Bikeability @ Coombe Dean School |
Bikeability
For the second year running a group of year 7 students have just successfully completed the Level Two Bikeability Award. This nationally accreditated cycling scheme is a modern version of the Cycle Proficiency Awards. The Bikeability training involves going out on roads and learning the National Standard Skills for Cycling. To achieve the Level 2 Award the students have to demonstrate their ability to start and stop a journey safely, to be able to hold a good road position as well as show they can negotiate left and right turns to and from major roads to minor roads safely.
On the first day the group spent a short time demonstrating their ability to ride competently within the safety of the school basketball court area. The course then moved out to local roads and this group of students soon proved themselves to be capable and confident cyclists and they really enjoyed the two days of cycling. They found learning by being on the roads and using the junctions they would have to use if cycling into school to be of great benefit and by the middle of Day 2 they were tackling the busy turns into and out of Charnhill Way confidently and most importantly safely!
It is this ‘doing it for real' in a controlled yet live situation that makes Bikeability such a beneficial scheme. The students admit they are more likely to remember their skills and drills when they start cycling by themselves because of the way the course is structured.
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