Staying Active at Cohuna Consolidated Primary School

For the fourth year in a row, students from Cohuna Consolidated Primary School have participated in the Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to School program.

In 2015, 96% of students walked, rode, skated or scooted 3756 times during October - that’s about 2697 kilometres - equivalent to walking from Cohuna to Townsville!

This year, 95% of students walked, rode or scooted 3409 times during October - that’s about 2448 kilometres – 249 kms less than last year - equivalent to walking from Cohuna to Alice Springs then almost out to Ayers Rock/Uluru (2539kms)!

There were some outstanding personal achievements with 53 students achieving Gannawarra Star Walker status by walking at least 32 times out of the possible 40 times during Walk to school month. Star Walkers at Cohuna Consolidated Primary School were:

Prep: Zahra (32/40), Charlotte (33/40), Mitchell (36/40), Olivia (38/40), Ben and Jacob (40/40).

Grade 1 /2 : (Miss Pigdon): Zane (35/40) and Linkin (39/40).

Grade 1 / 2: (Miss McGillvray): Miley (32/40), Emily (37/40), Taylor and Caden (39/40) and Bronte and Nicholas (40/40).

Grade 3 / 4: Zac (32/40), Cameron (35/40), Maddi (37/40), Seth and Shayley (38/40), Fletcher (39/40), Ritchie, John, Deisel, Brian, Matthew, Billy, Bailey, Selene, Braia, Ava, Makayla (40/40).

Grade 3 /4: Liam (33/40), Jess (34/40), Zoe (35/40), Gillian (36/40), Travis (38/40), Cooper and Jackson (40/40).

Grade 4/5: Cooper, Brittney and Mitchell (32/40), Hayley, Xav (35/40), Lachy (36/40), Bayley, Georgia and Jye (38/40), Jude, Lachie and Ethan (40/40).

Grade 6: Haylee (33/40), Jemma (38/40), Caleb (40/40).

This is the first year classes at Cohuna Consolidated Primary School have competed against each other in an effort to win a Gannawarra Golden Shoe trophy.

The winning class this year was Grade 3 / 4 (Mrs Millar’s class) with 81% participation. Next was Grade 4/5 with 65% participation, Prep with 54%, Grade 3 /4 (Mr West’s class) with 49.80%, Grade 1 /2 (Miss McGillivray’s class) 42% and Grade 1 /2 (Miss Pigdon’s class) 38% and Grade 6 31.66% participation.

Mikayla and Billy accepted the Gannawarra Golden Shoe Trophy from Cr. Sonia Wright on behalf of their classmates and all the students gave them a big cheer!

 

The VicHealth 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: www.walktoschool.vic.gov.au

Read all about the Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to School program: www.facebook.com/HealthyGannawarra and the Gannawarra Walk to School BLOG: www.gannawarrawalkstoschool.blogspot.com.au