Bikeability

This week, Year 5 and 6 pupils have been brushing up on their cycling skills and learning how to keep themselves safe while out on the roads. All the children did really well. Mr Pearce managed to snap a few pictures of one of the groups, shown below.

Year 6 Suffolk Young Cyclists' Training

For three mornings this week, all Year 6 children took part in 'Suffolk Young Cyclists Training'. The training began on the playground with basis cycling skills . This was then followed by learning a safe start and stop and ensuring that the 'lifesaver' look was perfected.

Once this had been achieved, the children moved on to practicing right and left hand turns.

Day 3 saw the final on road assessments where children were required to undertake a left hand turn, right hand turn and overtake a parked car. The children learnt a great deal about road safety and awareness and all should be proud of their participation and achievements.

Suffolk Young Cyclists' Training

The week beginning 1st June saw the eight Year 6 children take part in the Suffolk Young Cyclists' Training Scheme (formerly known as Cycling Proficiency).

The children had previously had their bikes checked by Jeanette Bloodworth ( Assistant Road Safety Officer) and spent the first morning refining their skills on the playground.

The next two mornings were spent on the roads near the village green practising general road awareness, safe starts and stops, left and right turns and overtaking parked cars.

It was great to see the confidence of the children increase as the course progressed. As part of the week, all children were required to work through a 'Cycling Workbook' to enable them to complete the whole course.