It is an extraordinary story. St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School are taking the environmental challenge seriously and when they heard about Chooseday they were straight in. Simon Stevens, the assistant head, came up with the idea of launching it there on April 1st so Chooseday April Foolsday was born. I never dreamt we would get such a response. A member of staff stood at the gates and gave every student who had not come by car a sticker. It was soon clear that the response had been overwhelming. Around 800 of the 1100 main school students and staff had chosen not to come by car. Two of the youngest girls in the school (Year 7) actually walked in from Sea Mills, which is 7 miles away. Two boys likewise walked from Westbury on Trym. Someone else skipped into school. We hope that lots more stories will come as the students use our ‘Travel and Tell’ facility on this website.
Well done St Mary Redcliffe!