In a health promoting school everyone should try to have more physical activity in their lives. One way of doing this is to walk or cycle to school instead of getting a lift in a car.
Travelling to school by car can cause:
- traffic jams
- unsafe roads
- a danger of accidents
- pollution in the air.
Your school can help tackle these problems by taking part in the safe routes to school programme.
Safe routes to school means:
- encouraging pupils to walk or cycle to school
- making children more alert when they arrive at school
- improving road safety and reducing accidents
- improving the health of children and parents
- reducing traffic jams and pollution.
Useful web links
- Safe Routes to Schools
The Safe Routes to Schools website has lots of information about travel projects for your school. - Streetwise Guys
The Streetwise Guys website has interactive games and activities relating to road safety. - Hedgehogs
Hedgehogs is an interactive road safety website from the UK Department of Transport. - Walk to School
Walk to School is the official website of the annual UK and international Walk to School Week and has information for children, parents and teachers.
