Big Walk and Wheel campaign encourages Fife children to actively travel to school

Schools from all over the Kingdom recently took part in a national campaign to encourage active travel to school.
By Darren Gibb
Published 12th May 2022, 08:24 BST
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Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel campaign attracted 2440 schools UK wide with over 795k pupils actively travelling to school during the 10-day period.

Pupils across Fife clocked up an amazing 30k active journeys with all schools in the region finishing in the top 700.

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Auchtertool Primary School pupils with their award for finishing in the top 30 schools in the UK.Auchtertool Primary School pupils with their award for finishing in the top 30 schools in the UK.
Auchtertool Primary School pupils with their award for finishing in the top 30 schools in the UK.
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Capshard and Auchtertool Priamries both finished in the top 30.

Marta Ramage, co-ordinator, said: "We were delighted with the number of schools taking part this year and overwhelmed by the support the schools received from parents and pupils alike.

"School Travel Plan statistics highlight that most pupils want to actively travel to school and state that congestion around the school gate causes road safety and environmental barriers which deter parents from letting them actively travel to school.

Schools across Fife will also be taking part in Walk to School and Bike to School Week at the end of this month.

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