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Back to School
(PN: This could help to avoid accidents & killings)
London,UK -TNN, by Gerald Woodgate (Originally published: 23 Nov 2005) -17 Mar 2007: -- ... went back to school with Tex and Grafta, two of the Truckitts, and their 'friends' Bob Russett, Kate Gibbs and Steve Williams to see how they helped children learn both about what trucks do and also how to be safe around them... The Truckitts are a family of trucks that appear in a series of children's books written by Bob Russett, Kate Gibbs and Angela Mitchell. Thanks to support from manufacturers, the cartoon trucks all have real-life counterparts, so it was Grafta (an Isuzu NKR-S 3.5 tonne dropside) and, making his first ever Truckitts appearance, his much larger brother Tex (a DAF X95F) that certainly caused a stir when they arrived in the car park of Broadfield Junior School in Hemel Hempstead last week... The aim of a Truckitts visit is to make the learning fun and, judging by the looks on the children's faces as each class came out to meet Tex and Grafta, they were definitely excited by the prospect... The following morning I had a conversation with Matthew Heasman, Broadfield's Headmaster about how the day had gone. Matthew said, "The children were really buzzing when they came back into school from meeting the Truckitts"... "Not only did they learn important road safety messages but they thoroughly enjoyed themselves in the process"...Labels: Back to School
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