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Difficulty rating: Medium
Write an acrostic poem inspired by your favourite way to travel to school.
What is an acrostic poem?
An acrostic poem is a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, message or the alphabet.
The lines can rhyme but they don't have to.
What you'll need
Instructions
Choose your favourite way to travel to school and write your own acrostic poem.
Have a look at the example below to give you some ideas:
W - Walking is the way I like to go to school,
A - Along the path and down the lane, the air sometimes cool,
L - Laughter keeps us warm though, I travel with my friends,
K - Keep moving until we reach the gate, where our adventure comes to an end,
I - In through the classroom door, we learn lots of amazing stuff,
N - No car for me today, I love walking, I just can't get enough!
G - Go, go, it's time to go! The school bell makes the sound, walking is my favourite way I like to get around.
Now it's your turn. Use words like walking, scooting or cycling - pick your favourite and give it a go.
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Difficulty rating: Easy to hard (as difficult as you want to make it)
Scooting is a great way to improve your balance and coordination, and most importantly to have fun.
Read our how-to guide to learn how to scoot safely and to refresh your knowledge.
What you'll need
Instructions
1. Write each of the skills below on a separate piece of paper:
2. Fold them up individually and place them into a bowl.
3. Pick out one piece of paper at a time and have a go at doing that skill.
If you are learning a new skill for the first time take it slow.
Extension
What other fun things can you do on a scooter? Try and have a go at these two skills.
Learn to bunny hop
Scooter challenge
Why not challenge someone in your household to a Scoot Off. Allocate points to each skill depending on how difficult it is. E.g. Stopping = 1 point, Bunny hop = 10 points.
See how many points each person can score.
Difficulty rating: Medium
Bicycles have shaped and changed our world for more than 200 years.
They gave us freedom to travel further, dress differently, and can now help us tackle climate change.
Put on your best investigator hat and answer the questions below to become a Sustrans Bike Champion.
What you'll need
Here are your Bike Champion questions.
You’ll need to use the internet to find the answers so remember to check that you have permission.
1. How many bicycles are in use around the world?
a) 12 million
b) 1-2 billion
c) 5 billion
2. Which country has the highest number of cyclists per capita (per person)?
3. How do you say "bike" or "bicycle" in another language?
You can use an online dictionary or translator to help. Listen to the words by clicking the speaker icon and practice saying them out loud.
Language |
Translation |
English |
Bicycle |
Welsh |
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Swahili |
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Spanish |
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French |
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Dutch |
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Chinese |
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4. The dandy horse was invented over 200 years ago (1817) in Germany and is considered the first successful “bike”.
What differences are there between the dandy horse and a modern bike?
5. The Brompton was designed in 1975 by a British inventor.
What makes Bromptons different from other bikes?
6. Who holds the Guinness World Records for cycling around the world in 79 days (supported) and 125 days (unsupported)?
7. Bicycles are regularly used to get from A to B.
Can you find five different things they can be used for around the world?
8. Listen to the Queen song, Bicycle Race.
How many times does the song mention bike and bicycle?
Once you've completed the quiz and checked your answers. Download your Sustrans Outside In Champion certificate.
Activity 1: Strike a pose
Doing fun poses can make us feel strong, brave, and happy.
Go somewhere quiet and familiar and try one of the following poses:
How did these poses make you feel? After a few rounds of striking these poses, you may be surprised at the results.
Activity 2: Spidey senses
Spidey senses are the super-focused senses of smell, sight, hearing, taste, and touch that Spiderman uses to keep tabs on the world around him.
During a walk today, ask the family to switch on their spidey senses. Get them to use every sense to notice what is around them.
At the end of the walk, discuss what you noticed that you normally wouldn’t have.
This is a classic mindfulness exercise and encourages observation and curiosity, great skills for any human to practice.
Activity 3: The glitter jar
Instructions
Think about how thoughts are like the glitter.
When the glitter settles down into the bottom of the jar, the mind becomes calmer as well.
Thoughtful time
In what ways will these exercises help you be more aware when out walking, cycling or scooting?
Instructions
Our prime minister has recently asked the local governments who look after our neighbourhoods to make it easy for people to walk and cycle whilst we’re trying to keep spaces between us and other people.
Some examples of things that are being encouraged are:
This gives you a list of the people that represent you in government. This includes:
3. Choose a representative to write to and encourage them to make that change. Include who you are, what you want and why you want it. You can use the website or paper and pen.
You can check out the changes that are already happening on Sustrans’ Space to Move map.
Extension
How would you encourage more kids to walk, scoot and cycle to your school?
Think about the changes you would like to see to help make it easier for people to walk and cycle.
Write a speech about the changes you want to make and why you want them.
Dress up in your best outfit and make the speech in front of your parents or carers. Can you get them to support your ideas?
Language |
Translation |
English |
Bicycle |
Welsh |
beic |
Swahili |
baiskeli |
Spanish |
una bicicleta |
French |
un velo |
Dutch |
een fiets |
Chinese |
Yi liang zicngche |