BIKEABILITY
Every year, our Year 5 children take their Bikeability training to teach them how to cycle safely and competently in a fun, engaging environment. This year, almost all of our Year 5s took their Level 1 and 2 over two days of training in the Autumn term, with everyone achieving a pass at the end of the course!
For further information, please view the following link to their website:
http://bikeability.dft.gov.uk/
What is Bikeability?
Bikeability is ‘cycling proficiency’ for the 21st century, designed to give the next generation the skills and confidence to ride their bikes on today’s roads.
There are three bikeability levels, with each level designed to help improve their cycling skills, no matter what they know already. Levels 1, 2 and 3 take trainees on a journey from the basics of balance and control, all the way through to planning and making a journey by themselves on busier roads.
Children will typically start Bikeability lessons once they have learnt to ride a bike. Level 1 will help new riders to control their bike before they move on to developing on-road skills at Level 2. Level 2 is usually tackled by children in Years 5 or 6, before they leave primary school. Level 3 teaches trainees how to ride in different and more challenging traffic situations, and is usually completed by children of secondary school age.
Hundreds of thousands of young cyclists have already received Bikeability training and have been awarded coveted Bikeability badges and certificates. It is estimated that more than 1.5 million will have been trained by March 2015.