Walktober Walk-to-School
This year's event will be held on Wednesday 21 October 2009
An information pack that includes a school entry form will be posted to all Victorian primary schools in August.
Stay tuned...this site will be updated to incude more details on the 2009 event and downloadable resources for your school.
Walktober Walk-to-School 2008
VicHealth congratulates the 322 schools and 60,004 students who participated in Walktober Walk to School 2008.
Schools reported that the event created and increased sense of community, less traffic congestion around the school and a happier environment as students walked together.
Last year's prize winners
Winners of a Tabloid Sports Carnival
- Chiltern Primary School, Chiltern
- St Mary's Williamstown, Williamstown
Winners of a Golden Shoe Award
- Longwood Primary School, Longwood
- Tanjil South Primary School, Tanjil South
The following schools won a $300 HART sport equipment voucher:
Top 10 performing schools with 1 to 199 students enrolled:
- Bethel Christian College, Tatura
- Learmouth Primary School, Learmouth
- Leitchville Primary School, Gannawarra
- Longwood Primary School, Longwood
- St Malachy's Primary School, Edenhope
- St. Mary's Primary School, Hastings
- Strathewen Primary School, Strathewen
- Tanjil South Primary School, Tanjil South
- Tobruk St Primary School, Morwell
- Wandiligong Primary School, Wandiligong
Top 10 performing schools with 200 to 349 students enrolled:
- Antonio Park Primary School, Mitcham
- Ararat West Primary School, Ararat
- Burwood Heights Primary School, East Burwood
- Carnegie Primary School, Carnegie
- Clayton North Primary School, Clayton North
- Manchester Primary School, Mooroolbark
- St Joan Of Arc Primary School, Brighton
- St. James Primary School, Vermont
- St. Joseph's Primary School, Numurkah
- Tinternvale Primary School, Ringwood East
Top 10 performing schools with 350 or more students enrolled:
- Bimbadeen Heights Primary School, Mooroolbank
- Boroondara Park Primary School, North Balwyn
- Courtnay Gardens Primary School, Cranbourne
- Drysdale Primary School, Drysdale
- Elsternwick Primary School, Brighton
- Leopold Primary School, Leopold
- Newborough East Primary School, Newborough
- Princes Hill Primary School, North Carlton
- St. Peters Primary School, Bentleigh East
- Yarra Road Primary School, Croydon