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Vol: 2012:4 28 March - 4 April 2012

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WHILE thousands of kids across Australia hopped onto their bicycles, scooters, and skateboards as part of National Ride2School Day, a Heart Foundation survey has suggested that parents may be missing out on the opportunity to ght childhood obesity. The survey has revealed a dramatic increase in the number of kids regularly travelling by car to and from school, with more than half of Australian parents saying their children travelled by car, mostly for safety reasons. The annual Ride2School last week is Australias largest celebration of an active journey to and from school. The Heart Foundation says the current pattern helps explain why Australia has become one of the worlds most obese nations. Its nationwide study of 1,000 parents, which allowed them to nom-

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A Heart Foundation survey suggests we may be missing out on a chance to ght childhood obesity.

inate multiple transport modes, found 63 per cent said their children travelled by car, 25 per cent said walking, 21 per cent said public transport, 11 per cent said bikes and 3 per cent said other means. Trac worries were cited by 50 per cent, 44 per cent were concerned about intersections and crossings and 42 per cent named the speed of trac as the reason they would not let children ride to school. If mums could cycle together with the children going to school when they are young, they are more capable when they are old enough to cycle on their own,Indooroopilly cyclist and bicycle shop owner, Lynne Forbes told KindyNews. What do you think ? Why not let us know on our Facebook Page, get there through our home page at www.kindynews.com!

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FAMILIES were out and about at the weekend voting for their favourite pollies. Saturdays state election created a fun, carnival-like atmosphere at some polling stations, especially this one in Latrobe Tce in the hotly contested seat of Ashgrove. Mum and dad Lee Crosier and Josh Olsen with daughters Esther (2) and Millie (4) stopped for a photo shortly after making their choice.

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Campbells Plan

Campbell Newman and wife Lisa with local children during the election campaign.

QUEENSLANDs newly elected premier and member for Ashgrove, Campbell Can Do Newman, hit the ground running this week. But he still found time to speak to KindyNews about how he intends to implement his promises for young families and children both in his electorate and the state. The full interview is on our website at www.KindyNews.com.

Prep Year as your predecessor did? A: The Government is committed to supporting and promoting the enrolment of children into prep as this is a compulsory year of school.

Q: When will the $54 million for Prep teacher aides scheme be introduced and how will it be implemented? A: The Government will identify the rst 150 classes to be funded Q: How are you going to serve for more hours for Prep teacher families with young children in aides in order for implementation. your electorate? A: I made a number We believe that Q: How do you exof election commit- strong families pect to roll out the ments to assist fami- are the corner- $92m Mums and Bubs Maternal and lies with young children in Ashgrove stone of a strong Child Health Service? and around Queenswill Queensland A: The service this land. These include begin planning freezing family car registration, year, with initial implementalowering the cost of electricity, tion being phased in during cutting the rate of stamp duty on 2013-14, and moving towards the family home and ensuring that full implementation by 2014-15. children have the best support at school through an additional 600 We believe that strong families teacher aides to support prep stu- are the cornerstone of a strong dents during school contact hours. Queensland and will help them Children will also be encouraged by lowering the cost of living to become involved in sport and by cutting waste and delivering ensure a safer community through safe and secure communities a Safer Streets Crime Action Plan. Do you have any questions for the Q: How will you continue to sup- premier? Have your say, email port and promote kids enrolling in us at media@kindynews.com!

Cycle Safely

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WHEN choosing your childs bicycle, it just makes good sense to select a specialist bike store which is staed by skilled experts who also love cycling, says our cycling writer Lynne Forbes. I have often been asked why should one you buy a bicycle from a specialist shop such as CYCLENOW instead of a big department store? We have been serving the community for the past 19 years, providing for all their cycling requirements. Our bicycles are all tried and tested with the safety of children being most important. We also only stock the better quality brands which oer lifetime warrantees on the frames which ensures we dont have any returns. All of our products meet Australian standards. This is particularly important because we have seen many customers who come in trying to buy components for their bikes, only to nd that they have incompatible parts, making the bicycle useless! All our bicycles are built up in the store by experienced sta making them 100 percent safe to ride. The bicycles are fully assembled for test riding and immediate purchase We oer advice on all aspects of cycling. Need bike advice? Call Lynne at 3878 3622.

Little Ryder loves Batman!

Young Ryder (pictured right) is a huge Batman fan, so it makes sense that his family sent in this great photo for the KindyNews Superhero Photo competition. Ryder is now in line to win a subscription to Fish Smarty! Fish Smarty is a fantastic innovative kids educational online games resource. All you have to do is email your childs favourite super hero photo to us at media@kindynews. com. Entrants submissions will be published each week and the competiton runs until April 18!