Encouraging Students to Walk and Cycle to School

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 13:29

Sprowston Community High School has one main entrance on Cannerby Lane, which has student walking access and access for staff into the car parks. As a school we are promoting sustainable transport to and from school as Cannerby Lane is a very small residential road. Students are encouraged to walk, cycle or take the school bus.

We are really pleased to have contributed to the 'Explore Your Neighbourhood' map for the Sprowston area and will be distributing the map soon amongst students. The aim of the map is to help members of the school community to identify routes to school and encourage them to give walking or cycling a go. Click here to download the 'Explore Your Neighbourhood' map (.PDF, 1.4 Mb).

If students have to be dropped off by car then we ask parents to do this further up and down the road and not straight outside the school.

We are an Eco-school and we encourage staff and students to think about the environment and consider the well-being of our neighbours by reducing the traffic on Cannerby Lane.

Walking

• Improves mental and physical fitness
• Builds bone-density
• Improves concentration
• Reduces heart disease
• Reduces stress

Walking instead of driving to school

• Saves money
• Reduces traffic and pollution
• Gives you time to practise road safety training
• Is a social activity, building confidence and vocabulary
• Makes our world a better place
• . . . and might even be quicker

Cycling

• Boosts travel independence
• . . . and if all that is not enough, there’s a direct link between fitness levels and academic scores