Film showings on school buses aims to tackle anti-social behaviour

Movies are will be screened on buses in the North Wales area in a bid to combat noise on school vehicles, and to tackle problems such as bullying and anti social behaviour.

The pilot scheme is being trialled on a number of secondary school buses in North Wales areas including Denbighshire, Flintshire, Anglesey, and Gwynedd.

Bosses from GHA Coaches who operate a school bus run in Llangollen, say they have received very encouraging results so far. They’ve been screening blockbuster movies, music concerts and nature programmes onboard their school coaches. They say the drivers are now able to concentrate on the road without being distracted by rowdy behaviour from the youngsters.

The idea is that if the pupils are kept entertained on their journey home, they are less likely to commit vandalism onboard the vehicles, distract the bus driver, and indulge in other anti-social activities.

The scheme has been introduced by Zoom Project which is supported by the Welsh Assembly Government. Zoom focuses on improving the safety standards on school vehicles. The system is already in place throughout a number of school in the US, and the results have so far, been very positive.

The experiment will continue for the next 12 months, where after the results will be analysed to decided whether the scheme has had an impact on improving the behaviour of school pupils whilst travelling on buses.