The Pedestrian Council of Australia welcomes your support and your participation on National Walk Safely to School Day on Friday 15 May 2009.

Walk Safely to School Day provides the perfect opportunity to:
- start a conversation
- show kids that walking is good for physical and mental health
- teach kids about vital road-crossing and road safety skills
- help the environment by reducing emissions.

Visit http://www.walk.com.au/ for more information.

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Let us know what you and your local schools are doing around National Walk Safely to School Day. Please send your message, photographs, MP3 audio or video to:

Emily Wood
Queensland PR Co-ordinator
Ph:(07) 3003-1159
Email:emily@synchronous.com.au.

Go to our blog archive to see what schools did for Walk Safely to School Day in 2008.

Together we can help our kids to be happy, healthy and safe.

ACTIVE KIDS ARE HEALTHY KIDS!



07 May 2008

Small school makes big walking effort

The 11 students at Ropeley State School had a great time walking to school on Walk Safely to School Day. With all the students living a fair distance from the school, it was a first for many of them to walk to school.

Students and teachers met at the Lutheran Church about 1.5 kms away from the school at 8.15am. They left the church at 8.25am and walked up hills and down dales on their way to school. Luckily there wasn't much traffic around.
On their walk they saw lots of cattle, some water in the dams, beautiful gardens, cow manure, litter, signs, clouds, blue sky, brown grass and a view of the school from up on top of the hill (through the brown grass).

At 8:50am they arrived safely at school and enjoyed a refreshing drink and a break before getting stuck into their lessons.

What a great effort!

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Nitro walks safely to school with kids from Graceville State School

Nitro walks safely to school with kids from Graceville State School