Walk to School Week

Walk through Lily Hill Park 17 - 21 May 2010

Walk to School Week is a national event which encourages sustainable travel to school. This also includes cycling, scooting and skating too. If you live too far to walk all the way to school, you can set up a Park and Stride, like the Holly Spring and College Town schools did last year.

For more ideas and resources, check out the downloads and links to the right of this page.

Resources for Teachers

You can set up a walking zone, or a voluntary car free zone, around your school. To qualify for walk to school week incentives, pupils must either walk all the way to school, or be dropped off outside the walking zone. This lesson plan shows you how.

Walking Zone Lesson Plan (1143kb)

This group of four lesson plans includes using stepometers, working with maps, involving the school council and understanding climate change.

Composite Lesson Plan (487kb)

Some useful ideas on how the whole school can get involved in walk to school week.

Walking ideas for schools (23kb)

Resources for Parents and Pupils

These colouring sheets are a fun way to discuss walk to school themes.

KS1 and KS2 Colouring Book (2385kb)

Keep your eyes peeled as you walk to school, these sheets encourage you to look out for things as you walk to school. There is a different theme for each day of the week.