The Clean Air Challenge
Walk, wheel, scoot and cycle for cleaner air
The Clean Air Challenge is a free event for Hampshire primary schools, designed to inspire healthier, greener journeys. Participating schools will be helping to promote the benefits of active and sustainable travel for cleaner air, better health and greater wellbeing.
Let’s get as many families as possible walking, wheeling, scooting and cycling each June.
Take part, make a difference and your school could win an amazing prize!
The school competition
In June, 61 schools took part in a week-long challenge to promote cleaner air through active travel. We had some amazing entries to our schools’ competition showing some of the inspiring active travel initiatives organised during the week. Activities included, bling your wheels events, active travel parades, assemblies, week-long promotion, poster competitions, active travel breakfasts and skateboarding Headteachers!!
We are delighted to announce the winner and runner-up:
Winning school: The Federation of Bursledon C of E Infant and Bursledon Junior Schools
Runner-up: Hordle CE Primary School
The competition was fully funded by the UK Government.
Other useful information and resources
Air Quality – Resources and information about air quality and The Clean Air project.
A Wild Walk to School - For KS1, this book focuses on the air quality benefits of travelling actively to school. The story demonstrates an active journey to school enables time to be spent looking at nature.
A Right Royal Adventure - For KS2, the story focuses on the history of air quality and how we can influence the future.
My Journey Scooter Challenge Stickers - A sheet of fun Scooter Challenge stickers featuring our scooting and wheeling birds. The sheet is compatible with Avery L7161 label template.
My Journey Scooting Film - Meet Baron Karl Von Drais de Saurbrun, who invented the 'street walker' in 1817. He speaks on the importance of making a positive environmental difference in your local community and how greater exercise and active travel can benefit all.
Scooter Training – The Scooter Challenge could be a great opportunity to do some scooter training in school, try out these in-school scooter training guidelines for teachers.
Scooting to School – Includes some top tips to share with pupils for scooting safely.
Start Scooting – A great information sheet from Sustrans about getting going with scooting.