Active Travel

Get ready to move! Active Travel Days run from May 25 to June 5, and we encourage all students and families to join the fun by walking, biking, or rolling to school.

It’s easy to participate:

Make an intention to travel actively
Find a buddy (We recommend students kindergarten to grade 3 be adult supervised.)
Celebrate! You’ll arrive at school energized, focused, and feeling great. Check out the attached health benefits to learn more!

Road Safety Reminder

During Active Travel Days, there will be road safety blitzes at several schools. Please help keep our school communities safe:

Slow down to 30 km/h in school zones
Stay off devices while driving
Watch carefully for pedestrians and cyclists

Try “Drive-to-5”

Need to drive because of work or schedules? Consider a “Drive-to-5” approach: Park 5 minutes away from the school and enjoy a short walk with your child. It’s a simple way to add movement, reduce congestion, and start the day together.

Let’s work together to make the journey to school healthy, active, and safe for everyone!

We want students, families, and staff to be empowered to ride, walk, and roll to school more often. Even walking partway (‘Drive to 5’) or changing one travel trip per week is a great step!

Active Travel to school has many benefits. It improves students’ health, well-being, and academic achievement. It also reduces traffic volume, congestion, air pollution and climate change impacts. And Active Travel creates opportunities for friendship, a sense of belonging and healthy independence.

Whether you ride, walk, or roll, please:

Travel together (We recommend all Kindergarten to Grade 3 student be adult supervised.);
Follow the rules of the road, and;
If you’re wheeled – please wear a helmet.

Thank you for your support – Let’s Go SD46!