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Walk to School News

News

Australian site for parents and active transport

Active transport to and from school

 

Skateboarding as Transport

Livable streets looks at skateboarding as transport

 

Engaging Places UK

Working and learning in the built environment

Street investigation

UK curriculum website: Engaging Places.

International Walk to School Day

October 7 was international Walk to School Day.

Term 3 Sports Voucher Winners

Term 3 - check out who won.

 

Feet First in Seattle

Feet First and Walkable Communities

 

Community presentation download

Powerpoint resources from US CDC

IWALK Day Canada

IWALK Week: October 5-9, 2009

Taking it to the streets

Read the Greater Wellington Online Magazine - about reducing congestion in Plimmerton

Twalking in Brighton and Hove

Hear stories about talking and walking in the UK
 

Wind stories -from RNZ

Sky stories by Apirana Taylor - listen and enjoy from Radio New Zealand 

Sculpture trails landmarks

An imaginative way to explore and encourage people to try walking and cycling.

Pavement art in July in NYC

Street art in New York City - councils and schools working together. 

NZ Book Council

The NZ Book Council link to the NZTA picture book competition.

Term 2 winners of $500 sports vouchers

Ten lucky schools win prizes.

Walking and biking study

Chicago study links walking or biking to work with fitness.

Feet First noted in Canada

Read about walking in Canadian schools - and FeetFirst.

Inquiry learning in practice

Read about one teacher's inquiry learning experience.

Halfmoon Bay School

Sustainability case study.

Roadsafe Taranaki competition winners

How we used to get to school.

Rosebank School in Avondale walk

Free breakfast for parents who walk their children.

Bell Block's weekly competition

Bell Block School are serious about walking.

Feet First in Selwyn

New web page on Feet First.

Pointview's Treading Tuesdays

Students walk whatever the weather.

English Online promote Feet First

Read their June newsletter.

Health benefits of walking

How to encourage parents/caregivers to walk students to school.

How we used to walk to school

Dunedin’s public tell of how they used to travel to school.

Free sports gear for winning schools!

Ten lucky schools have won a $500 sports voucher for collecting students’ walking numbers in Term 1. These schools have started some great initiatives to encourage walking.

Tahatai Coast School

Year 6 research into sustainability leads to local issues.

Golden Foot Awards

Living Streets Aotearoa is asking transport and health professionals to step up to the challenge and enter the new National Walking Awards.

Road Safety Innovation Awards

The awards recognise road safety innovations initiated by individuals, organisations and communities.

Read the research!

Check out our new research page.

Feet First for Principals

Principals and teachers step up for Feet First.

Feet First at Walk2Work Day

Feet First promoted at Walk2Work Day.

Prize draw at Learning @ School

Who won the prize draw at the Learning @ School conference?

Schools link to Feet First website

Creating a link from your school site to ours is easy!

Feet First at Learning@School

The Feet First team talk to teachers about the project at the Learning @ School conference.

Initiative walks the talk

Schools are being encouraged to help students see walking as a normal activity in their lives.

Halfmoon Bay School get walking

Students on Stewart Island love the walk to school.

Kids on Feet working in Tauranga

A local initiative in Tauranga involves parents and caregivers.

Walk2Work day is coming!

On the 18 March New Zealanders are being encouraged to make the journey to work on foot.

  • New Zealand Transport Agency. Waka Kotahi.
  • newzealand.govt.nz website.