More than 350,000 students across Australia are set to ride, scoot, skate or walk to school on Bicycle Network’s National Ride2School Day.
National Ride2School Day is Australia’s biggest celebration of active travel and the peak of the Ride2School program, which works to help children get their 60 minutes of daily exercise by riding a bike to school.
Bicycle Network general manager of behaviour change Leyla Asadi said National Ride2School Day was a great time to discover the joy of riding and kick-start healthy habits for the future.
“Riding to school is free and fun and can also help students perform better in the classroom,” Ms Asadi said.
“Studies have shown students arrive at school energised, alert and more ready to learn.”
Bicycle Network is anticipating participation numbers in 2022 will receive a boost from the increased interest in bike riding during the last two years of the pandemic when many shops around Australia sold out of bikes.
National Ride2School Day is a free event open to all primary and secondary schools in Australia.
Schools that register have access to a range of resources to help them celebrate the day, including posters, promotional material, stickers and count sheets to tally the number of students who ride to school.
“National Ride2School Day is a great introduction to the wider program and can be the catalyst to creating a school of healthy, self-confident, active students,” Ms Asadi said.
The event is part of Bicycle Network’s Ride2School program which has been running nationally since 2006.
This year’s National Ride2School Day will be held on Friday 25 March.
Registrations are now open at ride2school.com.au
