Active Travel

Walk and Wheel Wednesdays is a whole school activity, with each class trying to have the most students either walking, wheeling or taking public transport to school.  The winning class is awarded the Shoe Cup Trophy at each assembly.   For those families who live far away from school, they can drive and walk some of the way. 

Congratulations to 5SG for winning last walk and wheel Wednesday having 87% of their class walking to school.  This is the new 2023 high score! 5NK came in second with 79% and 6LK with 73%.  

As well as your class winning the prestigious Shoe Cup Trophy there are other benefits to walking or wheeling to school such as:

• Walking and riding bikes is a form of exercise that helps keeps our body and mind healthy and strong
• Is an excellent opportunity to learn and practice road safety. 
• Reduces pollution into the air and traffic build up around the school

3/4R has been writing sensational poems to encourage students to walk and wheel to school

Walk and Wheel Wednesday is an athletic day. 

You can walk and you can talk all day. 

Go and run to have some fun in the sun

Poem by Maddie 3/4R

We walk and wheel to school every day, laughing and playing all the way from home to school every day nothing can stop us from making our way. 

Poem by Eleanor 3/4R

Important Date: Friday 24th March 2023 is National Ride to School Day.  

On this day students are encouraged to ride their bike to school. This is to allow students to be active and to raise awareness about protecting our environment. On National Ride2School Day 2022, students across Australia saved 28 tonnes of CO2 by actively travelling to school. 

For Ride2School Day to run smoothly it would be wonderful if we could have some parent helpers. On the Friday morning, we will need assistance in two areas.

• The first is directing and helping students to place their bikes and scooters into the hall.
• The second is assisting in the coordination of cutting and handing out fruit.

On the Friday afternoon, it would be wonderful to have a couple of parents ensuring that students take home their own bike or scooter. It’s not hard for students to get a little confused when they are tired at the end of a busy week!

All parents who volunteer need to  have their Working with Children's Check. 

On Friday the times would be from 8.25 a.m. to 9.00 a.m. and then after school at 3.30 p.m.

Please contact Heidi Roast at heidi.roast@education.vic.gov.au if you are interested being a parent helper on the day.