How you can help
Whatever your mode of transport, the school run can be rushed and stressful, and is often combined with a journey to other places, such as work.
Driving might seem like the easiest option for taking and collecting your child/children from school, but the average primary school journey is a distance that doesn’t necessarily require a car. Consider:
- Walking
- Scooting
- Cycling
- Joining with other parents and the school to help create a ‘walking bus’ – pick a meeting point and walk in together
- Parking further away from school and walking or scooting the rest of the way
Benefits of active travel
- Being active benefits our health and wellbeing, so an active school run can help us all
- It’s a great way to build more movement into our busy lives
- Swapping one journey a week can help boost physical and mental health
- It reduces air pollution, which impacts children’s health and ability to learn
- It reduces greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change
- Cycling, walking, or scooting increases road safety awareness
- Teachers also find that children who travel actively to school will be energised and feel more ready to start the school day