National Ride2School Day

Get your school involved

National Ride2School Day is Australia’s biggest celebration of active travel and one of the best days on the school calendar. It is a day full of fun and colour where students, teachers and parents discover the joy of riding and kick-start healthy habits for the future.

Thank you to all schools that participated in National Ride2School Day 2021 and stay tuned for registrations opening for next year!

World Bicycle Relief

The Ride2School program is proud to partner with World Bicycle Relief for National Ride2School Day – helping to change lives through the Power of Bicycles.

We’re encouraging all schools around Australia to help us raise funds for World Bicycle Relief. For every $195 raised, a Buffalo Bicycle is provided to a student in need. You can learn more about what they do at worldbicyclerelief.org.

Kick-start your fundraising

Gold coin donation on National Ride2School Day
Bake sale at your school
A funky socks or free-dress day

The school that raises the most money will receive a mega sports equipment pack!

Check out our fundraising guide to get started.

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Win a bike pump and tool kit for your school!

Simply register your school for National Ride2School Day on Friday 19 March and submit a HandsUp! count on the day to be in the running. We have 10 prize packs up for grabs!

REGISTER NOW

From the team

Happy National Ride2School Day

Bicycle Network’s Ride2School Team would love to make it to every school to help them celebrate National Ride2School Day, but with over 800 schools around the country registered, we decided to make a video instead.

Thank you for being part of Australia’s largest celebration of active travel and helping to shape a more active Australia. Be sure to check out our highlights video from this years Ride2School Day.

We hope you enjoyed the day!

Resources

Browse and download our resources below for information and tips to help you get the most out of the day.

National Ride2School Day poster

Poster template

Ideas for the day

Newsletter template

Environment factsheet

Colouring in

Word search

Participation certificate

Resources in different languages

We’ve put together some basic information about National Ride2School Day in different languages. Share these resources with your school community to get as many families actively travelling to school on National RIde2School Day as possible.

Arabic Greek Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Vietnamese

Register before 28 February to receive a free National Ride2School Day pack

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