Free Bikeability Training in Easter Holidays

Bikeability

Cycling Training for the 21st Century

FREE SCHOOL HOLIDAY CYCLE TRAINING COURSES – Easter 2014

Level 1 Training (School year 3 and above)

This 2 hour course takes place in a traffic free environment, designed to improve cycle skills and confidence.

Level 2 Training (School year 5 and above)

These two day course are designed to give trainees the skills needed to make a journey to and from school on quiet roads.

Level 3 Training (School year 7 and above must of completed level 2)

This half day course is designed to build on skills learned in Level 2. Trainees will learn about and encounter more complex, busier road situations.

Bradley Stoke ~ Bradley Stoke Community School, Fiddlers Wood Lane, BS32 9BS

Level 1 - Mon 7^th April 9.30am – 11.30am (one session required)

Level 2 – Tue 8^th and Wed 9^th April 9am ~1pm (two sessions required)

Level 3 – Thurs 10^th Fri 11^th April 9am ~1pm (one session required)

Downend ~ Downend Secondary school, Westerleigh Road, BS16 6XA

Level 1 – Wed 9^th April – 9.30am – 11.30am (one session required)

Level 2 – Thurs 10^th and Fri 11^th April 9am ~1pm (two sessions required)

Level 3 – Mon 7^th, Tue 8^th April – 9am ~1pm (one session required)

All elements of the course must be achieved to a competent, confident and consistent standard to gain the Bikeability standard.

The sessions are incremental, so if a trainee misses a session they may not be able to continue on to the next session.

All trainees must have a signed and completed consent form.

Trainees must have and be able to ride a roadworthy bicycle.

Trainees must have a properly fitted cycle helmet.

All Instructors are CRB checked and work for the Council’s Road Safety Team. Bikeability certificates are awarded to all trainees who successfully complete the course.

Please call Martina Byrne-Obee on 01454 868449 or email cycle_training@southglos.gov.uk for further details. Please note courses are subject to a minimum number of children attending on the date. Locations of training may vary according to availability.