A week long celebration of walking to school took place starting on Monday 20th May. Through this challenge, children were well on their way to the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity every day, before even reaching the school gates. Last year, over 750 schools across the UK took part, let’s hope 2024 is the biggest year yet!
Why walk to school?
What is Walk to School Week?
The five-day walking challenge is an annual celebration of the walk to school and the perfect activity to celebrate National Walking Month in May.
Happier Children
It’s been proven that children who do some form of exercise, especially a walk before school, do better in class because they arrive refreshed, fit and ready to learn.
Less Congestion
During morning peak traffic times, one in five cars on the road are taking children school, contributing to congestion, air pollution and carbon emissions.
Cleaner air
The school run alone is responsible for generating half a million tonnes of CO2 per year (which is more than some small countries!). Imagine what we could achieve if we began converting some of these rides to strides?
We asked you to send your walk to school selfies to show just how well we did. That you for all the willing participants!
Each day the children totalled counted how many active journeys they took part in and … St Michael’s managed a grand total of 593 active journeys through the week!
Well done to all.