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Be inspired by schools that have successfully created an active travel culture.

Ride to Belvoir Special School

Merri Creek follows a merry path

Whorouly students yell for Cadel!

Bike and scooter safety presentations a hit at St. Mary's!

A class set of bikes for Mildura West

A real sense of community

Walk Safely to Thorpdale Primary School

Safe Ways to Portland South

Keeping the crossing supervisors busy

A STAR Secondary School

Noble Park Special Development School - A bike for everyone!

A rural solution - addressing distance and traffic safety

Part Way is OK case study

Student leadership in action

Hands Up! - the key to active travel

HandsUp! for New Parking Rails

St Albans Heights SRC drives Star Rewards

'Lost Fleet' to ride again, thanks to Barrier Busters

New Rails for Niddrie

Yarraville West's winning formula

 

Ride to Belvoir Special School

Ride2School team member Georgie paid a visit to some of our fantastic member schools in regional Victoria.  Belvoir Special School's Ride2School program was particularly impressive.

Belvoir Special School organises a range of activities and participates in promotional events to encourage individual independent travel to students. They have constructed a bike track on-site which is ‘probably the most popular resource’ they have, we were told. The various teachers that are trained to run Bike Ed help maintain a bike trailer full of generously donated bikes for the sessions.

Subsequently, some students are now confident and skilled enough to be able to cycle to school and many participate in rides such as our very own RACV Great Victorian Bike Ride. One keen student, Katrina, was one of the riders on last years’ event; she is also a regular commuter to school (and work) by bike.

Belvoir Special School students are lucky to be surrounded by excellent cycle paths that link the school with local residential communities and facilities.  

It also sounds like they have a great celebration planned for the upcoming National Ride2School Day – great work Belvoir!

 
 

 

 

Merri Creek follows a merry path

One look at the bike shed at Merri Creek Primary School and you know something pretty special is going on.  It's full to overflowing.

 

Wall-to-wall bikes, a scattering of scooters, and helmets everywhere dangling from handlebars. Riding is so popular there’s often no room for the bikes many teachers ride – they’re chained up near the front gate.

 

 

 There is no doubt this is a very, VERY active school.

How active? Every month the school’s Green Team (made up of grade 5/6 students) conducts a quick, school-wide poll and enters the data into Ride2School’s HandsUp! system. The system shows some 80% of the school’s students ride or walk.

 

Entering HandsUp! data does many things simultaneously, including:

Inspiring stuff!

Can you imagine more than 80% of students at your school riding or walking to school?  If so, call us on (03) 8376-8828 or email us - and let’s begin working to make it possible.

 

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Whorouly Primary students yell for Cadel!

Cadel fever was in the air at Whorouly Primary School during the champion's visit to Melbourne in the wake of his 2011 Tour de France triumph.


Inspired by their hero and despite the cold wet weather, Whorouly students rode their way into school. Both students and teachers donned the yellow, brought in daffodils and some students even dressed-up in French clothing to commemorate Cadel’s achievements. 

Being a rural school, Whorouly Primary School faces similar challenges to other rural schools when it comes to promoting riding, scooting and walking to school. Many students live too far away to walk or wheel the whole way in to school. To make sure they don’t miss out on the fun, the school holds a Ride2School Day once per term where they organise for the bus to drop them off a distance from the school and the students walk from there. Here at Ride2School we call this strategy, ‘Part Way is OK’. We find it to be a very effective tool to use to beat the barrier of distance as well as reducing congestion around the school gate.


The students that live close enough to be able to ride the whole way have a great system whereby they pick each other up along their route and ride in together.


Principal at the school, Malcolm McKinnon, rides from home to school – a distance of 36kms – a few times per week! Cadel is a hero in the eyes of the Whorouly students, but they are also lucky enough to have a principal with a passion for riding, to look up to and admire.

 

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Bike and scooter safety presentations a hit at St. Mary's!

Just as motor vehicles regularly require maintenance, it is important for students to learn how to maintain their choice of transport.

Reporting a high percentage of students who travel to school by bike and scooter, Andrew Hook, teacher at St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Ascot Vale, contacted the Ride2School team for assistance in teaching students how to keep their bike and scooter in tip-top condition.


The Ride2School team arranged for staff at the local bike shop together with Ride2School volunteer, Frank Kinnersley, to visit the school and give Grade 3–6 students a 20 minute presentation about the safety principles of bike and scooter riding along with advice about how to check that a bike to mechanically ready to ride.


Topics covered in the presentation included general road rules and the different areas of bikes such as the brakes and wheels that need to be regularly checked. Within the 20 minutes, Frank from Ride2School conducted maintenance checks on the bikes and scooters that students rode to school that day. In doing so, he exposed students to the different tools that are used to fix a mechanical issue.


Overall, all the students enjoyed the presentations and learnt important information that will make their journey to school all the more enjoyable. They were also delighted to receive fluorescent wristbands with the phrase “Be Safe, Be Seen” from Moonee Valley City Council, who encourage and support all schools within the municipality to be actively involved in the Ride2School program.


If you think bike safety presentations would be a hit at your school, contact the Ride2School team on (03) 8376 8888 or email ride2school@bicyclenetwork.com.au.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A class set of bikes for Mildura West

Well done to Mildura West Primary School for winning a class set of bikes and helmets as part of the Ride2School program’s Star Rewards initiative.

 

At a time when childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes are on the rise due to increasingly sedentary lifestyles, it is great to see a school taking the proactive approach in encouraging students to get to school under their own steam.

Mildura West Primary School understands that the opportunity for students to get at least part of the recommended minimum 60 minutes of physical activity each day for good health is being lost in the back seat of a car, and we have rewarded the school for their success in overcoming this.

Hugh Delahunty, Minister for Sport and Recreation, joined the member for Mildura, Peter Crisp, at a school assembly to present the bikes to the school.  "The students at Mildura West are being recognised for their efforts in leading the way and inspiring their classmates and friends to walk or ride their bikes to school," Mr Delahunty said.  "Studies show that kids who are involved in sport and recreation at a young age are more likely to continue physical activity well into their adult years," he said.


The school’s Ride2School program has a strong focus on student leadership and empowering students to be involved in the school’s Ride2School activities. Student ‘Sustainability Ambassadors’ are nominated to collect monthly HandsUp! figures from each classroom and enter the school's collective results into the portal on the Ride2School website. Once the results are entered, students analyse the results and are encouraged to engage in a discussion about how to improve the figures. This discussion is particularly important in the winter months when the school typically sees a reduction in numbers of active travelers.


Since becoming a member school of the Ride2School program and incorporating monthly HandsUp! counts into the school calendar, there has been a significant reduction in traffic congestion during peak pick up and drop off times. Brian Young, Principal at the school, also notes the school's involvement in encouraging active travel has a community building benefit and has been an effective way to establish good relationships with parents.


The school will use their reward to grow their Bike Education program, as well as to encourage students to ride to and from inter-school sports and other activities.  Well done Mildura West!
 

Find out more about Star Rewards

 

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A real sense of community

Riding, walking, skating and scooting is becoming the preferred way to travel to school at both Cowes Primary School and Newhaven Primary School on Victoria’s Phillip Island. Since registering to be a part of National Ride2School Day and Walk Safely to School Day earlier this year, both schools have caught the active travel bug!

Both events gave the school communities a taste of how fun and easy it is to swap a car journey for a ride, walk, scoot or skate to school. Participating students and their families were congratulated with a breakfast of pancakes and hot chocolate when they entered the school gate. According to Wendy Elson, who teaches at both schools, “it was lovely to see brothers and sisters and parents sitting around eating their pancakes together – a real sense of community.”

For the students that lived too far to actively travel the whole way, families parked one kilometre from the school and walked the rest of the way. The Ride2School team call this strategy Part Way is OK. It is a great way to make sure everyone can be involved and assists in alleviating traffic congestion around the school gate.

Both schools are now putting measures in place to embed active travel into their school culture, all year around.

They are planning their own ride/walk to school events for each coming term and will introduce the Frequent Rider Passports initiative in which students get their ‘passport’ clipped each time they travel actively to school. Once their entire passport has been clipped, they will go into the draw to win their class a sausage sizzle and an out of school bike ride.

To track their progress the school will do a HandsUp! survey once per month and enter their results into the HandsUp! portal on the Ride2School website. This way, they can track their progress in getting more students riding, walking, skating and scooting more often.
 

 

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Walk Safely to Thorpdale Primary School

In this rural school, given there are only 65 students who predominately catch a bus, Principal, Grant Nicholas encourages to give rural students, who live on the farm, the opportunity to walk or ride to school.

 

"Because most students catch a bus, the school will be encouraging students to be dropped off at a reserve, where the whole school walks in together on Walk Safely to School Day", says school Principal, Grant Nicholas. 

Alan Ironside, a teacher at the school and advocate for active travel, also recently learned that although most kids catch a bus to school, one student in particular rides and parks her bike to the bus stop - saving her an otherwise 30 minute walk! Alan hopes that National Walk Safely To School Day will prove popular.


The school also has a bike riding adventure couple of times a year with an afternoon called "wheelies days" - where bike riding takes place within a safe school environment. Well done to Thorpdale Primary School for making riding and walking easily accessible to rural students!
 

 

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Safe Ways to Portland South

Portland South Primary School has achieved an outstanding increase in the number of students riding, walking, skating and scooting to school since they joined the Ride2School program.

Reporting an active travel rate of 59% in 2007, the school has increased the percentage of walkers and wheelers to an amazing 88% - more than 4 times the national average!

When Glenelg Shire Council approached schools in the area to help get more kids active, Principal of Portland South Primary School, Marg Millard was proactive in accepting the council's offer of assistance. Marg could see that it fitted in with the school philosophy of doing things that are good for your health and good for the environment.

A survey of the school community was conducted to identify what prevented walking and riding to school, which highlighted traffic safety concerns as the major barrier. Marg had read about a Ride2School strategy, Quiet Neighbourhood Routes, and thought this was a perfect tool to address traffic safety.

Glenelg Shire Council then obtained the funding (through the Department of Transport's Local Area Access Program) for the “Safe Ways to South” project which involved:

 

"Safe Ways to South" not only provided the students with the safest route but it alerted residents in the area that this was now a major route for school kids so they are more aware when driving in the area.

The school consistently submits their HandsUp! results which allows them to continue to track their progress which is all part of the school's mission to benefit both health and ther environment.

 

 If concerns about traffic safety prevent students in your community from riding, walking, skating and scooting to school, then visit our solutions toolkit for proven strategies that address this barrier.

 

 

 

 

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Keeping crossing supervisors busy

 

 

 

 

 The school community at Castlemaine Primary School faces the common barrier of being concerned about traffic safety when considering allowing children to walk and wheel to school.

Principal, Peter McConnell, is confident that he can address this barrier and get more students walking and wheeling to and from school each day.

This confidence comes from the most recent National Ride2School Day where the school set up a time-lapse film of the main school drop off zone which recorded the days activities. It was obvious how much safer the conditions were when more people ride. “On a normal school day there are cars and kids in all directions and on National Ride2School Day there were considerably fewer cars. This made for more orderly drop offs at the main entrance and on surrounding streets, while the school’s two crossing supervisors were kept very busy," says Peter.

Peter believes educating the students in Bike Education is key; he is looking to expand the current Bike Education program at the school to the younger year levels. Putting students into ‘real-life’ situations - by taking them on riding excursions around the neighbourhood - will give parents and the school community the reassurance that the students have the knowledge and skills to ride to school safely.
 

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A star Secondary School : Catholic Regional College - Caroline Springs

Secondary school teacher Tony De Fazio is passionate about supporting his students to choose to travel around their neighbourhood on the bike.

The school joined our program in mid-2009 and since then we have been very impressed with the hard work and dedication Tony has put into creating a fantastic Ride2School program at Catholic Regional College - Caroline Springs.

The success of the Ride2School Program at Catholic Regional College can be attributed to some of these key initiatives championed by Tony:

 

Classroom integration - how Catholic Regional College do it & how your school can too!


Tony recommends:

“...tapping into as many community service providers as you can, as well as approaching the local council for support. There are many avenues you can take to get support (and freebies!). There is a lot out there, you just have to find it.”

He also recommends looking at the Ride2School solutions toolkit as it is “full of suggestions and advice that you can implement at your school. Contact the Ride2School team, they are always willing to help.”

Tony really is a Ride2School Champion - congratulations!

 

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Noble Park Special Development school - A bike for everyone!

The team at Ride2School are very proud of the efforts of Noble Park Special Development School. The school shows that no matter what your barrier to riding may be, there is always a way for students to benefit from riding bikes and being physically active.

Ride at School

Noble Park Special Development School is a school for students with a moderate to severe disability. While students at Noble Park do not ride to school they ride at school. A bike trailer containing an assortment of 60 bikes, including mountain bikes, therapy bikes, large tricycles and scooters for all ages and sizes, means there is a bike for everyone! The school also provides custom-built training wheels which can fit on the bikes and has six Bike Ed trained teachers.

Taking on the rail trails

The riding program begins at the school with students practicing riding in a figure eight, through and around cones, around large obstacles, looking over their shoulders, using gears, power position and scooting. Once students have learned the basics, they are taken out to local parks riding spots as Jells Park, Braeside Park, Lysterfield Lake and the Dandenong Creek trails. The local rides are treated as practice for taking on bigger rides such as the Murray to Mountains rail trail (103Km) and the Super Ride at Blackwood (43km).

Persistence and determination

When taken on rides, students learn good ‘bike etiquette’, listen to instructions and watch for hand signals which are all paramount to their development. The riders also learn that it is not a race. They are competing against themselves only but are expected and encouraged to show persistence and determination and to have a go, especially when riding hills. 

Riding for the whole family

The riding program enhances gross motor skills, balance, coordination, independence and self esteem in the students. With a focus on skills, safety, fitness and enjoyment, riding is promoted and encouraged as an activity the students can do with the whole family.

 

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A rural solution - addressing distance and traffic safety

Timor Primary School is a fantastic example of a rural school that has taken proactive steps to overcome barriers to walking and riding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distance and safety barriers

Located in a rural town just out of Maryborough in Victoria, the school faces distance and traffic safety barriers that are consistent with most other rural schools. Living a long way from the school means walking or riding the whole way is not realistic. Due to the majority of students catching the bus, the school considered having the bus drop kids off away from the school and allowing them to walk the rest of the way. This raised safety concerns among parents as the bus route is on a busy main road.

 

Part of the school culture

For teacher Andrew Frawley, confronting the problem and not letting barriers get in the way was very important. His passion for providing his students with the same opportunities as non-rural schools led Andrew to work towards active travel opportunities becoming "part of the school culture".

 

Part Way is OK!

Identifying the safest drop off point 200 metres from the school, Andrew encourages the bus to drop the students off where they meet a teacher that walks with them the rest of the way. This alleviates parental concerns of traffic safety issues. Students who are driven don’t miss out as they get their parents to drop them off at the same designated point.

To address parental concerns, Andrew says ‘the school plays an active role in teaching kids how to cross and walk along main roads and is proactive in focusing on pedestrian safety’. 

 

A great way to start your morning

The key elements that make their Ride2School program effective is support from the Principal, the creation of awareness in the community and making it “just part of what we do”. The school is motivated by setting an example that walking and riding is a great activity and a great way to start your school day.

 

Find out more about Part Way is OK

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Part Way is OK case study

A joint initiative!

In a joint initiative with RACV, Ride2School piloted ‘Part Way is OK’ program in Term 2, 2010 at four schools within the Melton Shire council.

The pilot program aimed to encourage parent car users to drop off their children at designated points to get more students to walk or ride part of the way to school.

Participating schools were
• St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School, Melton
• Caroline Springs College – Brookside and Creekside Campuses, Caroline Springs
• Coburn Primary School, Melton

Melton Shire Council Mayor, Cr Justin Mammarella JP, said walking or riding to school encouraged healthy lifestyles.

“Getting a good start to the day is extremely important for children. Riding or walking to school increases physical activity levels and helps children feel fresh and more alert at the beginning of the day,” the Mayor said.

“Encouraging students to ride or walk to school makes children more self-sufficient and is a crucial part of education and the development of social skills,” Cr Mammarella said.

Thanks to funding support from the council, schools were encouraged to host a healthy breakfast for their students.

 

Pathway to success
One notable success was approach led by teacher Christopher Daxecker at Caroline Springs Brookside Campus. With the help of Active Travel Ambassadors, fliers and maps, the school promoted the program in assemblies, newsletters and by going into classrooms. The breakfasts provided by the council also helped launch the program.

As a result of the pilot, Melton Shire Council have placed seven permanent signs around Caroline Springs College – Brookside and Creekside Campuses. The Shire are also willing to support keen schools by providing them with common drop off points with other surrounding schools and placing permanent signs.

As impressed as we are? Find out how to get Part Way is OK going at your school today!

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Student leadership in action

 

Students have survey success at St. Albans South Primary

At St. Albans Primary School, student leaders Bonnie and Stephanie decided that they would create a survey to give to students and parents. They worked hard to ask the kinds of questions that would give clear and detailed answers, and added pictures so that it was accessible to younger students as well. They distributed, collated and presented their results in Assembly.

They received a huge pile of responses, and now have a comprehensive snapshot of what students and parents would like to see happen.

Amongst other information, they found out that overwhelmingly students would like to be more active on their way to school, and that a majority of parents supported this idea.

Your students may like to follow Bonnie and Stephanie's lead - assist your student leaders/ Junior School Council to design their own survey. From there, students can develop fun incentive programs (such as an Active Travel Trophy or Frequent Rider Passports), create certificates or newsletter inserts and get their community involved - the sky is the limit!

Bonnie and Stephanie have kindly offered up their survey for you to download as an example of what your student leaders may like to do.

Ride2School congratulates Bonnie, Stephanie, Julie and everyone at St. Albans South Primary School for their commitment to active travel.

 

Students run a Ride2School stall

 

 

Students at Roxburgh Rise Primary are eager to get more students riding and walking to school and have been busy putting their ideas into actions. The school has formed a Ride2School student group consisting of riding and walking enthusiasts.

 

During December the student group ran a Ride2School stall at lunchtime to promote active travel to school. They were kept very busy with students wanting to talk to them about riding a walking to school. Prizes such as t-shirts and water bottles were awarded to students who gave good answers to “why should you walk or ride to school?". Stickers were also handed out to enthusiastic students.

 

Well done to the students for taking on this great leadership role!

 

Find out more about starting a student leadership group at your school.

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HandsUp! - the key to active travel

“If our Ride2School program influences some of our students to become life-long cyclists - we will be very satisfied,” says teacher Maurice Ryan at Brunswick South West Primary School (BSWP).

He believes a key strategy in influencing more students to get on their bikes has been giving them responsibility for the school’s HandsUp! census.

It’s an opportunity for them to learn a whole range of skills. They learn confidence in talking in front of a group, experience in collecting, collating and analysing data, presentation skills and more.

Last year students created an entry into the Victorian Maths Talent quest out of their HandsUp! data.

“The prep and year 1-2 students really look up to the older kids and get a kick out of having them come around to their classroom and talk to them," says Maurice

The school has also designed a HandsUp! trophy made out of a pre-loved bike frame, which generates fierce competition between classes to have the highest active travel rate each month.

They've even used the year 5-6 homework sheets to challenge the students to design a scooter storage area, bike shed and landscaped bike parking for the front of the school. The weekly homework sheet also serves as a useful reminder of the next HandsUp! Census date.

BSWP students participate in Bike Ed once a year and they've had some great trips including a ride along the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail to Docklands and a spin around the Brunswick Velodrome on the Merri Creek Trail.

National Ride2School Day is also a highlight on their calendar each year.

Find out more about HandsUp!
 

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HandsUp! for New Parking Rails

Well done to St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School for being rewarded with bike parking facilities for showing dedication to getting more students riding more often!

St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School now have secure parking rails for an extra 20 bikes thanks to the Star Rewards initiative. St. Oliver Plunkett Primary has built an inspirational program that was encouraging more of their students to be physically active, particularly on the journey to and from school.

Thanks to MP Bernie Finn for celebrating with the school community by cutting the ribbon at a special assembly, to officially unveil the school's new bike parking rails.

Since the rails have been installed, the school has noticed a real increase in numbers of kids riding to school. They realise they now need to do more and the Principal is motivated to get a lockable gate and shelter to further improve their facility.

It’s really great to see their commitment and what a big difference that can make.

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St. Albans Heights SRC drives Star Rewards 

Congratulations to St. Albans Heights Primary School for being rewarded with funds to improve their bike parking facilities. The school was rewarded for their commitment to promoting active travel through the Star rewards initiative.

The Student Representative Council (SRC) leads and promotes the Ride2School Program at St. Albans Heights.

The enthusiastic students collect the data from every class in the school and they make posters promoting walking and riding for each classroom. Each month the SRC group looks at the HandsUp! Data and identifies the classes with low results so they can then visit the class and motivate the students to ride and walk more.  The classes with high numbers of active travellers are rewarded with stickers and certificates. Star Rewards recognises schools achieving milestones and great results with a variety of rewards including bikes, helmets, outings, equipment, training and whole-of-school celebrations - it can be coordinated by teachers or, as in this case, is a great way for students to take a leadership role in developing active travel rates.

As a result of this ongoing student leadership, St. Albans Heights Primary boasts an active travel rate of just under 80 percent, nearly four times the national average!

MLC for Western Metropolitan Region Bernie Finn presenting a sign for new bike parking to representatives of the Student Representative Council

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“Lost fleet” to ride again - thanks to Barrier Busters

There they’ve sat, whole but otherwise unused - 25 brand new mountain bikes that for two long years have been gathering dust in an open air cage in a schoolyard in Brunswick. Leaves from three autumns are gathered around wheels that have not turned a single revolution.

The bikes were donated to St Margaret Mary’s Primary School in 2010 and promptly assembled by parents. But concerns were raised the bikes had not been declared roadworthy by a qualified bike mechanic and they were never ridden- until now. The lost fleet is about to be revived as part of Ride2School’s Barrier Busters program whereby a mechanic will inspect, and where appropriate repair and roadworthy each and every bike.

The bikes will become the work-horses that will underpin the school’s planned rider education program.

“This is the sort of challenge we’d love to have every day of the week,” Ride2School’s Scott Whiffin said. “Oftentimes we’re working with schools that have no bikes but want their children to ride; St Margaret Mary’s are fortunate to have bikes laid on and all we need to do is bring a bit certified mechanical love to bear and they’ll be well placed to build a first class active travel program.”

Craig Ondarchie, Member for Northern Metropolitan region, formally announced St Margaret Mary’s was to receive assistance as part of the Barrier Busters program.

“I’m certain these bikes will be the start of something wonderful for the students of St Margaret Mary’s Primary,” Mr Ondarchie said.

“Children who participate in sport and recreation at a young age are more likely to stay healthy and active when they get older so childhood really is a critical window for creating lifelong active habits. I’m delighted that St. Margaret Mary’s will be able to resurrect their bike fleet through Ride2School’s Barrier Busters Program and I hope they are used to create some active, ongoing habits.”

St Margaret Mary’s Principal Danny Ryan said students had been waiting a long time to use the bikes. “They are eager to test them out,” he said.

 


Click here for more information about Star Rewards and Barrier Busters

 

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New rails for Niddrie

The Ride2School Team have been busy installing a suite of brand new bike parking rails at Niddrie Primary School in Melbourne’s outer north west.


Niddrie earned the rails through our Star Rewards program... just in time for the start of the new school year! 

The school’s active travel rate has increased from 30% to 53% thanks mainly to the schools sustainability group, 'the Unwasteables". Students volunteer to be a part of the Unwasteables, which introduced Walking Wheeling Wednesdays along with creating posters and other fun activities to encourage their peers to walk, ride, skate or scoot to school.

We look forward to seeing how the rails impact on Niddrie’s HandsUp! active travel rate even further.

 

 

For more information on our Star Rewards program click here.  And don’t worry if you think you might not yet be a star active travel school like Niddrie. We’ve set up a program to help schools who think good bike parking is the key to getting more kids riding more often. Let us know by completing this survey and we’ll be in touch.

 

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Yarraville West's winning formula

Riding is so popular at Yarraville West Primary that they have out grown their bike parking area!  Due to their dedication to supporting students to ride, walk, skate or scoot, we have rewarded the school with 9 new bike parking rails which will allow for 18 more bikes to be parked securely, as part of the Star Rewards initiative.

 

Re Casey, a teacher at the school, really drives the Ride2School program at Yarraville West. Along with Re, two students have shown exceptional leadership ability and willingness to advocate the active travel message to their peers. Pepper, the Active Travel Monitor, and Owen, last year’s Active Travel Monitor who has now gone on to High School – are great helpers to Re.

 

Here are some of the great things the school does to encourage active travel:

 

 

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