Whitehorse City Council supports local primary schools to get involved with Walk to School month each October.

Walking to school helps children stay healthy and active, and has other benefits such as reducing traffic and parking congestion. Children who live too far from school to walk the entire way can still participate by being driven or using public transport part way and walking the rest of the way. Other at-school options are also possible as an alternative to participate.

Funding is available for teachers to participate in the Bike Ed accreditation training course. The funding includes: 

• Registration fees for the 2 day course 
• A Bike Education resource kit 
• A contribution towards costs of replacing the participating teacher with a CRT while on the course 

Ready 2 Ride is a one day bike skills program run at the host school. The event aims to encourage health, sustainability and safe riding behaviour. The program helps build student's bike skills and confidence with the aim of encouraging them to ride to school.

Whitehorse City Council works intensively with one local primary school per year to implement the Whitehorse Active & Safe to School Program (WASSP).

The aim of the program is to create a safer environment for students walking and riding to school through educating the school community about road safety, increasing the number of students walking and cycling to school and identifying, testing and delivering potential infrastructure improvements in the vicinity of the school. Schools will be sent information and have the opportunity to apply for the program mid year.

The A2B Transit program assists Year 6 students make the transition to secondary school by helping them assess their transport options and encouraging safe, healthy, sustainable and independent travel. The program includes an interactive workshop delivered to Year 6 students.

Leave the car at home and ride, walk, skate or scoot to school. Council supports local schools to participate in National Ride2School Day each March.

Join more than 350,000 students from more than 900 schools around Australia who participate each year.

Active travel to school improves the health and fitness of our children, and has other benefits such as reducing traffic and parking congestion.

Children who live too far from school can still participate by being driven or using public transport part way and riding, walking, scooting or skating the rest of the way.

Register to get involved