Kerang Primary School Walk to School Celebrations

Year 4/5/6 have been crowned 'Walk to School Champions' at Kerang Primary School after winning the Gannawarra Golden Shoe Trophy. In second place was Year 2/3 with 54% participation and third place was Prep/1/2 with 50% participation.

This was Kerang Primary School’s fifth year participating in the VicHealth Walk to School program with 98% of students walking, riding or scooting to school 1322 times during the month - that’s about 949 kilometres (134 kilometres more than last year!). So last year the students almost got to Sydney, and this year they got all the way to Sydney!

As part of the Walk to School program, a Drop, Park and Walk Active Travel route to school has been trialled to encourage parents to drop off children at designated points so that students can walk part way to school. Parents are encouraged to continue to use the routes. Activities have been held at the school throughout the month to encourage students to be active, healthy and motivated.

 

There was even be a decorated shoe, bike and scooter competition that made Walk to School even more fun!  Four Super Star Walker Certificates were also presented. These certificates are for children who walked at least 35 times out of the possible 40 times for the whole month: Xander 35/40, Cruz 36/40, Kate 37/40 and Bridie 37/40. Well done for this Super Star effort!

All ten primary schools across the Gannawarra Shire have participated 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: https://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