School pupils in Hillingdon have put their artistic skills to use and designed a poster to be used in a road safety calender.

The Hillingdon Primary School year six students designed the posters as part of a competition held in conjunction with Brake National Road Safety Week, last week.

Eight schools, of which Hillingdon Primary School is one, have been chosen to make up the main 12 pages of the London Safety Camera Partnership calender.

Representatives of the Met police visited the school in Uxbridge Road, Uxbridge, last week to award them for being one of the overall winners.

More than 650 schools across London entered the competition which is currently in its fourth year and is run in partnership with Hillingdon Council's road safety officers.

Ann Bowen-Bieslin, head teacher at the school, said: “We are delighted that the partnership invited pupils from out school to take part in the competition.

“In designing these posters, our year six pupils have learnt a great deal about road safety and the dangers their ago 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 calender next year.”

The initiative allowed the school to put their own experiences of road safety into the designs, encouraging them to illustrate issues that were important to them or the school environment.

Chris Lines, head of road safety at Transport for London, said: “The partnership received excellent work from the children again this year and the judges found it very difficult to choose the winners.

“Teaching young people good road safety habits to last them a lifetime will go a long way in reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured on London's roads.”

The winning posters are being put together to make a 2009 calender which will be sent to every primary school in London.

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