Walking
Parents and carers are responsible for their child’s safety when travelling to and from school. The department encourages all children and their families to be safe active travellers.
Benefits of safely walking to and from school
Benefits of safely walking to and from school helps:
- promote physical activity
- reduce traffic
- reduce our carbon footprint
- provide an opportunity for supervising adults to talk with their child about road safety.
Key road safety messages for pedestrian safety
Always hold a child's hand when:
- crossing the road
- on the footpath
- in a carpark
Key messages to share with an older child:
- use a safe place to cross the road
- Stop! Look! Listen! Think! everytime you cross the road.
Referenced from TfNSW Key road safety messages
Walking advice to share with parents and carers
Primary schools can support their parents and carers with advice about:
- Walking safely to and from school
- Walking safely (PDF 1292 KB) DoE (Translations are available in 36 languages)
- When they can let their children travel to and from school independently
- Starting high school safely
Transport for NSW advice:
- Hold your child's hand (PDF, 387.8 KB)
- Walking safely together to and from school (PDF, 189.45 KB)
- Children’s and supervised crossings (PDF, 935.83 KB)
- (print versions available through their online catalogue)
Secondary schools can support their parents and carers with advice about:
Advice about implementing a Walking school bus