School Courses

School Courses

LEVEL 1

Nominal School Course Structure (Typically for Years 3 & 4)

Here we work towards achieving the Bikeability Level 1 cycling standard.

Pre- Course

Provision of promotional materials, draft letters for parents, bike check guides and road safety booklets etc.

A Single Session Playground Based

Prior to course starting trainee's bikes are adjusted

Normally for groups of up to 12 trainees per instructor. Where basic cycling skills are validated and improved so that riders are able to start and stop under control including signalling and looking behind whilst cycling in a straight line along with other balance and control checks.

Post Course

Feedback reports, Bikeability certificates and badges issued.

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Levels 1-2

Nominal School Course Structure

(Typically for Years 5 & Older)

(There are potential grants available for trainees from Years 5—7)

Here we work towards achieving the Bikeability Level 2 cycling standard.

Normally four sessions each of two hours. Ideally on four consecutive days though other formats are feasible.

Pre- Course

Provision of promotional materials, draft letters for parents, bike check guides and road safety booklets etc.

Session 1 Playground Based

Prior to course starting trainee's bikes are adjusted

The aim of this session is to ensure that the bikes and children are ready to go on road. (Bikeability Level 1)

Session 2 Road Based

This is where Level 2 training begins and the aim of this session is to introduce the children to cycling on the road. They will do two- six exercises that will look at the two basic situations that they find when cycling on road.

Session 3 Road Based

The aim of this session is to extend what they learnt in session 2 Two – six more advanced exercises will be done to cover the basics of cycling on the road.

Session 4 Road Based

The aim of this session is for the children to put into practice what they learnt in the previous three sessions. By the end of the course the children should have reached Level 2 standard and be skilled and confident enough to be able to ride on the road in quieter residential areas as part of the traffic.

Post Course

Feedback reports, Bikeability certificates and badges issued.

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Levels 3

Nominal School Course Structure

(Typically for students in Year 10 or above)

Here we normally train students in pairs and work on advanced cycling skills.

Pre- Course

Provision of promotional materials, draft letters for parents, bike check guides and road safety booklets etc.

A Single Session Road based

Includes: route-planning, negotiating complex road layouts and junctions, advanced road positioning and hazard perception, risk management. This training is carried out on busier roads and main routes, though under risk-assessed conditions.

Post Course

Feedback reports, Bikeability certificates and badges issued.

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