1. Walk to School Week 18-22 May 2015
Every year Living Streets’ Walk to School Week brings together nearly one million schoolchildren, teachers and parents.

2. Discover the healthy benefits of walking
Each day of Walk to School Week will explore a different health benefit of walking to school.

3. Healthy body
Daily exercise keeps us fit and healthy. Walking is good for our hearts, lungs, muscles and bones.
Walking is also good exercise for us. As we walk our hearts beat faster, our breathing gets quicker, we warm up, and we feel energised.
Exercise is important because it helps to keep our body healthy and is good for our hearts, lungs, muscles and bones.
Did you know that it’s recommended that you carry out 60 minutes of physical activity every day? Well the walk to school is a really good way of getting some of that exercise.

4. Health and happiness
Children that walk to school arrive more alert and ready to start the day. Walking can also have a positive effect on your mood.

5. Healthy habits
Getting into the habit of an energetic walk at the start of the day can also encourage healthy eating habits such as having a nutritious breakfast every morning.

6. Healthy family and friends
The whole family can get fit walking to school. It’s also a great time to spend quality time together and chat about your day.

7. Healthy environment
Gas from cars pollutes the air. If more people walk, there will be fewer cars and less pollution. Cleaner air is better for us and our planet.
Walking is the greenest form of transport so you can actually help the planet too by walking.
There are over 10 million children travelling to school every morning in the UK and nearly half of children travelling to school make that journey in a car.
Why is it better for the environment if we walk rather than travel by car? Hands up if you have any ideas.
(Take a few suggestions, answers along the lines of: cars release gases that pollute the air and this contributes to global warming, whereas walking is clean and green)
Hands down.
If more people walked there would be fewer people in their cars and less pollution would be pumped into the air.