Road Safety
Walk to School Initiatives
There are many great benefits to walking to and from school each day and the safeguarding aspect of road safety sits alongside this:
- Health and fitness - increase heart rate and burn calories
- Part of the recommended 60 minutes of activity each day
- Emotional wellbeing, mindfulness and reflection time
- Stress reduction
- Relationship building (time to talk)
- Experiencing nature and getting fresh air
- Developing self risk management and situational awareness
- Develop independence
- Preparing for Year 7 (if you are in Year 6)
- Easy to do activity requiring no equipment and no costs
- Helps reduce emissions and help the environment
- Saves an average family £300 per year in petrol costs