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Walk with Wheels Week

Walk with Wheels Week encourages pre-school children, parents and carers to walk, wheel, scoot and cycle, all or part of their journey, each day they attend their early years setting. This week‑long initiative helps families build healthy, active travel habits that can last a lifetime.

Being active on the journey doesn't just help children reach their recommended daily level of physical activity - it also supports physical and mental wellbeing. With extra time to talk, connect and enjoy quality moments together, it is a lovely way to begin and end the day.

 

Sign up for Walk with Wheels Week 2026

Walk with Wheels Week takes place from Monday 18 May to Friday 22 May 2026 and is open to all Hampshire nurseries, pre-schools, playgroups and childminders. Registration is free and participating settings will receive all the resources they need to promote the challenge and take part in the competitions. There will be competitions for both settings and children, with fantastic prizes to be won. 

Register here for Walk with Wheels Week by Thursday 14 May 2026

If you're not sure whether your setting or child will be able to take part,  visit our Walk with Wheels Week supporting information page for ideas how to adapt the challenge to help everyone get involved.

Walk with Wheels Week is fully funded by the UK Government.

 

Walk with Wheels fun activities and ideas

Why not use some of these ideas and resources to learn more about active, safe and sustainable travel?

  • Plan an active travel and road safety focus week. The My Journey early years curriculum resources provide suggested activities for early years settings across each learning goal and parents can visit the active travel and wellbeing pages for ideas and inspiration. Also, the Think! website has some great lessons and resources to learn more about the Green Cross Code and other road safety messages.
  • Families can make their active journeys even more fun by downloading our activity sheet - Getting to know your local area. This could also be used by settings while on a local walk too.
  • Create a 'Walk of Fame' in your outdoor area. Use chalk or mud to create footprints and wheel tracks to represent all the children and adults who walk, wheel, scoot or cycle. 
  • Make or download flash cards to help identify different types of sustainable travel and features in our local area which can help us travel sustainably such as crossing points, bus stops, signs, etc.
  • Use tuff tray activities, role play and small world play with a road safety theme. Mrs Mactivity and Twinkl have resources which you may like to use but please note, an account is required.
  • If you have the space, set up a track or route to practice using scooters and balance bikes. Some of the information in our scooting guidelines may be helpful.

 

Read the online air quality story A Wild Walk to School at your setting or at home.

 

 

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