Active Travel 

Term 2 Activities in Active Travel!

Walk and Wheel Wednesday 

Well done everyone for continuing to Walk or Wheel to school! The weather has been strange the last couple of weeks and as you know winter will be here next week ...so 

make sure you pack some of your wet weather gear so that you are prepared for any weather conditions!

Here is the Walk and Wheel poem from yesterday ...

Winter is coming … it will be here next week, 

Which is no reason to stop using your feet. 

Start the day with a nice, brisk walk … 

And you might even hear a magpie squawk! 

On the way to school you will go         

Feeling warm and energised to learn and grow.

Last week 3RP continued to hold pole position by having the most walkers and wheelers on 95%. 3RO and 6JK came in 2nd and 3rd, they weren't far behind.

This week, 3RP won again with 86%. 4CB were close behind on 85% and 6JK came in 3rd on 72%. 

It’s a very close competition! Keep up the great walking and wheeling everyone!

Dr Cranky's   

If you have a bike to donate or a bike that needs repairing, please come and visit the Dr Cranky's Team on Wednesday mornings from 8:20am outside the hall. 

In addition to recycling bikes, the Dr Cranky’s team will tune up bikes if they are not working very well.  If your child’s bike needs some care, please bring your bikes in on a Wednesday morning.  The Dr Cranky’s volunteers can also lube chains, fix flat tyres and replace damaged or broken gear cable or brake cables etc. if their bikes require this to get them back riding.

If you would like to learn more about the program, come down and meet everyone on a Wednesday morning before school from 8:20am. You can also look at the website  https://www.drcrankys.com.au/

If you would like to donate a bike, please come down on a Wednesday morning or email me on Julie.Tainsh@education.vic.gov.au

The Dr Cranky's Team look forward to seeing you there.

Learn to Ride a Bike Program

The first group of students completed the “Learning to ride your bike program” last Wednesday. Out of the 6 students 2 mastered riding! The others weren't too far off and with more practise, they will get there. 

A new group of students started yesterday and it is really important that they practise in between the sessions. This way they will gain more confidence to take the risk and ride a little faster so that they can balance more easily.

Balance is the key when learning to ride as well as understanding that your shoulders have to work really hard to maintain that balance. 

Thank you to the Grade 6 Sports Leaders who are assisting with the program, your help is greatly appreciated. 

Keep pedalling everyone!

Julie Tainsh

(Active Travel Coordinator)