Dear Parents,
This year’s Walk to School Week runs from October 7th – 11th and we would love everyone to get involved!
Walk to School Week promotes walking and encourages as many students as possible to walk or Park & Stride to school. Walking to school is one of the best ways to start the day with multiple benefits to children’s physical and mental health. Walking is great for the environment as it reduces the number of cars at the school gate, reduces congestion, air pollution and road safety issues.
We hope to engage in lots of fun activities at school that week to promote walking to school. Our big focus for the week is National Walk to School Day on Wednesday October 9th and we are asking everyone to make a special effort to participate that day.
We are meeting our new Greenschool Committee for the first time tomorrow. We can’t wait. We will keep you informed of all news relating to Greenschools at St. Mary’s during the year.
Reasons to Walk to School:
https://greenschoolsireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Reasons-to-Walk.pdf
Le meas,
The Greenschool Team.
