National Ride2School Day

Get your school involved

National Ride2School Day is Australia’s biggest celebration of active travel and one of the best days on the school calendar. It 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.

Teachers

Register your school for National Ride2School Day and encourage your students to be active on their journey to school.

Parents

Ask your child’s school if they’re registered for National Ride2School Day and get your kids active on their journey to school.

Councils

Promote the event to your community and encourage your local schools to register for National Ride2School Day.

Win a new bike and helmet

We’re asking Victorian students to help us design our official poster for National Ride2School Day on Friday 22 March 2024 by showing us their favourite way of actively travelling to school.

The winning student’s design will be shared with schools across Australia – plus they’ll win a brand new bike and helmet!

Download the flyer below and share with your students to get started.

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World Bicycle Relief

The Ride2School program is proud to partner with World Bicycle Relief for National Ride2School Day – helping to change lives through the Power of Bicycles.

We’re encouraging all schools around Australia to help us raise funds for World Bicycle Relief. For every $195 raised, a Buffalo Bicycle is provided to a student in need. You can learn more about what they do at worldbicyclerelief.org.

Kick-start your fundraising

Gold coin donation on National Ride2School Day
Bake sale at your school
A funky socks or free-dress day

The school that raises the most money will receive a mega sports equipment pack!

Check out our fundraising guide to get started.

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From the team

Happy National Ride2School Day

Bicycle Network’s Ride2School Team would love to make it to every school to help them celebrate National Ride2School Day, but with over 800 schools around the country registered, we decided to make a video instead.

Thank you for being part of Australia’s largest celebration of active travel and helping to shape a more active Australia. Be sure to check out our highlights video from this years Ride2School Day.

We hope you enjoyed the day!

Resources

Browse and download our resources below for information and tips to help you get the most out of the day.

National Ride2School Day poster

Editable poster

Colour in poster

Ideas for the day

HandsUp! tally

Participation certificate

Environment factsheet

Word search

Resources in different languages

We’ve put together some basic information about National Ride2School Day in different languages. Share these resources with your school community to get as many families actively travelling to school on National RIde2School Day as possible.

Arabic Greek Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Vietnamese

Register before 28 February to receive a free National Ride2School Day pack

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Help us spread the word

Download our media kit to help you promote National Ride2School Day 2024. Use these social media tiles to make sharing your event with your school community quick and easy.

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