Active travel for school children
Primary and nursery school children in Slough are being encouraged to walk to school as part of an Active School Travel programme. Simple tweaks to daily lives can make pupils, and the people who walk with them, healthier. Parents and carers are being urged to walk, scoot or cycle more and what better way to start than the short journeys to school at the beginning and end of the school day. Being more active uses up calories, can energise children for the school day and being out in the light helps the body produce Vitamin D – all great ways to improve health and the immune system. Designed by Active Movement and the council's sustainable transport team Better by, the Active School Travel programme includes posters and special ‘travel’ card to encourage less sitting and more moving with awards and prizes to be earned by children.
Events are planned at primary and early years setting from now until the New Year. For more information contact Better By at Slough Borough Council or peter@activemovement.co.uk.
Events are planned at primary and early years setting from now until the New Year. For more information contact Better By at Slough Borough Council or peter@activemovement.co.uk.
