Bike to School Week

Registration

Bike to School Week will take place June 2-6, 2025

If you would like to organize, Bike to School in your school outside of the event dates, please email btsw@bikehub.ca for resources. You can also download our PDF posters to print at school. 

Secondary schools were encouraged to participate by registering for Go by Bike Week. The Go by Bike Week tracking tool provides a digital, interactive tracking experience more suited to high school students rather than the tracking poster and stickers, which is more suited to elementary schools.

How it Works

What’s in my package?

• One Large 35"x23" Tracking poster.
• 4 kinds of stickers to track: First Bike Trip of the Week, First Active Travel Trip of the Week, Additional Bike Trips, and Additional Other Active Trips
• 2-4 11"x17" Promotional posters to put up around your school
• Additional posters to encourage students to bike, walk, roll to school!

You can register for the event anytime, but we can't guarantee delivery after May 21. If you register after May 21, you can come to HUB's office at 312 Main Street, Vancouver, to pick up your Bike to School Week package or download our online posters to print at school. 

1. Gather Support and Promote

Start planning early and find supporters such as students, parents, PAC members, school staff, green teams, bike clubs, leadership groups, and sustainability or health and wellness committees.

Add the event to your school calendar and create a buzz by including information in school newsletters, Facebook pages, and morning announcements. You can use our media kit for example, images and text.

2. Plan Events

Every school community is unique and celebrates Bike to School Week in its own way. You can make the event as small or big as you like. Encourage and celebrate cycling, and also consider encouraging other forms of active travel such as walking, scootering, skateboarding, or using a mobility aid.

Extra event ideas include: 

• Bikers’ breakfast
• Bike decorating and/or parade
• Safety talk or lessons in the classroom (i.e. Bike rodeo, or other cycling skills or safety activity on the school grounds)
• Bike tune-ups (with local volunteers or bike shop)
• Biking or walking school bus

Check out our Bike to School Week Guide (updated March, 2025) for more information & resources

*Please follow the latest advice from B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer when planning any Bike to School Week events.

*Unfortunately, HUB Cycling cannot provide instructors, equipment or Bikes for your events. 

3. During Bike to School Week

Once #Bike2School week rolls around, you will receive a tracking poster and stickers to log students' trips.

1. Set up your tracking poster with an eye-catching display at the school's front entrance.
2. Decide how you will hand out stickers. Many schools assign volunteers to hand out stickers to students as they arrive at school.
3. Track trips using our blue ‘First Trip’ stickers and blue ‘Bike’ stickers. Each student's first trip of the week is tracked using the 'First Trip' sticker, while subsequent trips are tracked using the 'Bike' sticker.
4. Other active travel trips should be tracked using the pink 'First Trip' and pink 'Running Shoe' stickers.
5. High schools are encouraged to register for Go By Bike Week so they can use our interactive online tracking tool.
6. Share your celebrations on social media during the event using #Bike2School! Tag us in the fun and follow along - Facebook @WeAreHub, Twitter @WeAreHUB, Instagram @hubcycling

4. Report Back

• Reporting helps us demonstrate the impact to our sponsors and receive continued support for future events. Prizes are awarded to school champions who report back through random prize draws.
• The event reporting form will be available once the event is underway.

Bike to School Week Guide & Resources

First time organizing Bike to School Week at your school? Need additional inspiration? Check out our Bike to School Week Guide (updated March, 2025) for curriculum links, activity ideas, and strategies for inclusion. The guide also contains information on the positive physical and mental health benefits of cycling to school, which can be used to help gather support for the event. You can also find example newsletter content to help promote the event, and lesson plans to use during Bike to School Week!

Resources for Teacher Engagement

Want to challenge your students to a math assignment based on the data your school collects during Bike to School Week? One teacher and School Champion, Geraldine Jordan at James Kennedy Elementary, put together an awesome Math Inquiry Project for Bike to School Week!

​Bike to School Courses

We encourage Metro Vancouver's youth to get out and ride annually through fully funded courses delivered in schools and our provincial-funded Everyone Rides Grade 4-5 programs.

Click here to learn more about bringing Bike to School courses to your school!

Bike Buses

Interested in hosting a Bike Bus at your school? Visit here or email bikebus@bikehub.ca for more information.

Bike to School Week Media Kit

Check out our Media Kit with graphics and sample texts for newsletters and social media. 

Bike to School Week Posters

Download and Print: Tracking Poster

Download and Print: Promotional and Bike Safety Posters