Cycle Training
Child cycle training at schools
Unity Partnership, on behalf of Oldham Council, has obtained funding from Cycling England to provide cycle training, free of charge, to schools in the borough that have an approved School Travel Plan.
The School Travel Plan is a document that sets out how schools seek to achieve a more sustainable travel policy such as encouraging more children and parents to walk and cycle to school.
The funding provided by Cycling England for 2009/10 will allow up to 100 schools in the borough to receive cycle training for up to 24 pupils in each school.
The cycle training provided is known as Bikeability - the new cycle training standards adopted across England. The cycle training being provided is split into two levels:
- Level 1 is based in the playground and teaches basic control skills and bicycle handling - signalling and braking correctly.
- Level 2 is based on the road and is designed to demonstrate how the skills learnt in Level 1 can be applied in real life road situations. Trainees learn how to safely use road junctions and about road signs and markings. It is intended that Level 2 will give children the skills they need to cycle safely to school on quiet roads.
The training includes:
- How to control your bike
- Being able to look and assess traffic
- Hand signals
- Where to position yourself on the road
Bikeability instructors can also advise on safety equipment and how to check and do simple maintenance on a bike.
Downloadable documents for schools
- Information letter for headteachers (PDF 535Kb)
- Parental/guardian consent form (PDF 1423Kb)
- Cycle training session poster (PDF 401Kb)
Summer holiday cycle training courses for children (July/August 2010)
Children must be aged 9 years and over.
Full details will appear here after Easter 2010.
Contacts
For further information, please contact the Road Safety Unit on 0161 770 4343 or email: env.road.safety@oldham.gov.uk