Get healthy AND green by cycling to school. There is so much you miss when you drive to school; sunshine, exercise, birdsong. Make that extra effort this week. You never know you might like it!

Promotional materials including stickers, leaflets, details of competitions and prizes will be with schools' Healthy Schools Coordinator from 1st April.

Benefits to the school include:-

Cycling uses 8 calories per minute and improves cardio-vascular fitness

Pupils who walk or cycle to school are more alert and concentrate better

Physical activity reduces stress, improves self-confidence and reduces parental dependence

Traffic congestion outside school is detrimental to people and the environment, as well as being potentially dangerous

Links to PSHE, citizenship, geography, IT, science

For further details contact the Healthy School Coordinator at school or Sue Marshall, Cycling Promotion Officer, on 823777 or email susan.marshall@iow.gov.uk