Embsay
North Yorkshire
BD23 6RH
‘Walk to School’ week commencing on 3rd October
To Parents and Carers,
As you may already be aware, the week of the 3rd October will be a 'Walk to School' week at our school. Last week the Eco Group led a collective worship on the 'Walk to School' week to tell the children about it. We will be doing the week to help the environment and help to reduce congestion around the school. During the week, children will be encouraged to travel to school by methods other than cars including walking, riding their bikes or riding their scooters. Their bikes can be stored around the back of the school under the shelter in the car park and we would ask parents to bring locks to ensure their safety. The children will tick off on their class chart every day if they have walked to school as well as if they are walking home from school. If you live further away, children could walk just part of the journey that they would normally do in the car. The class who has the most ticks at the end of the week will get 20 minutes extra breaktime.
We understand that it is difficult for some families to walk to and from school, but we are hoping to encourage them to walk more of their journey than they normally would and encourage them to travel by car less. Hopefully, this week will be a nice chance for children to spend more time outdoors on their journeys to and from school.
Yours faithfully,
Fiona Prest