{"id":6527,"date":"2023-05-09T12:27:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T02:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6527"},"modified":"2023-05-09T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T05:12:10","slug":"national-walk-safely-to-school-day","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/national-walk-safely-to-school-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Walk Safely to School Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A number of local schools in Burwood LGA have organised special events for&nbsp;<strong>National Walk Safely To School Day<\/strong>&nbsp;on Friday 19 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A big thank you to&nbsp;<strong>Burwood Police Area Command<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Woolworths @ Burwood Plaza<\/strong>&nbsp;for supporting this initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking to school reduces congestion on our local roads, allows children to build road resilience and learn how to navigate complex traffic environments in a safe and proactive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have primary school aged children,&nbsp;<strong>please encourage them to walk to school<\/strong>&nbsp;(or at&nbsp;<em>least part of the way<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And please don\u2019t forget to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hold hands<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>supervise children<\/strong>&nbsp;near intersections and busy roads (particularly under age of 8).<\/li><li>Always&nbsp;<strong>look out before you step out<\/strong>&nbsp;(and hand signal or make eye contact with rider\/driver).<\/li><li>Only&nbsp;<strong>cross where it is safe<\/strong>&nbsp;to do so (such as signalised and\/or pedestrian crossings).<\/li><li>Discuss&nbsp;<strong>safe strategies&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;good choices<\/strong>&nbsp;(such as judging speed and distance)<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Let Us Always Use Our Roads Responsibly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Usha Arvind<\/strong><br>Road Safety Officer<br>Burwood Council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of local schools in Burwood LGA have organised special events for&nbsp;National Walk Safely To School Day&nbsp;on Friday 19 May. A big thank you to&nbsp;Burwood Police Area Command&nbsp;and&nbsp;Woolworths @ Burwood Plaza&nbsp;for supporting this initiative. Walking to school reduces congestion on our local roads, allows children to build road resilience and learn how to navigate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[8],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6527","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/6527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=6527"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=6527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}