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Art for the way to school: First graders design parents' tickets!
The Osnabrück transport community promotes safety for school starters and reduces car traffic with a painting campaign.
Art for the way to school: First graders design parents' tickets!
The school bags are packed, the excitement is great - for many children in Osnabrück a new chapter will soon begin: school. In order to make this crossing as safe as possible, the Osnabrück Transport Association (VOS) has launched a very special campaign. As stadtwerke-osnabrueck.de reports, the first graders from the city and district of Osnabrück were able to creatively implement their ideas on the topic of getting to school and traffic using chalk and paint boxes.
Under the motto “How does the VOS mascotHaltlinchen get to school?” The little artists painted pictures that are now printed on the parents' tickets. These tickets allow parents to accompany their children on the bus free of charge during the first few weeks of school. A great offer that not only provides additional security, but is also intended to strengthen children's desire for independence.
Creativity and safety in focus
Overall, the best works were awarded prizes, and the winning classes can look forward to a trip together to the Osnabrück Zoo. The parent tickets, which are valid from August 14th to 22nd, 2025, will be distributed in primary schools on school enrollment day. Alina Rapp from VOS underlines the importance of the project, especially against the background of increasing car traffic in front of schools. A trend that not only leads to traffic chaos, but also endangers the safety of children.
In this context, it is crucial to sensitize parents about a safe, sustainable and independent route to school. vos.info emphasizes that many schools actively support the promotion of independent bus use. Parents can accompany their children in the first few weeks of school to prepare them for the new route to school and to strengthen their confidence in the transport connections.
A social concern
Mobility and traffic education contribute to the education of children and is an important topic not only in Osnabrück. According to the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (kmk.org) this is a task for society as a whole that affects schools, parents and other institutions equally. The recommendations emphasize the need to consider both mobility and traffic education as integrated topics.
The challenges in today's traffic landscape require a rethink. More and more parents are taking their children to school directly by car, which means they are losing important experience in dealing with traffic independently. A development that Antonius Maag, headmaster of the Ankum primary school, sees critically. He appeals to mothers and fathers to give their children more trust and to encourage them to travel to school independently.
The school beginner painting campaign is not only a creative project, but also an important step towards greater safety and personal responsibility in road traffic. The journey to school should be an experience for the little ones - and perhaps the children's colorful pictures will put a smile on many faces when they finally arrive in their new school environment.