Presentation of Gannawarra Golden Shoe Trophies

Vying for a Gannawarra Golden Shoe trophy provided extra motivation for classes at four local primary schools to walk, ride, skate or scoot to school throughout October as part of the Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to School program.

Trophies were presented to the winning classes at Kerang Christian College, Kerang Primary School, Kerang South Primary School and St. Joseph's Primary School.

Read all about the winning classes and their fantastic walking results below…

St Joseph’s Primary School

Drum roll please...And the winning class of the Gannawarra Golden Shoe trophy at St. Joseph's Primary School was GRADE 4 with 68% participation throughout Walk to School month.

Cr. Brian Gibson presented the Golden Shoe to Declan and Amelia on Thursday 5^th November and the whole class celebrated their win!

Students in Grade 4 walked, rode, skated or scooted to school 493 times out of a possible 722.

Closely following was Grade 5/6 with 56%, Grade 2/3 with 55%, Grade 1/2 with 47% and Prep with 44%.

Well done to all students for their great walking throughout Walk to School month.

Kerang South Primary School

Cr. Brian Gibson was super excited to be at Kerang South Primary School's assembly on Friday 6^th November to present the Gannawarra Golden Shoe trophy to the class who walked, rode, skated or scooted to school the most throughout October as part of the Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to School program.

Grade 3/4 were the winning class with 60% participation. Accepting the trophy were Tyler, Shamana, Kane, Grace and Bryce who all achieved 100% participation by getting actively to and from school every-day during October. What a great effort!

Full results: Grade 3/4 60%, Grade 5/6 (Ms Simmonds) 51%, Grade 4/5 49.5%, Grade 5/6 (Ms Sutherland) 48.7%, Grade 2 47.6%, Grade Prep/1 (Ms Goudie) 41%, Grade Prep/1 (Ms Teasdale) 39%, Grade 2/3 30% and Grade 1/2 23%. Well done everyone!

Kerang Primary School

Excitement was in the air on Thursday 12^th November at Kerang Primary School as students returned from their morning walk/run around the block.

Cr. Oscar Aertssen was present to announce the winners of the Gannawarra Golden Shoe trophy as part of the Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to School program...

 Drum roll please...

And the winners were "GRADE 2/3/4" with participation across Walk to School month of 58%. Second place went to Prep/1 with 55% and third place to Grade 5/6 at 49%.

Five students from the winning Grade 2/3/4 class actively travelled to and from school, or around a set circuit at school, 80% of the VicHealth Walk to School month of October walking 30 times out of the possible 38. Xander, Isabelle, Keifa, Abii and Bobbi accepted the Gannawarra Golden Shoe trophy on behalf of their class. The week these students didn't mark walking activity on their VicHealth Walk to School calendar was when they were on school camp at Queenscliffe - they did however do lots of walking while there exploring the beachside village and playing on the sand.

 Well done to all students for their efforts in getting actively to and from school, or the school bus, throughout the month. Keep up the great walking...

Kerang Christian College

Two classes at Kerang Christian College competed against each other in an effort to win a Gannawarra Golden Shoe trophy as part of the Gannawarra Vic Health Walk to School program.

The winning year level was announced by Cr. Oscar Aertssen at a special ceremony on Thursday 12^th November.

The end result was extremely close - and the WINNERS - "Year 5/6" with participation across the month of 98.5% closely followed by Year 3/4 with 95.2%. A fantastic effort by both year levels....

Not everyone has the opportunity to walk or ride to or from school, or the school bus, so in recognition of this Kerang Christian College supported all students to walk or run every-day while at school around a 500 metre circuit. This is a great way for all children to participate in the VicHealth Walk to School Program and to improve their fitness and their health, wellbeing and learning.

Students were encouraged to keep up the effort all year round.

The Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to School program is rolled out across the Gannawarra Shire as a Gannawarra Local Agency Meeting (GLAM) partnership project. This is a partnership between Gannawarra Shire Council, Northern District Community Health, Kerang District Health, Cohuna District Hospital, Mallee District Aboriginal Service, Victoria Police, with support from the Southern Mallee Primary Care Partnership.

Walk to School is a VicHealth initiative. For more information go to: www.walktoschool.vic.gov.au.