Walking zones
About this activity
Suitable for nursery, primary and secondary school pupils and families. Supports the Geography National Curriculum
Create a walking zone map of your school's local area to help pupils and their families to plan safer, active travel routes to school.
With your school at the centre, your map should include an area marked out showing everywhere that can be reached within a 5 or 10 minute ‘walking zone’.
Pupils can then use the map to show their parents/carers how they can get to and from school on foot, bicycle or scooter. Share your walking zone map (see Resources for an example) with the school community to support Park and stride. Or, be more creative in capturing your pupils' parents'/carers' attention, like Crowland's Primary School who made a rap video about their 5-minute walk zone to help spread the word!
What you'll need
- A map of the school's local area (scale 1:5000 recommended)
- Information from your borough council about parking control zones in local area
- Compass and pens
Thanks to St Michael's Church of England Primary School and Rokesly School, Haringey, for contributing their walking zone maps for this activity card. Thanks also to Crowland Primary School, Haringey for letting us share their rap video.
Activity steps
Tags
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Walking
This activity counts towards:
- Travel activity
How it helps
- Supports Geography and Maths Curriculum
- Eases congestion at schools gates
- Encourages daily active travel
- Improves air quality around schools