PUPILS at Usk Primary School have been presented with certificates after learning about road safety.

Children in Year 3 completed the national Kerbcraft pedestrian training programme, which teaches children appropriate places to cross roads and acquire skills to become safer pedestrians.

The pupils were presented with certificates by chairman of Monmouthshire County Council (MCC) Councillor Brian Strong.

Usk Primary is just one of many schools that participate in the Kerbcraft pedestrian training scheme managed by MCC. Offered to all schools in the county, the Welsh government-funded scheme is administered by three staff assisted by more than 60 volunteers. In the previous 12 months, over 900 children in Monmouthshire have received Kerbcraft training.

Cabinet member with responsibility for road safety, Councillor Bryan Jones, said: “The Kerbcraft pedestrian training scheme is invaluable as it instils the importance of road safety at an early age and ultimately saves lives.”

For further information on the Kerbcraft pedestrian training programme contact the pedestrian training co-ordinator for Monmouthshire, Jayne Haycock, on: 07920 210727.