Walk to School children will head to centre

MORE than 70 children from primary schools across the North East will march to Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead on Wednesday, as part of the Walk to School project.
The children will walk to the Baltic from 10am.
They will also take part in a number of creative sessions in the arts centre, as well as a treasure hunt.
The project, run by UK charity Living Streets on behalf of Schools Go Smarter, will coincide with International Walk to School Month.

Jenny Wiles, North East Director for Living Streets, said: “We’ve been working incredibly hard with the local authorities throughout the North East to get more children walking to school over the past 20 years.“This event is a celebration of the enjoyment and health benefits the children we work with get through walking to school.”

Originally published in The Northern Echo (print).