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A Shrewsbury-based garage has teamed up with its neighbouring schools to work together on an innovative new education programme.
Proprietor Bill Smith of Church Road Garage, Baschurch, near Shrewsbury has sponsored the newly created TEFORS education programme for pupils at three local schools: Baschurch Primary, Weston Lullingfields Primary and Myddle Church of England Primary Schools.
The TEFORS (Tyre Education for Schools) scheme is aimed at educating primary school pupils by using tyres as a product which teaches children the importance of tyre production, of tyre safety and the benefits of tyre recycling.
The TEFORS package enables businesses to forge closer community links with schools by sponsoring the programme which is then supplied free of charge to the chosen local school.
Bill Smith said: “We were thrilled to be invited to take up the opportunity of sponsoring the TEFORS scheme with three local schools. This is a terrific scheme.
TEFORS will bring to life subjects such as Science, safety and green issues in the classroom and will allow us to play a much closer role within the community where our retail outlet sits. We look forward to forging much closer links with the pupils and teachers of the three sponsored schools.”
Baschurch Primary School Head Teacher, Mr Andrew Everett, added: “We are hugely thankful to Bill Smith’s Garage for undertaking the sponsorship. It’s great to have a successful retail operation on our doorstep who wants to forge closer links with us.
As a school dedicated to applying real-life issues to the core curriculum, we know the pupils will receive lots back from the TEFORS scheme.”
The TEFORS programme was created by tyre recycling expert David Bavaird, managing director of North East based Scrap Tyre Exchange he said: “I’m passionate about the TEFORS programme which will ignite further understanding, awareness and interest with tomorrow’s drivers today. The scheme offers the perfect vehicle for relevant organisations to create stronger links within the community and give a little bit back.”
The scheme was launched at the end of 2009 and has already won the backing of schools and businesses across the UK. It has also been endorsed by the Tyre Industry Federation.
TEFORS is targeted at 10 and 11 year olds and aims to make them more aware of Science, safety and recycling issues relating to tyres through a series of pre-prepared teaching materials and lesson plans which teach pupils subjects covered by the national curriculum including English, Maths, Science and Citizenship and has been tested extensively with the target audience. Any businesses or schools interested in getting involved in TEFORS should register their interest at www.tefors.co.uk.
The Tyre Education for Schools (TEFORS) programme has received a ringing endorsement from the Tyre Industry Federation.
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The United Reform Church in Northumberland Square, North Shields, is the venue, with the event commencing at 1.45pm.
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...read moreDavid Bavaird, director of North Shields based Scrap Tyre Exchange has created a programme called TEFORS (Tyre Education for Schools) which is aimed at educating primary school pupils using tyres as a product which teaches children on how a tyre works, the importance of tyre safety and the benefits of tyre recycling.
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