Walk to School Week 2023

More than ever before we are encouraging our families to Walk to School, not just for the personal physical and mental benefits, but also for the environment and safety of all our community. here are our local area maps that you can use to plan a route to school that includes more active travel aspects. Perhaps you can park 15 mins away from the sites and talk a little stroll in for the rest of the way? Or maybe you can get off the bus a few stops earlier and have a leisurely walk down the rest of the route?

We are also launching our poster competition to help ask for some road markings outside Manor Way and so look out for your letters soon - get your entries in after half term!

Walk to School Week was great - now let's try and walk EVERY week!

Walk to School Week 2020 was great - children at both sites made a really great effort to walk, scoot, cycle and 'park and stride' to school during Walk to School Week and hopefully will continue to use active travel to and from school for the rest of the year. 

Here are just a few photos that represent our Walk to School Week, from signatures and stickers, to badges and banners. Well done to Pear, Walnut and Aspen classes for the photos.

Walk to School Week 2020: Monday 5th October

 At Bannockburn our Junior Travel Ambassadors Team proudly encourage everyone to use an active travel means to get to and from school, for the various physical and mental health benefits, plus the environmental and road safety advantages that having less cars around our school vicinity brings. 

That is why we recognise Walk To School Week 2020, which begins on Monday 5th October 2020. As part of the week, children will have a class assembly and spend time discussing why walking, scooting or cycling to and from school is a great thing to do - if you can park and ride (which means parking or getting off the bus at least a 10-minute walk from school premises) then you will also be showing a commitment to active travel, so well done!

There is also a poster competition you can enter before Walk to School Week starts on Monday 5th October, the link is here:

https://tps.org.uk/poster-competition

May is National Walking Month!

May is National Walking Month and usually we would celebrate it by having Walk to School Week in mid May. This year, whilst things are different and children should only be out walking as part of their daily exercise, Living Streets has created a space where you can find FREE resources and activities!

DISCOVER LIVING STREETS NEW PAGE 

Living Streets will be releasing new resources and fun activities on the page on a weekly basis, so keep going back for more. 

Remember – during lockdown, it is important that we all follow the latest Government rules to keep ourselves and others safe. 

It is also important that we stay connected in every way we can and share any positive experiences. Ask your parents to share your daily walks, thoughts, pics and videos on social media using #WalkingFromHome, as a reminder for families to stick together! Or you could send it in to the school newspaper or working together email addresses.

No matter the times, the walk to school movement is still strong; whether we are walking to or from an actual school whilst our family members do their keywork, or just around the neighbourhood as part of your local daily exercise - walking is a fun, active and healthy activity to do!