20 March 2026
Fifty-one WA schools will look to boost riding skills, improve bike and walking access and build transport infrastructure.
The Lathlain Primary School bike bus runs every Thursday and Friday.
Image: Lathlain Primary School
More than $325,000 is available through the Connecting Schools Grants, provided by the Your Move program, which supports a range of active travel initiatives, including bike and scooter parking, riding skill sessions and pedestrian road safety workshops.
A state-of-the-art bike shelter has already been built at Eddystone Primary School using a previous grant. A new bike “pump track” is being planned with the $25,000 awarded through this new grant.
The school has approximately 80 international students who travel by bus to study in the Intensive English Centre classrooms.
Chantelle Cochrane, principal of Eddystone Primary School, said they are passionate about getting kids to move.
“They will be able to access school bikes to learn to ride and join other students on the pump track before school and during bike lessons,” she said.
“Riding bikes is such a valuable skill. Being active is also super important in our very busy lives.”
Cottesloe Primary School received a grant to assist with bike and scooter infrastructure.
Chris Andrews, Physical Education teacher at the school, is a Your Move champion and advocate for active transport.
“Encouraging students to ride or walk to school provides significant benefits for students, families and the wider community,” he said.
“[It helps students] improve cardiovascular fitness, develop coordination and balance, build lifelong healthy habits and support mental wellbeing and concentration.
“Encouraging more families to walk or ride [also] contributes to safer crossings, calmer streets and a more positive start to the school day.”
Structured bike education at Cottesloe Primary School will help students build confidence when navigating intersections and shared pathways. It will also reinforce helmet safety and riding etiquette and support families who may be hesitant about road safety.
At Winterfold Primary School, grant funding will go towards a balance bike skills development course. Students will learn to ride on balance bikes and then progress to using pedals and balancing while riding.
Students at Winterfold Primary School get around the Your Move program.
Image: Winterfold Primary School
Families will also be supported in their efforts to be more active while travelling to school, as well as during family social time.
Julia Calvert is a senior teacher at Winterfold Primary School who believes walking or riding to school is the best way to start the day.
“It gets students’ bodies moving and brains activated ready to learn,” she said.
“It also boosts mental health, increases students’ road safety awareness, eases congestion outside the school, helps families save money, builds activity into the whole family’s routine and lets you connect with the world around you.”
In 2025, Your Move recorded one of its best years yet, with a nine per cent jump in active travel across participating schools, and a six per cent reduction in car use.
The Connecting Schools Grant program has disbursed $1.4 million dollars since 2018.
The 2026-27 grant round will open later this year. For more information about the Your Move program, visit the Your Move website.