WALKING / RIDING TO SCHOOL
Students are encouraged to stay fit and healthy by walking or riding their bicycles (under supervision) to school.
The following information is intended to ensure that all students ride safely.
- Bicycle racks are provided for pupil bicycles in several places around the school.
- All bicycles should be wheeled in and out of the school grounds.
- It is essential that bicycles be locked when placed in the racks and identified by engraving.
- When riding bicycles to and from school, students must wear a bicycle helmet.
- The School cannot accept responsibility for the safety of a bicycle at school.
Parents are encouraged to walk with their children all or part of the way to school.
SAFE AGE FOR RIDING TO SCHOOL
Children below the age of 9 are encouraged to walk or ride to school in the company of an adult. Research conducted by the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia (CAPF) has found children below the age of 9 are at serious risk riding bicycles in traffic. This is because neither peripheral vision nor hearing has developed sufficiently to give warning before this age. Bicycles are not toys and children are subject to all road rules. Parents, please remember that your child’s safety is your responsibility.