Y6 Cycle Safety

The programme seeks to achieve this through:

• Discussing overall road user health & safety.
• Linking to the 5 key competencies of the NZ Curriculum.
• Encouragement to cycle to school as a healthy active transport option; reducing congestion at the school gate.
• Contributing to overall physical literacy.
• High quality, effective skills training in a real life, real time environment. 
• Learning social responsibilities on the road, interacting with other road users and problem solving traffic scenarios.
• Discussions and experiences through the programme will allow participants to investigate their own attitudes toward cycling and road safety.

What the students learned:

I liked learning the correct rules in the games. I didn't know about putting my hand up to show I am going to stop. Some kids think that you have a right to ride on the road and be silly when they ride. Cycle safe teach you the laws and to respect the laws.

I liked biking around on the road and the instructor taught what a main road and a side road is and a side road gives way to cars that are on the main road. I didn't know how to do the signs when we are biking because my dad just said to stop when I stop and know I know to put my hand up to show I am going to stop. I found it hard concentrating on the instructor and the other children when I was riding.

We got to learn how to ride around cars and we got to ride bikes all day at school and I liked that.

I really liked cycle safety and being allowed to ride around on the road. I learned to go around some things safely.