Westdale Junior School news

A team of 8 pupils (and 2 reserves) from Westdale Junior School were victorious in the Gedling Road Safety Finals at County Hall, West Bridgford this summer.

The pupils arrived at approximately 7 p.m. feeling very nervous and excited. While the parents gathered into the hall where the quiz was going to take place, the children were taken into a large room where activity books and rosettes were waiting for them. After about 15 minutes the teams were taken by their leaders into the main hall ready for the quiz to begin.

At first there was a practice question just to show the teams what to do. There were five rounds of four questions and these were answered by holding up A, B or C cards. (For example, one of the questions was: What is pollution? A: a member of parliament B: something that is good for us or C: a bad substance that is in the air. You would then obviously put up card C and the team scorer would count up the scores.)

When the last round ended, the pupils were taken by their leaders into the room with activity books for refreshments. After about twenty minutes the children came back into the main hall where Westdale found out that they had won. The children were given a prize each and we were presented with a silver cup.

Our victory meant that Westdale went through to the county Road Safety Final. On this occasion, a team of twelve children competed against other area winners from across the county. This event took place at the Sutton-in-Ashfield and the Westdale team received great support from friends and family. The team did extremely well again, coming in second place for the second year running.

Labels: 2002, report, Road Safety Quiz