The winners of our Walkin’ N Wheelin’ challenge have been announced.
With competitions for both primary and secondary schools running, it was a close run race!
In the primary school category, St Margaret’s at Troy Town CE Primary School won the top prize of a £500 Halfords voucher, with a massive 84.8 per cent of pupils using active travel during the challenge.
It was a photo-finish, with second-placed Miers Court Primary School hot on their heels with 84.1 per cent – securing a £300 Halfords vouchers for their amazing effort. Phoenix Primary School rounded off the top three and secured a £200 Halfords voucher with a brilliant 74.8 per cent.
In the secondary school category, The Victory Academy took home the top prize - a £500 Halfords voucher with 60.6 per cent of their pupils using active travel, and Strood Academy picked up second place and a £300 Halfords voucher with 50.9 per cent.
Each of the winning schools has received a personalised framed certificate from us. All schools which took part in the challenge will receive an e-certificate in recognition of their participation and support of active travel.
The challenge took place in May during National Walk to School Week and encouraged pupils across Medway to travel to and from school in a fun and active way to help create long-term green travel habits.
The schools that took part monitored how many of their pupils travelled to school by walking, using their wheelchair, cycling, scootering or by park and stride (walking the last 10 minutes of the journey).
Throughout the competition, schools across Medway managed to complete an impressive total of 18,137 active travel journeys.
Great for everyone
Cllr Alex Paterson, Medway Council’s Portfolio holder for Community Safety, Highways and Enforcement, said: “It was fantastic to see pupils across Medway get behind this challenge, and I would like to say a huge congratulations to the winners, and a massive thank you to everyone who took part. Active travel is great for everyone – it helps our younger residents be even more active, and it means we see less cars on the road which in turn helps improve congestion and air quality.”
Our Road Safety team visits schools all year round to teach children valuable lessons about crossing the road, the importance of wearing a seatbelt, pedestrian safety and traffic awareness.
Details of another competition encouraging active travel to school in October – to mark International Walk to School month - will be announced in due course.