Inspiring events from Walk to School 2007
Sussex
Banjo players
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An area of road outside schools in Brighton, Hangleton and Woodingdean was closed for the day and covered over with artificial grass to create a green area with plants, flowers and green umbrellas. This unique green space was used by children for games and workshops to celebrate Walk to School week.
Fish on bicycle
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On their way into school, children followed a trail of green umbrellas and bumped into odd characters like fish on bicycles, giant rabbits and cowboys playing the banjo. On arrival at school, the kids received a free breakfast snack. Children then worked with their teachers to write stories and illustrate pictures about their journeys to school.
Children with parachute
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Head of Rudyard Kipling school said: It was absolutely fantastic! There was a carnival atmosphere. The children were incredibly excited. They rounded the corner to come face to face with lots of weird characters and the road all turfed over and covered with magnificent plants. They loved it.
London
Doing the Lambeth Walk
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Pupils at a school in Lambeth joined the National Walk to School campaign to celebrate how walking, rather than driving, to school makes a big contribution to cutting pollution.
Over 400 pupils at Woodmasterne Primary School walked to school, then held a procession led by a giant two-metre high globe. The globe represents the volume of CO2 emitted by a single car doing the school run for a week.
Children releasing ballons
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The pupils were chanting "stop pollution - walk to school" and waving flags that they had made. They then inflated balloons, and let them go (without knotting them) to blow a giant raspberry noise to driving to school.
They then let the air out of the giant globe - to feel the amount of carbon dioxide being released.
Scotland
Pupils with globe
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Midlothian pupils celebrated Walk to School week by passing a metre-high globe from school to school. Twenty five Midlothian primary schools and nurseries participated in activities throughout the week, involving pupils aged between three and eleven years old.
Global relay
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One of the main features of the week was the globe relay - where pupils walked a giant globe (representing a day's CO2 emissions from a car doing the school run) from school to school.
There was also a shoe designing competition, and eight winning Walk to School banners were displayed at schools across the area.
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