School Crossing Patrol

At the beginning of March, the Waverley Community Council said a BIG “thank you” to our school crossing patrol at the Waverley Junior Academy! She is truly committed to ensuring that both children and parents get to school in a safe manner, and I know that the children love seeing her every day.

Recently you might have seen some parking cones put around the crossing point; this is for everyone’s safety to keep the area clear of parked cars. Sometimes cars parked and reversing can cause a real issue! We know she is often asked about cars parked over neighbour’s drives, but that is a police matter. Oh, and she doesn’t direct traffic either. That is not part of her job description!

However, she always has a friendly smile for all the children and wants to make sure our children are escorted safety across the road to school. Councillors wanted to share their gratitude and have all contributed personally to the flowers and chocolates as well as our standard recognition letter of thanks.

Traffic

We know that as Waverley grows there is more and more traffic. Currently there are roadworks on the M1 adding a few more cars making the few cheeky cut throughs via Orgreave to Aston to avoid parts of the motorway, and these are impacting on Waverley. When Olive Lane is open, it will draw in people from the surrounding villages too, who will want to use and benefit from the variety of shops.

So the Harworth appointed Travel Plan Coordinator (TPC) for Waverley is very welcomed. The aim of the TPC role is to look at how the residents, children, AMP and visitors can move around Waverley by increasing active travel, such as walking places for those shorter trips. Words like e-scooters, salary sacrifice bicycle schemes and the local bike store JE James being involved were some of the ideas, Chris Taylor, the TPC mentioned. I am certain that as Chris gets up to speed, he’ll be in contact with many different groups across Waverley.

Insight Project

As some of you might have heard, the Insight Project is a multi-organisation initiative with support from Well North, Work-wise, Barratts and the WCC. It is aimed at the young students at the Waverley Junior Academy. The initiative is all about understanding sustainability and empowering the next generation to help design environmentally friendly homes for the future. In April the children from the WJA will be visiting the Insight House on the Barratts Waterside development and learn about how houses are built and to consider what else can be done to make them more sustainable.

Date for the diary

The Waverley Fun day, Saturday 8 June 12noon-3pm, hosted by the WCC at the Junior Academy playground. We’d love to see you there!

Rachel Graham, Clerk