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Welcome to Feet First

Welcome to Feet First

Tēnā koutou katoa /Greetings everybody 

The winner of the 2011 NZTA FeetFirst Picture Book Competition is Mrs V's Year 5 and 6 Writing Group Fruitvale School with ' Sione's First Walk to School '  'O le uluai savali a Sione I le  aoga! ' find out more on www.feetfirst.govt.nz. Teacher Mrs Hine Viskovich - the book will be placed online shortly.

Winner 2011

Sione's First Walk Cover 

Sione’s First Walk to School ­from Fruitvale Primary School, New Lynn, Auckland

Finalists

Can You Always Lick a Lollipop Cover 

Can You Always Lick a Lollipop? from Koraunui School

DJ's Disco Day Cover 

DJ's Disco Day from Otumoetai Primary School

The Amazing Race Cover 

The Amazing Race from Nelson Central School

The Day the Aliens Came to School Cover 

The Day the Aliens Came to School from Verran Primary School

The Mix Up Cover 

The Mix Up from Leeston Consolidated School

Active Safe Travel Competition for Year 1 - 8 Schools
To be eligible for the Term 4 draw, winning one of 10, $500 sports goods vouchers,  schools need to enter eight weeks of active safe travel data on this website. 

To support safe active travel to school the NZTA has a wide range of resources for caregivers, group organisers (like walking school bus co-ordinators) and curriculum materials for schools.

The most recent resources are the slide shows about skateboarding skills and skateboarding safety.

Pai te haare maa raro - walking is good

What's new?

Sports vouchers $500 for 10 schools every term

10 sports vouchers of $500, drawn every term. 70 Distributed  since  Feb 2009

 


Active Travel Workshops: June 2010

4 workshops which integrate Active transport with the NZ curriculum document

 


Win active travel books

$1000 x3 collections of books to be won


Get involved

Latest Stories

Ashburton's Road Safety Calendar

illustrations by children in the Ashburton District Council  area

Katikati School's Walking Song

If your journey’s short you could walk to school, Walking can be really cool.

How far have we walked this year?

Gate Pa School, Tauranga operate 7 walking school buses.   

Kei Hea O Huu?

Written & illustrated by Waikaretu School 

"The Amazing Race".

 It was a phenomenal co-operative effort from the whole class.

Completed School Travel Plans

For 3 Christchurch primary schools in spite of the disruptions 

Physical Education & Health

Teacher resources from Christchurch City Council

  • Safer Journeys for Children logo.
  • New Zealand Transport Agency. Waka Kotahi.
  • newzealand.govt.nz website.