Ride2School

 

Corio Primary School Transport Policy

Our Active Transport policy encourages all students, where possible to walk and ride to ……….. School.

Vision

Students who ride and walk arrive exercised and socialised, ready to settle down, concentrate and learn. Riding and walking helps our students to live healthy, happy, independent lives. Our school will be free of traffic congestion at the start and end of the school day, and the streets surrounding our school will be places where students walk and ride safely. We have a school culture in which everyone knows the best way to arrive at school is by bike or on foot
Our school aims to have:

·        Secure and sheltered parking for students who ride to school.

·        Quiet Neighbourhood Routes to School for riders and walkers which are mapped and made available to parents and students.

·        Bike Ed delivered to all students in Grades 4,5 and 6.

·        Active Transport and Road Safety integrated into the curriculum at all levels.

·        Participation in the annual Ride2School Day event.

·        Monthly monitoring of the number of students riding and walking. 

A bike riding excursion to celebrate graduation from Bike Ed. 

Recommendations and Requirements

·        Students in Grade 4 and under, who are yet to do Bike Ed, are encouraged to ride or walk with parents on the footpath.

·        Students in Grades 5 and 6 who have completed Bike Ed are encouraged to ride or walk independently.

·        Students who ride to school must wear a helmet when riding and have a bike in good working order. Students are encouraged to lock their bike securely in the bike shed or designated parking area.

·        On arrival to school, students are to dismount from their bicycles at the school gate and walk their bicycle to the bike shed. On exiting the school grounds the same procedure is expected. NO UNSUPERVISED RIDING WITHIN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS!

·        Riders will dismount at ‘School Crossing’ and walk across the road wheeling their bike.

·        Corio Primary staff may suspend or cancel the student’s privilege of securing their bicycle within the school grounds if all requirements are not met. Owner Onus applies!