Spring into Spring

Take the Earth Week to Clean Air Day Challenge

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Challenge your students to walk (or jog, skip or bike) for a week between Earth Week and Clean Air Day to promote:

• Daily physical activity
• A healthier environment
• Safer streets
• Making friends and having fun!

Walking is simple and efficient physical activity that benefits people of all ages, helps to maintain good health, is environmentally friendly and fun. Below are downloads of resources and opportunities to promote walking at your school for earth, health and safety.

Here are some Spring programs where walking activities are a great fit with Elementary and Secondary programs: Physical Activity Resource Centre (PARC) Pause to Play.

Healthy Schools Challenge:

As part of Spring into Spring, your school can take the Healthy Schools Challenge to improve student health and increase daily physical activity.
See here to register for Healthy Schools Challenge.

Spring into Spring Downloads:

• Spring into Spring flyer
  • English  Adobe PDF (PDF - 2.9 MB)

• Ready-made promotional ads for your school newsletter
  • English  Adobe PDF (PDF - 360 KB)

• Elementary School Resources
  • Spring into Spring Activity Package - resources for K-8 students, teachers and parents Microsoft Word (DOC - 3.3 MB)
  • Catch some wind as you walk! Build a whirligig.  Adobe PDF (PDF - 28 KB)

Here are some Spring programs where walking activities are a great fit with Elementary and Secondary programs:

• Earth Week
• United Nations Global Road Safety Week
• United Nations World Youth Assembly for Road Safety
• TV Turn Off Week
• Move for Health Day
• Summer Active
• Active Healthy Kids Day
• SpecTAGular
• Safe Kids Canada Week
• Clean Air Day
• Physical Activity Resource Centre (PARC) Pause to Play

Be active, safe, and have fun!

For more information on Spring into Spring and other Active & Safe Routes to School activities, contact us.

Register and be eligible for our provincial prize draw.