The winners of Medway’s latest active travel competition have been announced.
The Walkin’ N Wheelin’ challenge for primary and secondary schools took place in May to support National Walk to School Week.
In the primary school category, Balfour Infant School secured the top spot and a £500 Halfords voucher with a huge 94.4 per cent of pupils using active travel during the competition.
It was a close race with Twydall Primary School and Nursery securing the second spot with 91.1 per cent and Cliffe Woods Primary School in third with 83.1 per cent, receiving a £300 and £200 voucher respectively.
Deanwood Primary School saw the biggest year-on-year improvement, with 11.3 per cent more of their pupils using active travel when compared to last year, receiving a £100 voucher for their success.
In the secondary school category The Victory Academy ran out winners closely followed by the Strood Academy – with the schools receiving a £500 and £300 voucher respectively.
All of the winning schools received a personalised framed certificate, and every school which took part also received an e-certificate in recognition of their efforts to support active travel.
In total, more than 20,000 active travel journeys to school took place throughout the week.
Build positive habits
Cllr Simon Curry, Medway Council’s Portfolio Holder for Climate Change and Strategic Regeneration, said: “Congratulations to all of the winning schools, but just as importantly thank you to everyone who took part in these competitions.
“We always want to encourage people to use active travel whenever possible and it is great to build positive habits like this from a young age. There are loads of benefits for all of us as well, active travel is better for our environment, it helps keep cars off the road to improve congestion and importantly it is a great way for parents, carers and their children to keep active.”
Find out more about active travel in Medway with the Active School Travel Guide.