Students at Truganina South Primary School were the latest to hold an Active Travel Day last week.
Truganina South has partnered with Wyndham City to promote active travel to their students by encouraging students to walk, scoot and cycle to school safely.
On Friday May 17, the school held its Active Travel Day with an obstacle course for students to try out their scooting and cycling skills.
Wyndham mayor Jennie Barrera and Cr Susan McIntyre were both in attendance on Friday morning to watch students negotiate the obstacle course and hand out wrist bands and stickers to the children who completed it.
Some children who hadn’t walked to school were given a sticker by Mayor Cr Jennie Barrera because she was impressed with their honesty!
Many students took part in the event though, riding, walking or scooting through the obstacle course on their way into class.
Truganina South Primary School school has taken a range of measures to encourage active travel among its students, including an in-school bike education program and providing secure bike and scooter storage.
The school has a junior active travel leader program that supports students to promote active travel. The initiative has so far proven very successful with school’s bike shed filled to capcity every day.
Friday was also a STEM dress up day at Truganina South, meaning many budding mad scientists, junior scientists, vets, astronauts, engineers and mathematicians were among those actively travelling to school.
