Walking to school.

Savvy_Sue

Gingham_Ribbon wrote:

We are just outside the catchment unfortunately. But by yards by the sound of it. I'll just have to wait and see...but I have offered to join the PTA there!:D

'Catchments' are a bit of a myth, I thought, aren't they 'Areas of Priority Admission' (APAs) now? but anyway they can vary from year to year, depending on how many children there are in that cohort wanting to get into a school.

I know some years back when I phoned about a secondary school I was told "Past experience would indicate that if you live west of X road and north of Y road you are unlikely to get in." That APA was an insane shape: you could live further away and be south of Y road and you'd get in then, despite the fact that there was a secondary school far closer (and a safe walk!) to that area. They're pretty insane round here as well: our nearest secondary has a long thin APA, stretching from some very rundown areas down to our rather 'naice' area and beyond. Then after years of fuss from parents who didn't want their 'naice' children at that school, they built a new one, but guess what? The APA doesn't stretch over as far as this ...

dph

I cycle with my three year old in a bicycle child seat and the rest of the trible following on their cycles. Schools are now being encouraged to support parents who try and use alternative transport so although there are no bike racks the childrens can leave the bikes locked up in an area on school grounds.

It all depends on whether there is a route that avoids busy roads eg through a park and residential area and how fit you are. Having said that you will become fit pretty quickly anyway.

culpepper

jellyhead wrote:

culpepper we have squirrels on one of our routes too, i used to walk that way with my son before he started school, just because it was a nice walk. the children who go to a local childcare facility get to walk through the woodlands that the squiirels live in too.

i'm going to get one this kind of thing next year for my bike, the baby can sit in it, and my son can ride a bike now too, we can all go for family bike rides. if little gingham is one of the older children then at nearly 5 he might not want to go to school in it much past the reception year .

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jogger-and-children-s-bicycle-trailer-in-one-NEW_W0QQitemZ7239124185QQcategoryZ98932QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

wow thats lovely.We looked at a trailer for our bikes when the kids were that small but they were hugely expensive,the one in the link was a god price.You can get a bar that joins a junior bike attatchment onto an adults like a tandem.Wish we had ,had one of those as DD used to day dream on a bike so cycling to school for her just wasnt an option.

skyepark

My school priamry was fifteen mins walk. i used to walk with a friend when I was nine.