Walk to School Week / Seachtain Siúil ar Scoil is back from the 13th – 17th October 2025
How will your school connect?
This year’s Walk to School week is all about Making Connections – It’s a new term and the start of the school year, a perfect time to connect with other people, with our local surroundings and with nature as the seasons change!
Can you try walking and talking to an old or new face on your way to school? Can you notice the ripening berries, changing leaves on your route? Can you spot any local landmarks on your way to school?
We want to keep the goal of Walk to school week simple and focused on trying to get as many students and staff walking at any point they can during their school journey. Live too far to walk the whole journey? Try incorporating a Park and Stride or ‘Bus and Stride’ into your route!
WOW numbers Competition
The simple joy of walking is the goal this year, so we are looking for schools to submit their numbers for how people walked during any part of their journey to school. Your school can choose to take readings for a designated WOW day, or take readings from Monday to Friday this week and submit your numbers for the day with the most walkers. We are also looking to include the number of overall WOW day participants, so be sure to count any parents or staff who also incorporated walking into their journey to school!
Choose which survey sheet works for you:
We know that October can be a busy period, so if it suits your school calendar to hold Walk to School the weeks before (6th – 10th October) or after (20th-24th October) the official Walk to School week, please do so and submit numbers for this week instead!
Prizes
To reward and recognise the huge efforts that schools put into promoting Walk to School week, there are lots of opportunities to win!
The school with the overall highest numbers will receive a certificate and €250 in prize money toward a treat of their choosing, while the two highest percentage of walkers in urban and rural areas will also receive €250 each.
In addition a number of €150 participation prizes across the country will be up for grabs, so make sure to get your numbers in!
To help you promote your event we have downloadable posters available in English and Irish.
Resources
This week is all about focusing on the action of incorporating walking to school in a joyful way. However, if your school are looking to add extra fun elements to celebrate a WOW day, we have plenty of resources for you to choose from!
To follow the theme of CONNECTIONS, we have split these pick ‘n’ mix resources into the categories of:
- Connecting with People
- Connecting with Place
- Connecting with Nature
Check out our WOW guides:
Climate Action Week
This year, Walk to School Week is also coinciding with Climate Action Week 13th – 19th October 2025, so head over to the Climate Action Week website to check out other climate action related events in your area!
Tell us all about it!
We would love to see your photos celebrating National Walk to School Week. Please tag @Greenschools_ Travel on instagram or @Greenschoolsire on other social media and use the hashtag #WalkToSchool25. If you need any additional information, please get in touch with your Green-Schools Travel Officer.
Get social!
Create your own Walk to School Week graphics for social media with our Canva template.
