At Forest Crescent PS, we aim to grow an active community and inspire healthy travel habits. Together, through being a member of the “Your Move” network of schools in the program run by the Department of Transport, we hope to get more students and their families walking, wheeling and riding for the school journey. This will help tackle traffic issues and develop sustainability at our school. Through several initiatives/events run at the School as a part of Your Move, FCPS achieved platinum status in 2024. Together, our staff Your Move Champions, Miss Sandhu and Mrs DeRooy, plus our Student Champion Leaders (Eli, Alyssa, Jessica, Aleirah, Syke and Nancy) at our first Your Move meeting in 2025, set a goal of at least platinum, hoping to achieve something higher than this. How do we earn this status? We run activities to promote active travel and celebrate our achievements on the Your Move website to earn points.
Your Move 2025
Other events run through Your Move this year include:
Year 1 Constable Care Excursion (won via a Connecting Schools Grant)
Road Safety Week, which includes Thank a Traffic Warden Day and National Walk to School Day (16th May)
World Bicycle Day (3rd June)
RAC Little Legends incursions (August)
World Car Free Day (22nd September)
Bikie Month (October)
End of Year Hands Up Survey
We hope that through these initiatives, we will see an improvement in our active travel to school to promote sustainability and our own health and well-being.
Wheel or Walk Fridays
Our regular active travel day this year is Wheel or Walk Fridays. Active travel is a day of travelling to and from school without the car. Walking, riding bikes, and scooters count as active travel. Our student champions will be found near the Undercover Area with the Your Move Flag, ready to stamp star cards. Once a star card is complete, your child will receive a Your Move prize. So far, we have had a reasonable turnout of students getting their star cards stamped if they ride, scooter, or walk to school.
National Ride to School Day
Speaking of cycling, Friday, 21st March is National Ride to School Day. We will give out double stamps and a sticker to those who ride. There will also be a raffle that day. Students need to ride their bikes for a ticket. We want to see as many students ride to school that day as possible.
Hands Up Survey
Our first event was a Hands Up Survey on Monday, 17th February. This indicated a decrease in walking and cycling to school since November 2024. Hands Up Surveys Days are randomly chosen, so advertising doesn’t influence results. We hope that as the weather cools through Autumn, we will see more students walking, scootering or riding to school.
