Central Beds Council: Central Bedfordshire schools cycle their way to Lapland
Date Added: 28/11/2022
Central Bedfordshire lower and primary schools are once again taking part in a Christmas challenge; counting their walking, scooting and cycling trips to school to see if they can travel virtually to visit Santa in Lapland.
We organise the challenge, in partnership with sustainable transport charity Sustrans.
So far, 24 schools have signed up to take part in this year’s challenge which runs from Monday 28 November to Friday 9 December.
The aim is to decrease the number of cars used on the school run and give pupils the opportunity to learn about the many benefits of traveling actively to school alongside the importance of staying safe.
Using a class record sheet, pupils and their teachers will monitor active travel trips to school. All journeys will then be combined to see if each school reached its goal of achieving 2,000 miles, the equivalent distance from Central Bedfordshire to Lapland. Each participating school will receive a scooter for one of their lucky pupils taking part.
The challenge has been running for nine years now and every year there has been an increase in the number of schools signing up to the challenge. Last year, pupils in Central Bedfordshire collectively travelled over 63,000 sustainable journeys to school during the two-week challenge.
For more information about the challenge or to find out about the benefits of active travel visit: www.cbtravelchoices.co.uk/.
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