Ealing explorer ambassadors (formerly JTAs) annual programme

What are explorer ambassadors (formerly JTAs) ?

Explorer ambassadors are a pupil council that specialise in promoting active and sustainable travel as well as road safety. They are usually comprised of year 5 and 6 pupils but can be other year groups. Pupils get together on a regular basis with a staff lead to discuss ways they can promote and encourage active and sustainable travel and plan and deliver activities they can run themselves.

How to recruit your new explorer ambassadors

Whether explorer ambassadors are new to your school or you are simply recruiting new explorer ambassadors for the next academic year, here is an explorer ambassador application form and video below to make the whole process simpler.

Once recruited, please register them: see the next section below. Please note: the application form is a PDF - simply save it then open it in Word to be able to edit.

Register your explorer ambassadors

If you have any kind of pupil council that promote road safety and active travel, please register them here (Wufoo.com). Registering your explorer ambassadors allows the School Travel Team to provide support!

Explorer ambassadors guidance

Explorer ambassador guide and support for staff leads (pdf) to give them ideas for working with their explorer ambassadors.

Explorer ambassadors assembly scripts

Download assembly scripts (pdfs) for the explorer ambassadors to read out in assemblies – there is one for every month of the school calendar:

1. Introducing ourselves
2. Active travel
3. Stop, look, listen, think
4. Cars - vicious circle
5. Air quality
6. Being responsible on your school journey
7. CO2 and the climate crisis
8. Sustainability
9. What is sustainable transport?
10. Park and stride and car sharing
11. The school run

Health Fair game (pdf)
We have produced this downloadable game for schools to give to explorer ambassadors to use during their health fairs. It’s a great way to engage families with the idea of active travel!

Contacts

School travel team
sta@ealing.gov.uk