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!



17 March 2009

Queensland Health supports Walk Safely to School Day

Many students like walking to school because it gives students time to talk to their friends. However, many parents or caregivers are concerned about safety issues with students walking to school. Walk Safely to School Day is an excellent opportunity for parents or caregivers to find out for themselves how safe or unsafe their child’s walk to school may be and show their child what behaviours can make it safe to walk to school.

The more students walk to school, the less traffic congestion will be around schools to cause safety concerns for walking students. Queensland Health endorses walking as a fun, healthy and environmentally friendly way of travelling.

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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