We are very excited to see the commencement of the Victoria Park Primary School Walking School Bus Service (WSB) this term. We have four WSBs operating in difference locations two mornings per week.
Whilst keeping kids active is our goal, the WSB also provides an opportunity for the children to socialise, and develop their road safety awareness. The feedback from parents has been extremely positive.
We are very grateful to the parent volunteers who have made this valuable service possible. We couldn’t do it without them!
Traffic congestion?? Not a problem on our Ride2School day held last Wednesday! Over 75% of our school population walked, rode or scooted to school making for a most successful day. On arrival, students from PP-Yr 6 ticked off their name on their class list to go into a lucky dip prize draw where one student per class won a Ride2School gift pack. Students were given a sticker before enjoying fruit and yoghurt to celebrate their healthy start to the day.
When asked about the event day, the overwhelming message from the students was that they found it quicker and easier to cross the road and felt safer doing so. They also enjoyed meeting their friends along the way as they used active transport to come to school. We already have many families who come to school using active transport on a regular basis. Hopefully our successful event day encourages more families to do the same on a more regular basis.
Thank you to Your Move reward points for our new scooter racks! We already need another one!
Q1: What is you favourite way of getting to school: walking, riding or scooting?
Q2: What is the best thing about walking, riding or scooting to school?
Nea: We can skip, and dance around while walking! Aksa: We can run!
Q3: What advice would you give to other families who haven’t tried walking, riding or scooting to school before?
Nea: You should try it because it is fun! Aksa: Try! It’s fun!
Q4: What is the most interesting thing you’ve learnt from walking, riding,or scooting to school?
Nea: To wait for an adult with you to cross the road and to look for the cars before crossing.
Common monster: I would advise you to use a bus or park 2 blocks away from school and walk the rest of the way.
Uncommon monster red: The best thing about walking, riding or scooting to school is that you get to see your friends on the way to school.
Uncommon monster green: Our favourite way to get to school is scooting.
Rare monster blue: It is important to walk, ride or scoot to school because it is good for the environment and it is healthy to walk, ride or scoot to school.
Jayda and Z'harah think it's important to ride to school because you need to be active everyday!
You get exercise, and you stay healthy. It's also nice to be outside!
The Make Your Move Week Scavenger Hunt has seen many of our students on the look out for monsters! The aim of the game is to get active by walking, riding or scooting to school with family and search for 25 monsters along the way. Once found,families are encouraged to take a photo with the monster and post it online to earn points for our school.
Our thanks go to Natasha for co-ordinating the week and to the Dept of Transport and the Town of Victoria Park for making our week filled with monster mayhem!
On Wednesday, May 24 we held another Walk, Ride ,Scoot to School Breakfast event with an added focus of involving the parents in activity stations on their arrival at school. Many thanks to Natasha for all her great work in co-ordinating the event with the Public Transport Authority. We promoted the event through a poster designed by Design Works, our daily announcements as well as our newsletter and through emails to the parents. From there parents could register for the event. The response was excellent! The weather cleared nicely for parents and students to use active transport on the day. As they arrived they were greeted by Smartrider Man, a huge hit on the day! A delicious breakfast of yoghurt, fruit and scones was enjoyed with students receiving stickers and parents being involved in 4 activity stations where they could take a quick commute quiz, map safe routes to school, personalise their journey plans and make a pledge to use active travel. An added incentive was the $20 Smartrider given to parents who made a pledge. There was a long line for this one!! A Transperth bus was also on-site and all classes from Pre-Primary to Year 6 were involved in a 15 min familiarisation lesson on the bus.The Transperth Ed Team provided a most worthwhile session for the students to the point where each time a Transperth bus goes past the school now the students all start waving! Our Hands Up survey was fantastic with an average of 83% of students per class being involved. By sharing the success of this event on social media and through the Community Newspaper as well as our own newsletter we hope to keep on encouraging our school community to keep using active transport. It certainly eases the congestion before and after school as well as making our school a healthier and happier place!
It`s Your Move on May 24!
Many thanks to Natasha for co-ordinating our next `Your Move` event on May 24. We are looking forward to building on the success of last term`s event as well as maintaining the momentum from our recent Walk-a-thon.
These are our results from our big event yesterday - amazing statistics indeed! Our school community reduced car congestion by 51%. Our goal now is to keep it that way!
Our 'Your Move' event saw many, many families walking, riding and scooting to school today. On arrival they had their name ticked off so we knew they had arrived safely. Each participant received a sticker and enjoyed some fruit and yoghurt before heading off energised and happy to their classroom. Thank you to Natasha for lending us the 'Your Move' flags- a welcoming addition to our day. The final piece to the puzzle is to now draw the lucky winners of our prize packs for each year level. What a wonderful way to start the day!
Morning rush hour at Vic Park Primary!
Our first 'Your Move' event was a huge success today! Walk, Ride, Scoot to School Wednesday saw a huge amount of families using active transport to come to school.........resulting in no congestion at the front of our school this morning! What a wonderful sight!
Our prize packs are ready for action for our `Your Move` event tomorrow!(Walk, Ride, Scoot to School Wednesday). There will be a lucky dip draw per year level with all walkers, riders and scooters receiving a sticker and a healthy breakfast on arrival at school tomorrow morning. Let`s move!
Join the Your Move movement!
2 days until our big event! Thank you Natasha for creating such a great poster.
Just completed our first weekly Hands Up survey! It compliments our regular Walk, Ride, Scoot to School Wednesday event well. Pleasing to see that 68% of our students either walked, rode or caught a bus to school yesterday. We look forward to seeing this percentage increase over time.
Great opportunity to share ideas with schools within our local community. Congestion seems to be a common problem. Our goal is to educate parents to reduce congestion through a variety of campaigns. Thank you to the "Your Move" team for their guidance, expertise and support. We look forward to working with you in the future.