Mount Martha Primary School is registered for Walk to School 2018! To get involved simply walk or ride to school and fill in your class calendar.

Walk to School is a great time of the year for students to learn alternative ways of travelling to school. The weather is more stable, and students have gotten to know their classmates. They could arrange to meet at a park and stride or at a known point and walk to school together. Parents may need to teach students road rules and safety. The best way to do this is to choose a route and do it together. Find safe places to cross roads and easy pathways to school.

Students who use active travel at least once over the next four weeks will receive a certificate. They need to make sure that each day they mark their active travel on the classroom calendar. Teachers will have these in a place where students can access them.

Walking, riding, skating and scooting to school helps to decrease car movements around the school making it safer for everyone! Travelling smart builds resilient kids, as they negotiate pathways and take risks, they become fitter through active travel and help to decrease pollution as a result of lower car use over short trips.

So pull together your neighbours and start your own walking bus or peloton and get active!

For more information go to – http://www.walktoschool.vic.gov.au

See you out there!
TravelSmart Team