We are delighted to share that our school Eco Warrior team would like to invite your child to participate in a five-day walking challenge for Walk to School Week. Following on from what we learned on Earth Day we feel it is so important to offer the children opportunities to see how the small changes they make to their day can impact the world around them. What better way than to take part in the ‘Mission to move!’ challenge with Living Streets? It encourages the children to walk, wheel, cycle, hop off scoot or Park and Stride to school every day of the week and thinks about the benefits of travelling in this way.

Your children will think about Mental Health and Wellbeing, Road Safety, Physical Health, Sustainability and Community and Inclusivity. We would really appreciate your support in discussing this at home too.

In school, each class will have a classroom wallchart. Your child’s teacher will begin each morning with a quick hands up survey of how we travelled to school and record this on the class wallchart. 

Walking journeys (including wheeling, cycling, scooting, hop off and park and stride) all count as ‘walk to school’. Park and stride means that if you are unable to walk the whole way, you may be able to park a short distance away from the school and complete the rest of your journey on foot. Hop off means you may choose to hop off public transport a stop or two early and walk the rest of the way. 

We hope it will be a really valuable way for us all to learn about the benefits of walking to both our physical and mental health, and the environment.

Thank you for your support with Walk to School Week. We really do appreciate it.