GENERAL NEWS NEWS... Children take to their feet this International Walk to School Month
Living Streets, the UK charity behind the biggest walk to school campaign is encouraging families to leave the car at home for International Walk to School Month this October. Pupils around the globe will walk to school to celebrate International Walk to School Month. In the UK, children in certain schools are enjoying the benefits of active travel year-round because they take part in WOW – the walk to school challenge from Living Streets.
WOW sees pupils record how they get to school using the interactive WOW Travel Tracker with those who walk, wheel, cycle, scoot to school being awarded a monthly WOW badge. Pupils can also earn a badge by using ‘Park and Stride’, parking at least 10 minutes from their school and walking the rest of the way. The latest national data shows that less than half of primary school children in England walk to school, but that is not the case in schools taking part in WOW with Living Streets. WOW schools in England typically see an increase in walking and wheeling rates of 17 percent, with 60 percent fewer cars driving to the school gates compared to before the schools started WOW.
Walking to school helps contribute to the 60 active minutes a day recommended by health experts to keep children healthy and happy.
Stir Food sponsors Education Today Awards for second time
Award-winning school catering company Stir Food has sponsored the Education Today Awards for a second time.
Stir Food has a mission to put pride back into school kitchens across the UK, encouraging community spirit and a love for food.
Determined to transform lacklustre catering services in schools, the owner- operated business uses its wealth of experience and expertise to provide top quality food in its partner schools, forming long-lasting relationships based on confidence, trust and transparency.
Stir Food works to give its kitchen teams all of the tools they need to provide excellent, nutritious food in a safe environment, ensuring teams have both time and freedom to take pride in what they are doing each day.
Deborah Batchelor, Managing Director of Stir Food, says: “Here at Stir Food we are delighted to be sponsoring the Best Overall School Award for the second time. Having won Catering Supplier of the Year last year, we are incredibly proud to have been acknowledged by our clients, team and potential customers and look forward to a great event again this year.”
This year’s Education Today Awards will take place on 6 December at the Grand Connaught Rooms.
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Kids swap classroom for Morrisons Market Street
Children who take the Morrisons Foodmaker & Shopkeeper Tour will now be taught about the journey of British food from farm to store.
Morrisons has added the British Food Module to its existing tours to show youngsters where fresh food comes from, teaching them how shorter delivery
distances benefit the environment and how choosing British supports local farmers and producers.
The Foodmaker & Shopkeeper Tours help bring British food to life in a fun and engaging way for children and inspire the next generation of foodmakers.
Swapping the classroom for Morrisons Market Street, the Foodmaker & Shopkeeper Tours are available to children aged 5 to 9 years old, across schools, Scout groups, children’s local community groups and more. As visiting children tour their local Morrisons store, they are invited to meet Market Street foodmakers, from skilled butchers and bakers to fishmongers, who serve up fresh, quality British food every day to customers. Here they are given practical demonstrations of where local food comes from and how it is made.
Following a Market Street walk-around, the new module will finish with educational British food-themed activities in the store café or community room.
October 2024
Active Travel England funds some schools in England to take part in WOW through Living Streets’ Walk to School Outreach programme. Former Olympian, Chris Boardman OBE, is the National Active Travel Commissioner. He says: “The majority of kids have told us they want to walk, wheel, scoot and cycle to school – it’s what they want, and it’s what we want for them. Walk to School Month offers us an opportunity to try travelling differently, and if it sticks, we can give a new generation the transport independence they deserve.”
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