|
|
 |
Schools and results | |
|
|
|
|
TravelSmart to School results
In 2007 4,518 children were inspired to change through the TravelSmart to School program. Sixty-two schools participated in the program, drawn from 24 different local government areas. Together the 139 primary school classes that completed the program saved 2,588.3 kilograms of greenhouse gases and achieved a 16.8% average reduction in car trips.
|
Results table for TravelSmart to School 2007 |
| Schools that participated in the program: |
62 |
| Schools that completed both surveys: |
58 |
| Classes that completed both surveys: |
139 |
| Students who participated in program: |
4,518 |
| Students who completed both surveys: |
4,458 |
| Average distance to school: |
3.17 km |
| Change in greenhouse gas: |
-2588.3 kg |
| Percentage increase in walking: |
20% |
| Percentage increase in cycling: |
9.3% |
| Percentage increase in car pooling: |
27.7% |
| Percentage decrease in single family car use: |
16.8% |
Winning classes
Each year, classes that achieve outstanding reductions in car use and significant greenhouse gas savings are awarded a Magical Mystery Tour. Each class is supplied with tickets for a return journey using public transport. In 2007 the classes were also supplied with movie tickets. The classes then planned how to get to the movies using public transport. The magical mystery tour is both an incentive for classes to do well and a way of familiarising students with Perth’s public transport system, a key objective of the program.
Nine winning classes and two TravelSmart teams won a Magical Mystery Tour.
- Regional Winner
Adam Road Primary School – Bunbury, Mixed classes.
They did a fantastic job of undertaking TravelSmart to School throughout the whole school. They reduced car trips by 15% and saved 20 kilograms of greenhouse gas. Walking increased by 16% and cycling by 9%.
- South Perth Roadshow Winner
Rossmoyne Primary School - Year 5/6 reduced their one family car trips by 85% and saved 58 kilograms of greenhouse gas. They went from 114 car trips in their baseline week to only 18 car trips during the challenge week. Their biggest increases were in cycling and car pooling - well done!
- Melville Roadhshow Winner Oberthur Primary School - Learning area 12. This class managed to make a 90% decrease in the number of students taking the car to and from school on their own. They had massive increases in walking and car pooling.
- Stirling Roadshow (1) Winner
West Balcatta Primary School - Stirling.
On average they made an approximate 48% decrease in car use. They also ran the program across the entire school for the whole term.
- Mandurah Roadshow Winner
Harmony Primary School - Year 1/2 class achieved a 32% reduction in car use - a saving of 28 kilograms of greenhouse gas. This is a fantastic result for students this young - our first winners ever of this age.
- Rockingham Roadshow Winner
Calista Primary School - Year 6/7.
A 63.2% decrease in car trips to and from school with a significant increase in walking and an increase in carpooling, saving 29 kilograms of greenhouse gas.
- Stirling Roadshow (2) Winner
Carmel Primary School - Year 7 class reduced their car trips by 59% and saved 230 kilograms of greenhouse gas in the process. In their baseline week parents made 218 car trips dropping their kids to school, during the TravelSmart challenge week they reduced this to 78. Their biggest increase was in the number of kids who walked to school. The survey prior to the challenge week showed no walking trips to school. However during the TravelSmart challenge week 76 walking trips were made.
- Gosnells Roadshow Winner
Sacred Heart Primary School - Years 4-7 managed to reduce car trips by 31% and save 913 kilograms of greenhouse gases from entering the atomosphere. They had big increases in walking, cycling and car pooling. |
|
The following Schools participated in the TravelSmart to School Program for 2007.
Adam Road Primary
Amaroo Primary
Assumption Catholic Primary
Balga Primary
Bateman Primary
Bayswater Primary
Beaconsfield Primary
Belmont Primary
Bunbury Primary
Calista Primary
Campbell Primary
Canning Vale Primary
Caralee Community School
Carey Park Primary
Carlisle Primary
Carmel Primary
Churchlands Primary
Clifton Park Primary
Cooinda Primary
Dalyellup Primary |
Deanmore Primary
Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School
Dudley Park Primary
East Hamersley Primary
Edney Primary
Endeavour Schools
Excelsior Primary
Glen Huon Primary
Harmony Primary
Helena College
Hillcrest Primary
Hollywood Primary
Inglewood Primary
Jarrahdale Primary
Kardinya Primary
Kensington Primary
Margaret River Primary
Mel Maria Catholic Primary
Melville Primary
Mullaloo Heights Primary |
Newborough Primary
North Mandurah Primary
Oberthur Primary
Our Lady of Lourdes
Parkfield Primary
Penrhos College
Queens Park Primary
Rossmoyne Primary
Sacred Heart Primary
St Benedict’s Primary
Seaforth Primary
South Perth Primary
Spearwood Alternative School
St Mary’s Anglican Girls School
West Balcatta Primary
West Greenwood Primary
West Leeming Primary
West Morley Primary
Woodlands Primary
Yokine Primary |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
