{"id":3310,"date":"2025-02-06T03:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T03:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3310"},"modified":"2025-02-06T03:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T03:25:08","slug":"burradoo-walking-school-bus","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/article\/burradoo-walking-school-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Burradoo Walking School Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Late last year I mentioned the proposal of a &#8216;Walking School Bus\u2019: a group of children walking to school with adult supervision. This initiative is designed to promote a healthier, safer, and more environmentally friendly way for our children to travel to and from school. As you will be aware from our 2025-2027 Strategy, we are committed to improving our sustainability at Oxley. \u2018Stay Fit\u2019 is one of our five wellbeing principles, and so walking to and from school is a great way to apply this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to cardiovascular health, there is evidence that walking boots mood and concentration levels during the day.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/news\/why-walking-school-better-driving-your-kids\">Indeed, studies even show that students who walk to school experience lower stress and higher levels of happiness and relaxation during the school day.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;A Walking School Bus would also reduce traffic on local roads, decrease our collective carbon footprint and help to build a sense of community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To register your interest in the Walking School Bus proposal, please complete this form: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/BzFMuQX8xK\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/BzFMuQX8xK<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there is enough interest in this proposal, parents will be advised and next steps can be taken accordingly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind regards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Mark Case<br>Deputy Head of College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last year I mentioned the proposal of a &#8216;Walking School Bus\u2019: a group of children walking to school with adult supervision. This initiative is designed to promote a healthier, safer, and more environmentally friendly way for our children to travel to and from school. As you will be aware from our 2025-2027 Strategy, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[17],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3310","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-college-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=3310"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=3310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}