Hillingdon Primary School win art prize

ARTISTIC students who have been promoting road safety will see their handiwork featured in a special road safety calendar next year.

The competition, run by the London Safety Camera Partnership (LSCP) and local borough Road Safety Officers, is in its fourth year and attracted more than 650 entries from schools across the capital.

The LSCP and Metropolitan Police visited Hillingdon Primary School, in Uxbridge Road, last week to award a winning prize to the school. Eight schools, of which Hillingdon Primary was one, were chosen as overall winners, with their posters making up the 12 main pages of the calendar.

Ann Bowen-Bieslin, Head Teacher Hillingdon Primary School, said: "We are delighted that our Year Six pupils have learnt a great deal about road safety and the dangers that their age group face. The competition has also reinforced the message that speed can endanger lives. The pupils are looking forward to seeing their designs in the calendar next year."

The competition is aimed at Year Six pupils as they prepare to make the transition to secondary school - the point at which children begin to travel independently for the first time

Entries ranged from posters about excessive speed and wearing seatbelts, to the importance of stopping, looking and listening when crossing the road.