Now in its 23rd year, National Walk Safely to School Day is an annual event when all Primary School children will be encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. It is a Community Event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health, Public Transport and the Environment. The event will be held throughout Australia on Friday 20 May 2022.

The objectives of National Walk Safely to School Day are:

• To encourage parents and carers to walk to school with primary school age children and reinforce safe pedestrian behaviour
• To promote the health benefits of walking and help create regular walking habits at an early age
• To ensure that children up to 10 years old hold an adult's hand when crossing the road
• To help children develop the vital road-crossing skills they will need as they become mature pedestrians
• To reduce the car dependency habits that are being created at an early age and which will be difficult to change as children become adults
• To promote the use of Public Transport
• To reduce the level of air pollution created by motor vehicles
• To reduce the level of traffic congestion

If you can’t walk the entire way to school on this day that’s okay! To participate you could possibly park your car a few blocks away and walk from there. Teachers will hand out official Walk to School Temporary Tattoos on Thursday afternoon.

If you wish for your child to wear the tattoo, please apply it before coming to school. 

Happy walking!