separate disabled changing rooms/showers
- Redecorate
- Additional hoists for parts of the swimming-pool
- Proper flooring for safety.
Why is this important?
- Not fair for only some children to have fun. Fair for everyone. All included.
- Does not just have to be used with school, but anytime too.
- People can all play together.
- Equality.
Who can do something about this?
- The local Council.
- We can ask for it.
- Use a charity to raise money.
- Bring and buy
- Cake sale
How will we know this will make things better?
- More people will be happy when you ask them.
- Need to make sure everything works properly.
- Use a comment box for people who have visited
- Might be an increase in visitors because people might tell each-other and recommend it.
Appendix 2 A brief record of all the ideas presented by children at the Primary Parliament on 29th June 09
Norton Radstock
1. More activities and places to go outside of school, eg amusement arcades, bowling, cinema, tennis. This would keep children entertained and they would stay out of trouble. They would also be able to make new friends from the local area.
Westfield Primary School.
2. Looking at the dangers of Radstock Road in Radstock.
Welton Primary School
3. Weekend clubs for all children to help make their world a better place.
St John’s CEVA Primary
4. Better online protection for children.
Peasedown St John Primary School
5. All children to have free access to swimming pools in term and out of school time.
Midsomer Norton Primary School
6. Playrangers scheme extension
Shoscombe
7. Food for children in all countries
Farrington Gurney
8. Chill-Out Zone
Farmborough
9. Safer Roads for children.
Trinity
Bath West
1. We would like each school to have cycle lanes leading into their school from main roads and housing estates around their school.
Weston All Saints CE Primary School
2. Kid safe play areas. We can make life better for children by improving all the parks in Bath and North East Somerset
Southdown Junior School
3. To make our play areas in school and in the local community better by adding more equipment and keeping them clean and safe.
Southdown Infants School
4. We propose that all children should have access to a range of sporting and physical activity facilities within a short distance from their homes.
St Mary’s CofE Primary School
5. Let the children go to more exciting places.
Oldfield Park Infants School.
6. To make our environment free from litter.
Moorlands Infant School.
7. Better connection between Adults and Children
Moorlands Junior School
8. Let Schools’ councils work with B&NES
Oldfield Park Junior School
9. Fitness trails and art walls in schools. Fitness buddies
Newbridge Primary School.
10. Traffic calming around schools.
St Michael’s Junior School.
11. Add more staff to the playground.
Twerton Infants School.
Bath East
1. Improve Sports Centres to provide better wheelchair access.
Three Ways School.
2. Local parks should have ‘Road Safety Awareness’ areas where children can practise riding their bikes and scooters safely. These areas could include traffic lights, roundabouts, zebra crossings etc. The areas could also be used for lessons to teach children how to use their bikes and scooters safely.
St Stephen’s CofE Primary School
3. All children should have the opportunity to have free breakfast before starting school. Lots of children don’t have breakfast and struggle to concentrate in class.
St Saviour’s CofE Junior School
4. Improve out school playground with a cycle track and climbing frame/area. To include a cycle/scooter track and could be used after school. It could be safe with cones, fences, lights and zebra crossings. We are also interested in having more climbing equipment in the playground including monkey bars.
St Saviour’s Nursery
5. There should be more care put into making fenced-in play areas in parks no smoking zones. To do this there should be clearer signage, better ‘policing’ and a marked, covered smoking area, slightly away from the play areas, with within sight of it.
St Martin’s Garden Primary School.
6. Make learning more fun.
Freshford Primary School
7. Crossings and pedestrians
Bathwick Primary School
8. Where do young people go in their spare time?
Swainswick CofE
9. A centre for Arts where children can either drop in or come for planned sessions to participate in activities such as drama, art, crafts, music, singing and film.
St John’s Catholic Primary School
10. There should be a wilderness park where you are safe and can just play and do what you want. No dogs or people with cans of beer.
St Andrew’s School.
11. All primary schools should introduce “let’s Explore Learning” days.
Bathampton Primary School.
12. Children could be allowed to travel on buses free at weekends and in school holidays.
Batheaston Primary School
Chew Valley & Keynsham
1. Children should be provided with more out of schools hours learning, for both social and sporting activities.
Whitchurch Primary School
2. To attract more visitors to our school and more community clubs and organisation to our little village. To encourage the village and council to fund improvements to activities at the Memorial Hall field, for older children. Raise money for more play equipment/adventure trails at school.
Pensford Primary School
3. Let’s use our land and work together to make life better for children! We think all schools in B&NES could be given a small plot of land to use as an allotment to encourage children to lead a healthy lifestyle. It would be really beneficial to children and we could share small plots with other schools.
Marksbury CofE Primary School
4. To help children who look after disabled or sick parents:
- Raise money
- Someone to help with cleaning/cooking
- Someone to help with emotional support.
- Meet with children in similar situations
East Harptree Primary School
5. Our proposal to make the High Street in Chew Magna safer by slowing the traffic down
Chew Magna Primary School
6. All B&NES swimming pools should be updated to include slides, fun activities, lazy rivers, a Jacuzzi etc. to encourage children to keep fit. All under 18 year olds should be free
Chandag Junior School.
7. Improve public play area facilities (including parks, youth club facilities and holiday play schemes).
Cameley Primary School
8. Safer places to play in the community. This would involve protection for teenagers, maybe with Community Police Officers. Play Rangers who have more equipment and activities appropriate to a wider range of age groups.
St Keyna Primary School
9. Schools join together to share ideas and resources with schools in developing countries
Saltford Primary School
10. Safer cycling on country lanes and cycle paths
Ubley CofE Primary School
11. The benefits of cycling to school, how to make it safer and the benefits to the environment
Chew Stoke CofE Primary School
12. Water slides at Keynsham swimming pool
Chandag Infants School