Issue 17, Summer 2011
Issue 17, Summer 2011
Issue 17, Summer 2011
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National Walk to School Week<br />
Lets Walk to School Together!<br />
Walk to School week is an action packed week that takes place in May each<br />
year as part of a National Walking Month.<br />
The theme for this year’s walk to school week is “Lets Walk to School Together”<br />
Walking is a great way to keep active. As a nation, our lifestyles are getting less<br />
active, so building walking into our daily routine, like walking to school or work, is<br />
really important.<br />
Walking is a truly sustainable way of getting around. We’re becoming a car<br />
dominated society, and we are struggling with the daily problems of air pollution<br />
and congestion as well as starting to see the impact of 200 years of growing<br />
carbon emissions.<br />
Getting cars off the road has obvious environmental benefits, it can also help<br />
with the fight against childhood obesity. Currently only around half of seven to<br />
eleven year olds are doing the recommended one hour of moderate physical<br />
activity a day and the number of children travelling to school by car has doubled<br />
over the last 20 years. So it is essential to get kids moving. The journey to and<br />
from school is the perfect place to start.<br />
Visit www.walktoschool.org.uk for more information and to download free lesson<br />
plans and resources to support your walk to school week.
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