Your Move


Our school is a member of the Your Move Schools program.

Your Move encourages students and their families to get active by walking, scooting and riding safely to school.

Making a small behavioural change by actively travelling to and from school a few times a week can result in huge benefits for your child and the community. These include:

· Reduced congestion, travel times and parking problems around schools;

· Reduced carbon dioxide emissions around the school;

· Lifelong improved health and emotional wellbeing due to instilling positive physical activity habits at a young age;

· Improved concentration and academic performance;

· More sustainable and cost-effective transport outcomes, such as reducing the need for investment in parking that may only be utilised for a short period each day, and reduced road infrastructure maintenance costs.

· Everyone can get involved in Your Move. Do you live too far away? Why not drive to a nearby park or café and then walk the rest of the way? Concerned about safety? Why not join your kids in walking or riding to school once a week? Small changes still make a big difference.

Here are some safety tips from SDERA about walking with your child to school

Here are some safety tips from SDERA about walking with your child to school

Walking to school

· Hold your child’s hand

· Choose the safest route possible

· Walk the route with your child

· Identify safety houses along the way

· Teach your child the basic rules about being a pedestrian while you’re walking with them

· Always stop, look, listen and think before stepping onto the road

· Ask your child questions about what they’d do in certain situations when you’re walking

· Explain to your child why paying attention to certain things when walking is important

For further information see Your Move: More Ways to Get There 

Department of Transport