Our school currently participated in a course in cycling safety training run by “LiKe Bikes” for our 6th class pupils.
The course is aligned to CYCLE RIGHT, the National Standard for Cycle Safety Training in Ireland, and is delivered by qualified trainers from the national register.
By teaching cycle safety, and by encouraging cycling in the course of daily lives, we are putting in place the habit of exercise.
The course was a 4 x 2hr sessions with the pupils. Topics covered included: safe equipment; rules of the road; starting and stopping; road positioning; shoulder checking; turning left and right; overtaking and traffic man-oeuvres, and, where appropriate to the group, on-road training. The emphasis of the course was on safety through control of the bike and awareness of
surroundings.
At the end of the course, each participant received a digital certificate of participation.
