Walk safely to school!
Is it just me or does everyone believe passionately that every little bit helps?
Today is walk safely to school day – it’s a great idea to keep kids fit and reduce our reliance on oil guzzlers.
There’s a school on the sunshine coast that has set the standard on walking to school.
Last year, Our Lady of the Rosary at Shelley Beach participated in walk safely to school – then got really excited and came up with a monthly car free challenge.
The class with the smallest number of people coming to school by car wins money from the P and F.
Liza Neil, a parent at the school, tells me that one month they managed to clear the staff car park – absolutely every teacher walked to school and won the money! But apparently it’s the year 3’s who hold the crown – they’re saving up the money each month for a trip to the movies…
Today is a big celebration at OLR – the first anniversary of their green challenge. Liza says the most exciting aspect of the car free challenge is the spectacle - at 8 o’clock this morning between 2 and 3 hundred children and parents, siblings and dogs came streaming up the hill in a joyous cacophony…she says cars don’t stand a chance…
There are so many good reasons to walk - health, tackling childhood obesity, reducing carbon footprint…and just because it’s really good fun….
Today is walk safely to school day – it’s a great idea to keep kids fit and reduce our reliance on oil guzzlers.
There’s a school on the sunshine coast that has set the standard on walking to school.
Last year, Our Lady of the Rosary at Shelley Beach participated in walk safely to school – then got really excited and came up with a monthly car free challenge.
The class with the smallest number of people coming to school by car wins money from the P and F.
Liza Neil, a parent at the school, tells me that one month they managed to clear the staff car park – absolutely every teacher walked to school and won the money! But apparently it’s the year 3’s who hold the crown – they’re saving up the money each month for a trip to the movies…
Today is a big celebration at OLR – the first anniversary of their green challenge. Liza says the most exciting aspect of the car free challenge is the spectacle - at 8 o’clock this morning between 2 and 3 hundred children and parents, siblings and dogs came streaming up the hill in a joyous cacophony…she says cars don’t stand a chance…
There are so many good reasons to walk - health, tackling childhood obesity, reducing carbon footprint…and just because it’s really good fun….
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