Kerang Christian College Putting their Best Foot Forward for Walk to School

Kerang Christian College students are ready to put their best foot forward as part of this year's Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to School program.

This will be Kerang Christian's second year participating in the statewide program and having won a regional Walk to School prize in 2015, the students are extra keen to walk, ride and scoot to school, or the school bus, throughout October.

In 2015 100% of students walked, rode, skated or scooted 1784 times during October - that’s about 1281 kilometres - equivalent to walking from Kerang to Canberra and back!

A 500 metre circuit is set up at the school to make sure everyone has the opportunity to participate.

For the second year students will compete against each other in an effort to win a Gannawarra Golden Shoe trophy… The winning class of the Gannawarra Golden Shoe trophy in 2015 was Year 5/6 with 98.5% participation throughout Walk to School month, closely followed by Year 3/4 with 95.2%. A fantastic effort by both year levels..... Which class will win the trophy this year?

All eleven primary schools across the Gannawarra Shire are participating in this year’s Walk to School program with students encouraged to ride, walk or scoot to and from school, the school bus or while at school, throughout October.

The Walk to School program promotes the importance of children being Active and Healthy in their communities and fitting at least 60 minutes of physical activity into their daily lives. Getting actively to school, the school bus, or while at school not only helps keep children fit and healthy, it also helps them to stay alert, to concentrate and improves learning outcomes.
 

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: http://www.walktoschool.vic.gov.au/
 

Follow along with the Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to School program: https://www.facebook.com/HealthyGannawarra
 

and our Gannawarra Walk to School BLOG: http://gannawarrawalkstoschool.blogspot.com.au/
 

or visit the school's website: http://www.kccs.vic.edu.au/