National Ride2School Day

Over 350,000 students across the nation will ride, walk, scoot and skate to school on National Ride2School Day on Friday 24 March 2023.

National Ride2School Day is Australia’s biggest celebration of active travel and the peak of the nationwide Ride2School program which works to help children get their 60 minutes of daily exercise by riding a bike to school.

National Ride2School Day is a day full of fun and colour where students, teachers and parents discover the joy of riding and kick-start healthy habits for the future.

Riding to school can help students perform better in the classroom. Students who actively travel to school are more awake and alert. Their concentration levels and understanding of content improves.

Students who are physically active are happier and healthier. They also become more self-sufficient and build resilience.

National Ride2School Day in 2022 saw 911 schools participate, including 307 schools for the first time, pushing the total number to a record 370,000 students.

Bicycle Network is hoping that participation numbers in 2023 will surpass 400,000.

National Ride2School Day is a free event open to all primary and secondary schools in Australia. Schools that register have access to a range of resources to help them celebrate the day, including posters, promotional material, stickers and count sheets to tally the number of students who ride to school.

National Ride2School Day is a great introduction to the wider program and can be the catalyst to creating a school of healthy, self-confident, active students.

National Ride2School Day is part of Bicycle Network’s Ride2School program which has been running nationally since 2006. Registrations are now open at ride2school.com.au